Welcome. In this episode, Woodstock, NY based artist Petra Nimtz shares thoughts and experiences in art making, and maintaining a studio while moving around over the years. She also has a thing or two to say about art training, both in school, and on ones own. Petra gives us a window into her inherent practice utilizing creative freedom in the sweep of her studio practice. Listen below for more!
Audio interview with Petra Nimtz:
Petra Nimtz in her studio
Website: here
Dear Troubles, I Missed You
48 x 48 inches
acrylic
2015
Hey, I'm Talking To You
46 x 24 inches
acrylic
2015
I Heard a Rumor From Your Girlfriend's Sister
46 x 46 inches
acrylic
2015
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden #1
26 x 20 inches
26 x 20 inches
acrylic
2016
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden #2
26 x 20 inches
26 x 20 inches
acrylic
2016
Psssst, I'm Over Here
46 x 50 inches
Oil on linen
2014
Untitled
5.5 x 5.5 inches
Paper, oil pastels, oil paint sticks, and acrylic on cardboard.
2016
Mentioned in the interview:
Willem de Kooning
Robert Motherwell
Philip Guston
Joan Mitchell
Lee Krasner
Amy Sillman
Cecily Brown
Wassily Kandinsky
Sting
R&F Handmade Paints. Kingston, NY
Petra Nimtz | Current and Upcoming Shows:
56 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
2016/2017 Annual Group Exhibition
January 5 - February 5 2017
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Work by Petra Nimtz & Jessica Poser
January 27th - February 17th, 2017
Opening Reception: January 27th, 2017
5-7pm
Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery
at SUNY Ulster Stone Ridge Campus
Vanderlyn Hall 260
Stone Ridge, NY 12484
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Thanks for listening!
(Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)