Off the Easel

Episode 120: The Tiny Painting EpisodeAre you drawn to larger than life Art or do you gravitate to tiny art treasures?  This week Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore talk all about tiny art.  The ladies define what is tiny art?  They discuss the pros and cons of working small, and debate whether it could be the beginning of a new art movement.  The episode ends with a fun Art News Segment about a new art enterprise on EBay.  Get ready to be inspired on Off the Easel Podcast!Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Episode 119: Lovely Nightmares with Annie OwensJoin Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for an amazing artist interview with the fabulous Annie Owens!  Annie comes to us from Northern California where she creates her thought provoking introspective art and runs Hi Fructose Magazine with her husband Attaboy.  Annie explains how she creates, why she creates the art she makes, and tells us about building a house in the middle of the woods. Annie discusses the origin of Hi Fructose magazine and shares the challenges of being a woman artist today.  You can hear more about Annie in her own words on Off The Easel this week.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Episode 118: Diversify Your Art IncomeJoin Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for an eye opening episode about diversifying your art income.  What does this mean?  Why should artists do it?  How do you diversify your art business?  Let's find out this week on Off the Easel Podcast!Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Planting a Garden with Malisa SuchanyaFrom Singapore to New York to California, we have the lovely Malisa Suchanya on Off the Easel this week!  Malisa, the artist, illustrator, and art educator comes to us from Helvella Arts in Oakland, California.  Malisa has an extensive education from Rhode Island School of Art and Design, and the Academy of Arts in San Francisco.  She pursued teaching Art to High School Students in the beginning of her art career and pivoted into selling and showing her fine art today.  She can be found at different Art Markets, Festivals, and Gallery Shows sprinkled through Northern California.  Her art is rich in symbolism, color, and cuteness.  You can learn more about her process, inspiration, and so much more this week with Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore on Off the Easel Podcast.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Good Habits!  Good Artist.Habits are hot!  Do you have good habits as an artist?  Do you know what habits are?  Find out this week on Off the Easel with Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore.  The ladies will help you understand what a habit is, the importance of habits, bad habits, and good habits to adopt today.  The episode ends with a lively Art News story about Master Artist’s Real Estate.  Get ready to be an inspired and productive artist off the Easel Podcast!Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Why Cake?  with Scott HoveJoin Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for a delicious interview with the amazing sculpture, painter, and overall creator Scott Hove!  Scott describes his artist journey, and unveils his observations and experience with art school.  He discusses life as an artist and growing up in the Bay Area.  Scott also explains why he relocated and shares what he has observed when making art in other locations.  Scott describes how the pandemic changed his business model.  You can hear all of it and so much more this week on Off the Easel.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Product Review 2024This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa discuss our favorite art supplies!  The ladies go over drawing materials, paints, framing materials, apps for marketing and creating, and lastly studio furniture.  The episode ends with an ArtNews review for top art products.  If you create, how many of the products discussed have you used?  Maybe you are interested in trying some of them out. Please share your experiences on social media.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Artist from Day 1 with Victor GrassoJoin Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for an amazing artist interview with the incredible artist Victor Grasso.  Victor comes to us from Cape May, New Jersey.  Victor is a self taught artist who specializes in stunning photo realistic surreal paintings of people and animals in oil and watercolor.  Victor started his art career straight out of high school, and learned on the job for a mural company.  From there, Victor was able to start his own mural company, and eventually, focus solely on his beautiful paintings.  In this episode Victor shares what inspires him, his process, stories from his life, and so much more.  Get ready to be inspired and listen to Victor Grasso! Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

What Is Your Why?Join Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore for a brand new episode about discovering your why.  This week the ladies will help you discover your personal prerogative.  They will define the elusive Why Statement.  What is the importance of a Why Statement?  How do you find your why?  They will explain some of Simon Sinek's beliefs and processes.  The ladies also discover how a Why Statement relates to an Artist Statement, and how it can help your art business.  The episode ends with an exciting opportunity for artists and art collectors offered from the Oakland Library in California.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

The Fearless AttaboyThis week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa had the privilege of interviewing the amazing Daniel Attaboy Seifert.  Atta comes to us from the Bay Area.  He is originally from Long Island and currently runs his art business, and magazine from Northern California.  Atta started his art career as a toy designer, and moved into being a professor at the Academy of Art in San Francisco.  Atta also co-founded Hi Fructose magazine with his lovely wife and fellow artist Annie Owens.  Atta is the parent of the international art scavenger hunt, Game of Shrooms.  Even with all of these projects, Atta is still a very prolific artist, with his current traveling art exhibit, Upcycled Garden Project.  You can hear Atta describe his experiences, share stories from his career and so much more.  Get ready to be inspired this week with Attaboy!Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Artist Block HelpWhat is ‘Artist Block'?  Why are you experiencing it?  How do you get past it?  These are some of the questions Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa will answer this week on Off the Easel Podcast. Artist Block, also known as Creative Block, can be a frustrating part of the creative process.  Is it rooted in fear?  Fear of the unknown, fear of the lack of acceptance?  Listen to Catherine and Skye share their experiences with artist block and how they have overcome it.  The episode ends with a heartwarming story about Spike Lee's shoes and a charity auction.  Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Where the Wild Things Are with Matthew GrabelskyIn this episode of Off the Easel Podcast, Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa interview the incredibly talented and hard working Matthew Grabelsky.  Matthew comes to us from sunny Los Angeles, California where he creates beautiful photo realistic oil paintings of people with animal heads with tongue in cheek style and themes.  Matthew graduated Rice University with a double major of Art History and Astrophysics.  He is a very intelligent and well educated creative with a strong work ethic.  Matthew works with many galleries around the world.  He just had a solo show at Thinkspace in Los Angeles, California, and will have another solo with Dorothy Circus in Rome, Italy.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

How to Write and Artist StatementJoin Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for a captivating episode about ‘How to write an Artist Statement.’  First the ladies explain what an Artist Statement is.  Next they discuss the difference between an Artist Statement versus an Artist Bio?  Lastly they give helpful tips and personal experience on how to take on this monumental task.  The episode ends with an entertaining Art News segment about Robert Banks, or as we know him, ‘Banksy.”Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Black and White with Juliet SchreckingerWelcome to Off the Easel Podcast.  This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa have a fantastic interview with the captivating Juliet Schreckinger.  Juliet  teaches us about the native language of black and white.  As a pen and ink artist, Juliet utilizes the traditional method of stippling with tiny micron pens and graphite.  Wise beyond her years, Juliet seeks to educate the viewer about the magic and whimsy of nature, specifically marine life.  Juliet tells us of her incredible book “The Ghost Lights: Volume I” she is publishing and a sequel on the horizon. Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

The Valuable EpisodeThis week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa have a special guest host, Cassandra Kim!  Cassandra joins the ladies for a discussion on how to add value to your artwork.  What does this mean?  Listen to the ladies, because they will define what value means to a small business, and describe three specific methods to add more value to your artwork.  The episode ends with a delightful Art News Story about the Mona Lisa.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Fill Up Your Cup with Jacub GagnonComing all the way from Canada, Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa have a wonderful interview this week with Jacub Gagnon.  Jacub is an acrylic artist who specializes in animal paintings with thoughtful clever titles.  He describes  the inspiration behind his work and explains his process, and technique.  Jacub shows at Thinks[ace Gallery and has started curating shows, such as the Zelda Show at Gallery 1988.  You can find his work oin his website or on Instagram @jacubgagnon.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Season 3 Promo Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Proactive vs.Reactive Behavior, Which are you?This week Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa have an in depth conversation about Proactive versus Reactive Behavior.  What is Proactive Behavior?  What is Reactive Behavior?   Find out this week when the ladies define these behaviors, list the pros of each one, and personal experiences.  The episode ends with a fascinating Art News Story about a new software to protect artists against AI.Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Stream of Consciousness with CrawwJoin Skye Becker-Yamakawa and Catherine Moore as they travel all the way to the UK to interview Craww, or Shaun Friend.  Shaun delights the ladies with his evolution from art director to full time fine artist.  Shaun describes his process and inspires artists to sketch and save those moleskins.  Shaun explains the mystery and meaning behind his beautiful artwork as well as what inspires him.  Get your pencils out and get ready to be inspired by Shaun Friend!Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

This is a re-airing of the Josh Coffy interview episodes.If you would to purchase or view Josh's work, go to https://undersong.com/To view the GoFundMe setup by Josh's supporters to assist Josh's family, contribute  at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-for-josh-coffy-his-family-as-they-sit-vigilCheck out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/