I had Mateo Romero on the podcast today. He is a fantastic painter and interesting individual and this interview is one of the more unique podcasts I've had the pleasure to record. On the Art Dealer Diaries, we generally talk about art but with Mateo, we gravitated to the topic of the current racial divide in the United States. Mateo has been involved in a lawsuit for 20+ years against the Washington Redskins organization to change their name so we had a chance to discuss all of the recent devel...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 53 min•Season 1Ep. 112
I had Kim Peone on the podcast today who is the newest Executive Director of the non-profit organization SWAIA (Southwestern Association For Indian Arts). Every year SWAIA's banner event the Santa Fe Indian Market brings in millions of dollars for Native artisans and acts as a huge boost for the local economy. The event is always in the third week of August and I myself have had the privilege of attending for the past 30 years. Well, this year the event got canceled. For the first time in 99 yea...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 111
I had Dr. Michael F. Brown on the podcast today and he's president of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM. I've been a long time supporter of this museum and institution and I highly encourage people to go to their website which is sarweb.org. The school supports native causes and various research projects in the region. It started as an archeology museum in 1922 and it's an amazing place with a huge array of pottery and artifacts, as well as some of the finest contemporary native a...
Jul 22, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 110
I had Jim Jacobs come to the gallery today to join me for an episode of the Art Dealer Diaries that is unlike any other so far. Jim is a realtor in Tucson, actually the BEST realtor in Tucson and someone that I've bought quite a few houses from over the years. He has great instincts about what architecture and art mean to a home and a homeowner. His backstory involves 20 years of fashion industry expertise in Atlanta and New York City before ever becoming a realtor as well as working at the Play...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Frank Patania Jr. owner of the Thunderbird shop of Santa Fe and Tucson, and the son of Frank Patania Sr. tells the second half of his 87-year story in this edition of the Art Dealer Diaries Podcast. Frank and I spoke for almost 3 hours so this is a two-part podcast with the first portion of the story appearing in episode 107. Part two focuses on Frank Patania Jr's own career and the process behind some of his most important works. We hear about Frank using styrofoam to cast a 9ft tall cross in a...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 108
I had an important historical figure on the podcast today, Frank Patania Jr. original owner of the Thunderbird shop of Santa Fe and Tucson, and the son of Frank Patania Sr. tells the story of the lives of three generations of silversmiths. I had Sam Patania, Frank Jr's son on an earlier podcast which you might want to listen to as well. Frank and I spoke for almost 3 hours so this is a two-part podcast with the remainder of the story appearing in episode 108 which is part two. Part one focuses o...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Associate Director of the BYU Museum of Art, Ed Lind stopped by the gallery today to share his fascinating story. Ed is somebody who was born an artist, but his career path just didn't let him go that direction. He was involved in computers very early on in the '80s, realized he wanted to follow his passion, and then went back to school when he was in his 30's and received a fine art degree. He eventually got a call from Brigham Young University to be a part of their museum administration, becom...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Billy Schenck came to deliver some paintings and wound up in the Medicine Man Gallery Studio for this episode of the Art Dealer Diaries. There's no reason why I can't grab somebody for another podcast that's already done one, especially if it's Bill Schenck. I wanted to get an update on Billy and how he's doing, and it turns out he's has had some pretty traumatic stuff going on in his life recently, namely a heart attack and being in the hospital in the middle of a global pandemic. We also talk ...
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Shirley Wagner was on the podcast today. She is a three-dimensional artist specializing in modern sculpture inspired by the great Louise Nevelson. An interesting podcast for any artist who is in the struggle to find a way to create and make a living in the difficult field of art. To live a full life while trying to follow your vision when life doesn't want to let you go down that alley is exactly what Shirley Wagner faced. Whether it was her mom dying as soon as she graduated from art school or ...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Sam Patania took the time to come to the Medicine Man Gallery Studio for this episode of the Art Dealer Diaries. We've been kinda slow, hunkering down through quarantine, so it was wonderful to spend an hour and talk face to face with an actual human being. One of the best silversmiths in the business, Sam's has an amazing family history. He's a third-generation silversmith whose grandfather, Frank Patania Sr, opened the Thunderbird Shop in 1927 in Santa Fe and not long after that in 1937, came ...
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 102
This episode was taped In early March right before Heard Museum Native American show and sale when Peter Miller came to Tucson to visit and before Covid19 had closed down the country. Peter is a collector who I've had the pleasure of selling to and during these brief visits we've always had wonderful conversations not only surrounding the art he collects, but also his world as an entrepreneur working at MIT. He was educated at MIT and was involved in several different software companies that he ...
May 27, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Jeff Timan stopped by the gallery today for this edition of the Art Dealer Diaries. A special individual, Jeff is one of the owners of the world-famous Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort founded in Tucson in the 1920s as well as one of the founding members of the group SculptureTucson.com. We had a wonderful discussion about Jeff's life in Tucson and the evolution he's seen take place since 1958, what it's like to run a resort in the middle of a pandemic, and finally how he feels about art in g...
May 20, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Jim Ballinger, an important figure in the Arizona art world and my 100th podcast guest, provided one of my more fascinating interviews. Jim Ballinger is the former director of the Phoenix Art Museum for 40 years, a curator for 7 years, and the director for 33. Working for the Phoenix Art Museum was his first job and turns out his last, spending an entire career taking the museum from a small regional entity to a major institution in American Art. Jim's early life, including being a tennis athlet...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Deladier Almeida discusses his life story of growing up in Brazil and starting as an architecture student, graphic artist, and illustrator before gravitating to fine art, first starting as a portrait painter inspired by a book on John Howard Sanden's work before becoming a landscape artist. Del shares his method and motivation giving me insight into how he creates his work, how his architecture with city planning influenced his landscape paintings, not only from a technical standpoint, but from ...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Art expert and critic Elaine A. King found her way to the Podcast studio, mask and all. This was filmed during the coronavirus pandemic with social distancing, shortly after Arizona governor Ducey issued a stay at home order. Elaine's story as a professor, historian, critic, and curator was enlighting. King was a tenured Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University in Art History & Theory and has curated over 50 art exhibitions. We had a lively discussion on the nuances of what it means to be an ...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 98
This was a long-time-coming podcast as I finally got Ray Roberts to stop by the Medicine Man Gallery Studio to discuss his life and the painting world he orbits. Ray Roberts was the first contemporary artist I represented at Medicine Man Gallery (beginning in 1995 ), Ray is a wonderful teacher and well respected in his field for his teaching abilities. I refer to Ray Roberts in my gallery as a Painter's Painter as so many artists look up to Ray for inspiration and admire his painting technique. ...
Apr 22, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Tucson artist Fred Borcherdt came by today, I've been trying to get Fred on the Podcast show and finally found time. I've represented Fred for 15 years and own his sculpture in my personal collection. Borcherdt trained at the University of Arizona and got his master's of fine art at the Chicago Art Institute, where he would eventually teach 3D design for 5 years. Fred takes us through his art career chronologically, specifically how sculpture came into his life and how traveling the world on a s...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 96
This podcast was recorded before Arizona went to a shelter in place. Jim Woodside who was painting in self-isolating deep in the Sonoran Desert checks in for a follow-up podcast (Episode 53) on the Art Dealer Diaries. Jim teaches art and lives in Boston which is currently near the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. Woodside arrived in early March just before the full Covid19 meltdown. An interesting discussion on isolation and his love of painting and what people can do during this difficult...
Apr 08, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 95
I had the pleasure of having Charles Geoffrion on the podcast today. A very interesting and knowledgeable man, Charles is the Vice President of the Pima County Board of Health and is on the Board of Directors for Allied Bioscience. On top of all that - he's married to an artist, Moira Geoffrion, who we've done a podcast with and represent at Medicine Man Gallery. The first part of this podcast is all about the coronavirus, where it's going, what we should do, what's happening in Arizona as well ...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 94
A timely interview with 96-year old world-renowned neuroendocrinologist and researcher Dr. Seymour Reichlin who discussed the role stress has on disease and the issues surrounding psychosomatic disease as well as briefly discuss the 1918 Pandemic flu, Babe Ruth and the deployment of the Atomic bomb. Dr. Reichlin joins our host, Dr. Mark Sublette who takes off his art hat too discuss medicine and early Navajo life in the 1950's and the medical treatments and lifestyle at that time as well as coll...
Mar 25, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 93
A timely interview with 96-year old world-renowned neuroendocrinologist and researcher Dr. Seymour Reichlin who discussed the role stress has on disease and the issues surrounding psychosomatic disease as well as briefly discuss the 1918 Pandemic flu, Babe Ruth and the deployment of the Atomic bomb. Dr. Reichlin joins our host, Dr. Mark Sublette who takes off his art hat too discuss medicine and early Navajo life in the 1950's and the medical treatments and lifestyle at that time as well as coll...
Mar 18, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Museum President and CEO Dr. Michael Duchemin stops by the Medicine Man Gallery Studio to share his insights into the daily operations of the 6-year-old San Antonio Briscoe Western Art Museum. Michael discusses his early interest in the perception of American culture as well as his experience in the museum circuit and his ascent to a top post in Western museum operation. We get a breakdown of how Michael plans and exhibits some of the nation's top Western artists and the process behind convertin...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Western sculptor Susan Kliewer pays a visit to the Medicine Man Gallery studio and discusses her long and difficult road to becoming an artist with host Dr. Mark Sublette. Susan chronicles the wonderful story behind her ascent to finding her artistic footing including (but not limited to) winning her first art show at age 9, declining a scholarship to a prestigious LA art school, and smashing gender barriers working in an Arizona foundry in the 1970s and 80s. We hear about Susan's time on the Na...
Mar 04, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Painter and former U of Arizona professor James Cook stops by the Medicine Man Gallery studio for an enlightening interview with our host Dr. Mark Sublette. James dives into the interview discussing his early years in a talented household and how they shaped his approach to art. We hear about the business that happens beyond the (large) canvas and the stress an inexperienced gallerist can put on an artist. Jim goes on to discuss the pitfalls of launching a career in fine art and how confidence i...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Landscape painter and former professor of the arts at Maine College of Arts Glenn Renell sits down with our host Dr. Mark Sublette to share his story of how he became the remarkable landscape painter he is today. Unbelievably, Glenn started his painting career as an abstract expressionist painter, a vast departure from the atmospheric landscapes he's now known for today. From being on an aircraft carrier during Vietnam to living on the reservation at Chinle and painting Canyon de Chelly, Glenn c...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Watercolorist extraordinaire William (Willy) Matthews stops by the Medicine Man Gallery studio for a special two part interview with host Dr. Mark Sublette. In part TWO, the esteemed Mr. Matthews discusses his time in Europe forging relationships by knocking on doors and playing music, eventually leading to a job at The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (now Modern Art Oxford). After William returns to the US, he leads a graphic design studio in 1980's Denver for a short period of time, eventually op...
Feb 12, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Watercolorist extraordinaire William (Willy) Matthews stops by the Medicine Man Gallery studio for a special two-part interview with host Dr. Mark Sublette. In part ONE, Mr. Matthews looks back on the early days of his 50+ year career as a professional artist. We get a glimpse into William's early life in San Francisco and what is like to grow up in such a talented family of creatives. Hanging around Haight-Ashbury in the late 1960's, carrying a 40 lb portfolio around L.A. in the 1970's, and wor...
Feb 05, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Tim Newton is the publisher of Western Art & Architecture, a photographer, art collector, renovation expert, minister, dog catcher, and renaissance man. He shares his love of art and the unusual life path art has taken him. From starting a church in New York to founding the American Masters Exhibition, Tim details his fascinating life as an art collector. Tim's continued dedication to the Salmagundi Club in New York City, of which he's been the chairman and CEO for 8 years is evident as he s...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Steve Datz's second visit to the Art Dealer Diaries; on this special episode we discuss what it takes to be an artist and pull off a major art exhibit. Stephen's first interview (Epi. 43) delved into his backstory and what led him to pursue painting full-time. This time around, Stephen and Mark go in-depth about the lifestyle of the modern landscape painter. We hear about the choices that have to be made beyond the canvas to have a successful exhibition in a southwest gallery setting, and how be...
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 84
Michael John Nolan the Head of the Design at Pima Community College sits down with our host Dr. Mark Sublette to discuss life as both a painter and an educator. We hear about Michael's early days growing up in Tucson and how taking the right classes (and teaching them) turned Michael into an artist,. Illustrating comic books, novels, and painting which Michael refers to as "couch paintings". The exhibition, sale of paintings, and choosing the right gallerist are all touched on in this comprehens...
Jan 15, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 83
