“For me, painting is a way to celebrate the beauty of the Earth, honoring the places I’ve been, the landscapes I’ve explored, and the experiences that have left a lasting impression.”
Interview with artist Courtney Wilson
“The research I get to perform around the subjects of my vessels is honestly as exciting as the thrill I get from making them.”
Interview with artist Susan Hurst
“I find it inspiring and exciting to continue to learn and challenge myself. An artist is never through exploring and learning.”
Interview with artist Emma Estelle
“By using local rocks and minerals, harvested by my own hand or the hands of my fellow Arkansans, I make my work inherently connected to the land and its people.”
Interview with artist Laura Carenbauer
“I think that the approach to the creative process that works best for me is one that allows the image to become what it wants to be.”
Interview with artist Michael LeBlanc
“I have a lot of fun with my art practice. My humor and light heartedness flow into my creativity and community engagement, which circulate back into my purpose, intention, and thoroughness as a practicing artist.”
Arkansas Art Scene Blog is on Vacation for the Holidays
The Arkansas Art Scene Blog is taking a break for the Holidays! New artist interviews will start again January 13, 2025.
Interview with artist Greta Kresse
“My work is always based on moments of lived experience. A lot of how I choose what I paint is just by slowing down and thinking about a moment or a sensation I want to zoom in on.”
Interview with artist David Gomez
“It is so important to let things go from the heart onto the canvas or onto paper. I feel like the process allows me to let other things in.”
Interview with artist Tom Day
“I want to use my artistic platform to try and reason with and educate others about the harm of intertwining religion with the state.”
Interview with artist Robert Lemming
“There was always something thrilling about taking a material and pushing it in a direction that was never intended. The unpredictability of the results would lead down many unique paths as I reacted to their nature.”
Interview with artist Sandy Hubler
“I look back to the very small town I grew up in and the county lifestyle I was raised in and here I am today. How many people can say they look forward to going to work and do what they love and love what they do.”
The "Art" of Florence and Rome
"Some of the best art in Florence and Rome is presented on dinner plates."
On Vacation!
The Blog is on vacation for a five weeks while we are on vacation in Italy and Greece. But, I will be posting art from Italy and Greece and our cruise ship each week until interviews start again November 18.
Interview with artist Clark Valentine
"I find the process of making my work to be more rooted in cultivating a space for exploration and care. The act of making becomes a time of reflection for me – a space to feel fully present."
Interview with artist Zeno Schaefer
"Being an artist is the only thing I ever wanted to be, even before I knew that it was something you could be. The thought of it would be like getting paid to eat breakfast. I just knew I never wanted to be anything else."
Interview with artist Beth Owen
"I loved many art forms growing up from music, theater, literature, to ballet. But by the time I graduated from high school, I decided I wanted more of a normal life, so I went back to my first love of visual art."
Interview with artist Shelley Mouber
"The people in my creative vision are ALL types of people. I try to be inclusive and expressive to show that diversity and inclusivity are absolutely necessary."
No interview this week because of a No Show
"After 206 interviews I guess I should not be surprised that one scheduled artist decided at the last minute that he did not want to do it. There are still lots of great Arkansas artists who want to be interviewed – so keep checking back!"
Interview with artist Catherine Vaughn
"I really hope that people see what I see in my work. I love every painting I do and I find beauty in almost everything. God has been so good to me!"