Artist Interview: Inga Dalrymple Revisited

Hey and welcome to ahtcast! 

 

This episode invites Sydney, Australia based artist Inga Dalrymple back to the podcast! 

 

Words of the day: Edges. Sensory. Rhythm. Intuitive. Painty. 

 

It has been nearly 10 years to the day since Inga last joined me to talk about her paintings. She had a lot to share about where her paintings have been over the years and, in my humble opinion, returning in force! 

 

And as always, I encourage listeners to visit the artists’ websites while listening and look along. Or visit ahtcast.com for images of the guest artist’s work. 

 

And one more tidbit, submitting 2 questions to the conversation was previous ahtcast guest Cologne based painter Sabine Tress, so be sure to listen for those. 

 

Welcome Inga Dalrymple back to the program…...listen in below!

 

 

 

Fragment from looking and remembering

acrylic on gesso panel 

24x18cm/9.5x7in

2022

Untitled

goauche on paper

27.7x21cm/11x8.5in

2023

Hide and seek

acrylic on board

90x61cm/35.5x24in

2022

Overflow

acrylic on gesso panel

35x25cm/14x10in

2022

Angophora Walk

mixed media on paper

75x58cm/29.5x23in

2023

Audio interview with the artist:

Ahtcast · Revisited: Inga Dalrymple and Phillip J. Mellen in Conversation

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Inga Dalrymple with her work

 

 

 

 The artist's website: Inga Dalrymple

 Instagram: inga.dal_paints

 

 

 

 

Mentioned in the interview:

Julie Torres

Lucy Mink

Amy Lincoln

Sabine Tress - thanks for your great questions!

Olena Kalytiak Davis

Mary Oliver

Joan Mitchell

Philip Guston

Giorgio Morandi

Paul Cezanne

Paul Klee

Mozart

Beethoven

 

 

Many thanks to Inga for joining me for a conversation 10 years in the making! Cheers...

 

 

 

(Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)

 

 

Thanks for listening! 

 

 

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Artist Interview: Sarah Boyts Yoder

Words of the day: color. improv. hungry. iteration. attention. guru. 

This episode's guest is Charlottesville, Virginia based painter Sarah Boyts Yoder. In the conversation Sarah draws parallels between music and painting, collecting visuals subconsciously through experiences outside of the studio, not to mention the practice of hoarding paint, and what the viewer can be for a finished piece of art… Sarah also shares a bit on being a mother and what the artist in her was doing while reading books to her children. And more… 

We have the 'five words' question making its appearance in the interview so don’t miss that. And keep your ears tuned in for a few questions submitted by previous ahtcast guest Fiona Stanbury, thanks for the great questions Fiona. 

So let’s listen in and welcome Sarah Boyts Yoder to ahtcast! 

 

 

Sarah Boyts Yoder in her studio

 

 

 

 

Night Shop

Acrylic and paint stick on paper

11.5" x 9.5"

Winter Azalea

Acrylic, spray paint, paint stick on panel

24" x 18" 

2021

 

 

 

 Persimmon Canyon

Acrylic, spray paint, paint stick on linen

64" x 50"

2019

Here Is How To Cut Them Down: Scythes

Acrylic on found map

56" x 40"

2020

Quarantine Works On Paper

Mixed media on paper

Dimensions variable

2020

Audio interview with the artist:

 

Ahtcast · Sarah Boyts Yoder Interview

 

 

 

The artist's website: Sarah Boyts Yoder

 

 Instagram: @sarahboytsyoder

 

 

Mentioned in the conversation:

Georgia O'keeffe

Robert Motherwell

Wangechi Mutu

Keltie Ferris

Twyla Tharp

Amy Sillman

Matisse

Elizabeth Murray

 

 

 

 

Quotes Sarah would like to share:

 

 

"Things that I react to strongly, I don't question, I just go for them. I don't ask, 'Why am I attracted to you?'" 

 

-Wangechi Mutu

 

 

 

'I guess in brief, I think abstraction is very much like humor in a way, because it's a form that resists or refuses -- refuses what? I guess the preconceived*. It's a kind of negation, but it's also a generous condition, "not this, maybe that, or maybe somewhere between".

-Amy Sillman

 

 

'I have to find signs that are related to the quality of my own invention. These will be new plastic signs which in their turn will be absorbed into the common language if what I say by their means has any importance for other people.' 

- Henri Matisse, from a conversation with Louis Aragon: On Signs, 1942

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 Thank you Sarah! And many thanks to previous ahtcast guest Fiona Stanbury for sending some questions in for Sarah!

 

 Thanks for listening! 

 

 

(Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)

Artist Interview: Douglas Witmer

Words of the day: elemental. aspire. ambient. place. context.

Philadelphia based painter Douglas Witmer joins me for a conversation on this episode. The interview starts of with Douglas sharing some of his early experiences with art and what feeds his work most. Then the conversation focuses on his ambient album FORTY, FOR YOU, a forty track album where each track is paired up with a painting. We talk about the relationship between the music and the paintings and what Douglas' process was like changing up the format a bit within his studio practice. The paintings, as well as the music, are an invitation for contemplation... Listen below for more! 

FORTY, FOR YOU

Day 9

10 inches square 

acrylic on paper

FORTY, FOR YOU

Day 23

10 inches square 

acrylic on paper

 

 

FORTY, FOR YOU 

installation view of entire set of paintings

Douglas Witmer in his Philadelphia studio

More work by Douglas:

 

 

 Conqueror 

35 x 28 inches

Acrylic on canvas

2020

Audio interview with the artist:

Ahtcast · Douglas Witmer Interview

Mentioned in the interview:

 Agnes Martin

Franz Kline

Matisse

Rothko Chapel

Morton Feldman

Tantra paintings

Tibetan prayer flags

Jane Rohrer 

Warren Rohrer

 

 Link to the digital album FORTY, FOR YOU on bandcamp: FORTY, FOR YOU

 Douglas Witmer's website: Douglas Witmer

Instagram: @dgelless

Current virtual show at: Gallerie Biesenbach

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Submitted questions for this interview by previous ahtcast guest Cat Balco.

Thank you Cat!

Below is a work from the series School Papers by Douglas that Cat Balco asks about directly

 

 

School Papers

Dimensions variable. approx 9 x 6 inches

Mixed media on found paper

2010
 

 

 

 

Thank you for listening! 

 

 

(Original intro song by David T Miller and Phillip J. Mellen)