Artist Interview: Thomas Flanagan

Words of the day: jazz. experience. feel. sound. vibration.

Painter Thomas Flanagan joins ahtcast from Brunswick, Maine for this episode. We talk studio space, how Maine influences his work, as well as music both in and out of the studio. Early experiences in art school, and how Tom came to use the tools currently part of his studio life! Listen below for more...

A Shot In The Dark, 2019

Acrylic on Canvas

51” x 40"

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Unquiet, 2019

Acrylic on Canvas

51” x 40"

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Beg, Borrow & Steal, 2019

Acrylic on Canvas

80” x 66"

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The artist's website:  Thomas Flanagan

Audio interview with the artist:

Thomas Flanagan in his studio

Mentioned in the interview: 

Nick Drake

Peter Halley

Willem de Kooning

Joan Mitchell 

Thanks for listening! 

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

Artist Interview: Kevin Callaghan

Words of the day: bank. relevant. trust. time. forever.

Kevin Callaghan, artist based in Glasgow, joins ahtcast for this interview. Kevin shares a bit about color and how it might just need to be dynamic in order to be released from his studio. He also talks scale as a result of my bringing up the word "artifact" when reacting to an aspect of his work. 

Kevin later humors me in offering to answer my "What is Utopian philosophy?" question. Somehow Rihanna's music follows us into that stream of conversation. Listen below for more! (some strong language).

 Ceramic

 Ceramic

 LA 2

C & C birch ply, auto spray

43cm x 40 cm x 2cm / 17 x 15 x 1 inches

 LA 5 

C & C birch ply, auto spray

65cm x 65cm x 2cm / 25 x 25 x 1 inches

The artist's website: Kevin Callaghan

Audio interview with the artist: 
 

Artists etc. brought up in the interview:

Bridget Riley

Donald Judd

Peter Voulkos

Peter Carroll

Thomas More

Rosanjin

Picasso

*Please pardon those I have missed. 

Thanks for listening! 

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

Artist Interview: Brigid Watson

Words of the day: drawing. color. cement. time. view-finder.

Boston based painter Brigid Watson is ahtcast's guest this time around. You may remember Brigid from The Mixed-Media Tapes recordings where she spoke in depth about color, and metaphysics. I have invited her back for a full length interview here on the podcast. 
Brigid answers my questions about drawing, how long it takes to finish her thick impasto paintings, and where her titles may or may not come from. She also returns to the topic of color, and composition, plus more about her process. Listen below for more...

Drawing

Pastel on paper

26 x 20 inches

2014

Untitled drawing

Chalk pastel on Twin Rocker paper

10 x 14 inches

2018

Cement 1

9 x 9 inches

Oil on canvas

2013

24 x 24 inches

Oil on canvas

2018

Petite Mr. Pink

6 x 6 inches

Oil on canvas

2018

Audio interview with the artist:

 

The artist's website: Brigid Watson

Atists etc. mentioned in the interview:

Joan Mitchell

Elizabeth Murray

Titian

Monet

Philip Guston

Mark Bradford

 Joe Bradley

Howard Hodgkin

Cecily Brown

Per Kirkeby

Judith Farr

Jamey Hart

Joseph Campbell

Rachel Eastman

Bob Siegelman

and David Bowie 

Brigid Watson has a solo show titled: "mountain, thunder" opening: January 4th 2019

Hidell Brooks Gallery

Charlotte, NC

The opening reception is January 4th 6 - 8 pm. 

For more info, please visit the gallery's website: Hidell Brooks Gallery

Congratulations Brigid! 

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I invite you to listen to a few outtakes from the interview, please visit this link on this blog: Brigid Watson Interview outtakes

Thank you for listening! 

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

 

 

Artist Interview: Sabine Tress Revisited

Words of the day: pink. zen. sad. challenge. change. contrast.

Sabine Tress, painter based in Cologne, Germany returns to ahtcast for this episode. Having originally been interviewed back in 2013, I thought it was time to check in with Sabine to talk about changes, feelings on the studio, paintings, methods and materials, relationships to other artists etc.
You'll find this recording to be more of a collaboration between Sabine and myself. Custom questions were brought to the table on this one that investigate collage, color, nature, dead painters...and more. Listen below...

Small format paintings by Sabine Tress:

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Works by Phillip J. Mellen:

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Audio conversation:

Sabine Tress' website: Sabine Tress

Artists etc. mentioned in the conversation:

Agnes Martin

Philip Guston

Richard Tuttle

Lois Dodd

Howard Hodgkin

Gerhard Richter

matt pond PA - The Green Fury album 

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Thank you for listening! 

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Artist Interview: Kat Knutsen works on the Loving Vincent film

Words of the day: brushstroke. animate. palette. blue. technique.

New Bedford, Massachusetts based artist Kat Knutsen joins ahtcast to talk about her experience working on the Loving Vincent film. Loving Vincent is an animated film, telling an important part of the Vincent van Gogh story, using oil paintings created in the style of the artist himself. 

Working at the film's painting studio in Gdansk, Poland for a number of months, Knutsen was immersed in the production that turned out thousands of paintings for the project. Kat painted upwards of 80 oil paintings for the film herself. Mixing. mixing, mixing, and even counting paint-strokes at times as her paintings came together. Listen below as she shares more from the experience.

   

Kat Knutsen's work space during film production. Dr. Gachet is the featured character in this painting. 

Audio interview:

 Kat Knutsen

The artist's website: Kat Knutsen

Loving Vincent theatrical trailer:



The film opens in New York City on September 22nd, with a wider US release shortly thereafter. More info can be found on the film's official website here: Loving Vincent


Thank you for listening!

 

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