In this episode, Marshall and Sophia speak with Seattle based painter Aleah Chapin. Aleah’s ability to paint so candidly about the natural and intimate relationships she witnesses in her life is profoundly multidimensional.

Join in on this conversation as Marshall, Sophia, and Ali Benisadr talk about what it means to listen to an image and trust your inner knowledge as process no matter where it takes you.

Humanist, Feminist, Hedonist, Painter!  Anastasiya Tarasenko asks the hard brazen questions. Her thickly painted oil on copper paintings are unique and provocative. She employs a personalized and undeniable symbolic imagery that shares a simultaneously dark and humorous, specific yet universal, reduced yet refined commentary on existence.

Bonus episode of interviews from gallery openings in Chelsea.

Shout out to Fredrik Björeman the developer of Podcast Chapters who's helping me bring you images with each chapter on the podcast so you can see the artwork that's discussed in the episode with links.

This is a new edition to the regular program: I finally got a chance to go out by myself to the openings in Chelsea and interview random gallery attendees. Galleries visited: Sikkema Jenkins & Co and Lehmann Maupin.

The powerful Mario Robinson talks about his background and how he pursued his dream of becoming an artist after leaving the military. Mario is a beautiful person painting beautiful people and an incredible storyteller.

This week, hosts Sophia and Marshall speak with a charismatic whirlwind of a painter- Kyle Staver. What does it mean to listen to a painting?  How do you know when a painting is full? This episode will have you working in your studio with a lightness in your heart you forgot was there.

Reisha talks about beauty as a point of connection, and how her bond with nature from an early age has affected her work later in life. The group also discusses the personal value of being an artist and how pursuing a career as an artist can radically change your view of your surroundings.

We wrap up this amazing year with Tim Okamura. He talks about an outsider experience growing up with a mishmash of cultures in Canada before moving to New York twenty years ago. Tim inspired us with his brave dedication to stay true to himself as he cuts his own path through the trees.

Gabriela explains the psychological battlegrounds that an artist enters into when approaching a self-portrait and the clarity and power that comes with taking imagery from the mind and bringing it into the world in the form of a tangible object.

Bernardo breaks down his view of art history and how coming to terms with paintings from the past affects his work in the present."