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Welcome to The Artist Unmasked Podcast! An artist talk experience with host EriQua Ohh and the featured Artist of The Week. Featuring emerging and established artists in all kinds of creative practices, artists share their creative process, mindset, and purpose. Every discussion is different and unique. This is your opportunity to discover about the Artist behind the Art.
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This week’s artist talk features Pop Artist Chad Berwald. Specializing in illustration and acrylic paints, Chad creates dramatic and colorful portraits of legendary and iconic entertainers from the TV shows and films of his childhood. Nostalgia is everything to Chad and his art is about keeping memories alive for the many generations to come. Chad shares his passion and talents as an art mentor at REVISION Project San Diego, where he is able to support, instruct and lead art classes for people with disabilities. Chad’s life motto is Always Dream, Always Create, Make Things Happen!
This week’s artist talk features Abstract Expressionist Artist Chris Fontaine. Chris creates bold, textured and colorful paintings exclusively with palette knives. His work is focused on exploring his psyche within the realm of specialized techniques and theories used by the masters, to create abstract art he calls controlled “messiness”. Blurring the lines of techniques and theories with a strong emotional release, his work is an extension of himself through multilayered colors and textures. Chris has an art background in video game design, stencil making, 3D art, and graffiti which allows him to play with many types of styles and techniques.
This week’s artist talk features Abstract Expressionist Artist Chris Fontaine. Chris creates bold, textured and colorful paintings exclusively with palette knives. His work is focused on exploring his psyche within the realm of specialized techniques and theories used by the masters, to create abstract art he calls controlled “messiness”. Blurring the lines of techniques and theories with a strong emotional release, his work is an extension of himself through multilayered colors and textures. Chris has an art background in video game design, stencil making, 3D art, and graffiti which allows him to play with many types of styles and techniques.
This week’s artist talk features Visual Artist Rebecca Potts Aguirre. Rebecca’s work is inspired by the intersection between ecological concern and the female experience; often using unconventional materials that connect to childhood and “women’s work.” She creates her art with polymer clay and play-doh to create 2-D pieces where the materiality connects to the concepts. By elevating “low-brow” child’s materials into a referent for the work of mothers, she is making the often unseen acts and power of motherhood visible.
This week’s artist talk features Fine Art Surrealist Painter Brady Willmott. Brady has built a successful career as a tattoo artist where he honed his artistic skills. He has retired his tattoo machines and inks for brushes and oils. Brady uses traditional oil painting techniques to create works of art featuring anamorphic animals in traditional settings. He blends his favorite styles of art with his life experience to create something unique.
This week’s artist talk features Fine Art Photographer Janet Sternburg. Janet is an American writer of essays, poetry, memoir, and a fine arts photographer. She recently released her latest photography book I’ve Been Walking. Janet’s work is about revealing an interpenetrating world. She works with disposable and iPhone cameras because their limitations give her what she wants, images that are close to the way our minds work. Her purpose with her art is to encourage herself and others a kind of perception that leads to deeper reflection of what matters personally and socially.
This week’s artist talk features Producer Bill Lodin of BLA Productions. Bill is a classically trained artist and is dedicated to producing work that will resonate with future generations. He has made art a priority throughout his life in every career he has held. He has experience in commercial design, is a veteran of the US Navy, and the founder and owner of BLA Productions. BLA Productions is a San Diego based art production company which specializes in pinups, hotrods, & film noir. Bill shares his many talents and skills with the next generation of photographers, models, and production staff. Having fun and creating amazing art is the name of the game.
This week’s artist talk features Boudoir Photographer Ashley Beschell. Ashley’s boudoir photo shoots are so much more than lingerie and sultry poses; they are an opportunity for women to have a self-love experience to feel good and beautiful in their own skin. Ashley captures the Goddess in front of her lens with warm, welcoming, and flattering soft light photos. Her boudoir photo shoots are an opportunity to celebrate your sexy and confident self radiating within.
This week’s artist talk features Graphic Design Artist Aaron Null. Aaron is the founder and owner of Vervor Design, Vervor Shop, and Street Stewards. Vervor Design is a graphic design company specializing in brand and layout design for all types of businesses. VERVOR Shop features over 100+ San Diego artists' work such as wall art, ceramics, jewelry, plants, and other curios. Street Stewards is an organization of a patchwork of people who work together to rid their neighborhood of litter by adopting a block. Street Stewards connects and enriches neighborhoods within a community with a sense of pride and respect.
This week’s artist talk features Oil Painter Artist Wendy Gracia. Wendy is a contemporary oil painter working primarily on still life and landscapes. Wendy’s paintings have been described as happy and warm, which is what she aims for. Her artworks focus primarily on plein air landscapes and still lifes with a vibrant color palette. in order to create a sense of comfort with the viewer.
This week’s artist talk features Sublime Ordinary Artist Susan Hall. Susan presents us with an illumination of the everyday as it exists within the natural world. She creates landscape paintings and ceramics inspired by Point Reyes. Inspired by technical and spiritual lessons she has learned over the decades, her art reveals the consciousness of West Marin in Northern California. Susan is known for capturing the local landscape through ethereal tones and colors.
This week’s artist talk features Professional Creative Artist Scott “Sourdough” Power. Sourdough is a co-founder of Crewest Studio and NOT REAL ART. NOT REAL ART is a progressive alternative art community where Artists can learn how to be savvy and successful artrepreneurs. Artists can share their talents through NOT REAL ART’s grant opportunities, podcasts, and art focused event experiences. Sourdough is dedicated to celebrating, championing and empowering Artists. He has over 30 years experience working in visual communication and the creative arts. He is a truth seeker and creative explorer driven by an ethos of curiosity, and animated by a carpe diem spirit.
This week’s artist talk features Abstract Mixed Media Artist Tiffany Arp Daleo. Tiffany’s bohemian abstract style of works are full of rich colors, lots of textured layers and infused with natural materials. Her work is created intuitively, which helps her to trust herself and the creative process. In addition to painting, Tiffany creates collages called “contraptions”, which are works made with materials found in nature such as pressed flowers, rocks, feathers, leaves, pine cones, to name a few of her favorite nature materials to work with.
This week’s artist talk features Author D.L. Bielle. D.L. is the writer of the fantasy infused history book series Time Tinkers of Sept. Billy, Amos, Janna (Jan-na), and Lulu find themselves in an alternate universe and find themselves chosen by spiritual beings called The Luman. These four teens are tasked to save the world. To succeed on their mission, the chosen four must travel back to crucial times in their ancestral past and complete their quest of bringing balance and harmony to the Earth before the universal rift brewing destroys life as we know it.
Fashion Portrait Photographer Ramzi Mansour has a talent in uncovering, revealing, and illuminating the authentic and genuine beauty of his subjects through his lens. Ramzi captures each person’s unique essence through black and white photography to create timeless and classic photographs that speak to the authenticity inside us all.
This week’s artist talk features Multi-Faceted Artist Linda Litteral. Linda’s art practice has helped her regain her sense of self, her power, and find the light and happiness she so deserves. As a child, Linda endured sexual abuse from a family member. Her work exposes the negative emotional impact it has had in her life as well as the journey of her healing process. Linda teaches healing art class and guides her students of all ages on how the creative process will help them heal from their past trauma. She is passionate about making the world a safer place for women and children.
This week’s artist talk features Exploratory Artist Andrea Griffis. Andrea is a blossoming artist and is finding her life’s path in the creative world. Art and music has had a positive impact in her personal and professional life. Andrea enjoys exploring the many different facets of creativity and has big goals she is on her way of achieving.
This week’s artist talk features Cityscape Mixed Media Artist Michael Wallner. Michael’s art is all about featuring the beauty of downtown city skylines. Many of his works are created from his own aerial photographs, taken while hanging out of helicopters. Michael digitally manipulates and colors his images to produce artwork printed on usual materials such as aluminum, copper, reclaimed wood, mirrors, magnets, vintage windows, and more. Capturing New York City’s gridded avenues, Los Angeles’s Hollywood Hills, and the Thames River winding through London are just some of the cities which have inspired Michael’s work. He thrives on the quest of finding extraordinary views, strange angles and fantastic shapes to present the cityscape skylines he loves.
This week’s artist talk features Mixed Media Upcycle Artist Optimus Volts. Optimus Volt’s artwork is a fusion of pop culture and Dia de los Muertos. Using everyday objects such as recycled spray cans and back alley treasures, Optimus transforms bland objects into unique works of art that make a statement.
This week’s artist talk features Watercolor Artist Desiree Cheuvront. Desiree has a passion for language and nature in which she integrates into her art. She loves to play with bold colors and artistic styles which range from realism to impressionism and illustration. The practice of creating art allows Desiree to explore her mind, get inspired and have fun. Seventeen of Desiree’s watercolor paintings are featured in her solo show Unbounded Terrain at Mike Hess North Park.
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