I had gallery owner Bill Rey on the podcast today and we spoke for quite a while, so this will be a two-part interview. This is part two. Bill is a very interesting guy who I've known for over 20 years. He's been in the art gallery business for almost 40 years, having started when he was 18 working with a Squash Blossom Gallery in Aspen, Vail, and Denver. This is a fun interview - especially for those people who're really interested in the history of the art business, dealers, and artists alike ...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 172
I had gallery owner Bill Rey on the podcast today and we spoke for quite a while, so this will be a two-part interview. This is part one. Bill is a very interesting guy who I've known for over 20 years. He's been in the art gallery business for almost 40 years, having started when he was 18 working with a Squash Blossom Gallery in Aspen, Vail, and Denver. This is a fun interview - especially for those people who're really interested in the history of the art business, dealers, and artists alike ...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 171
View Bill Anton's newest painting "Stirrup Deep" here: https://www.medicinemangallery.com/bill-anton-stirrup-deep-plv1341.html Now, I've done a long-format podcast with Bill, but you know, he brought this painting in that we just got for the gallery and it's such a fantastic painting. It's one of those really inspirational works that when you stare at it long enough it just grabs you and pulls you in and boy did this painting grab me. So I thought, you know, let's just go do a podcast and see wh...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 170
I had Joan and David Wenger on today, and it was really it was a great time. In the first part of the podcast, I really go into detail with David about dye analysis of Cochineal, Indigo dyes in serapes. There's some technical information in there as well, which is great to know and we talk about serapes, early Navajo textiles, and the meaning of dating. We also talk about his life as a biochemist and what all he's done and how he ended up in the Native American area. Then we pivot to his wife, J...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 169
I had a really interesting podcast with Lyn Fox today, who owns Lyn A. Fox Fine Pottery in Santa Fe. I've known Lynne for probably since the day he started dealing in Pueblo pottery (his specialty) over 20 years ago. Lyn is a very kind human being who's really considerate in what he does as a dealer and how he looks about buying and selling art. I think there's a lot of commonalities in the way that we both do business and, quite frankly, how we see the world. Throughout this episode, I found so...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 168
I had Glenn Dean on the podcast today. He came to my gallery in Tucson to film this podcast and was a fun podcast. You know, the zoom podcasts are great and they make being able to see and talk to people from a variety of fields much easier, but I must admit - sitting next to somebody and having a meaningful intimate conversation is a whole different ball game, and we did just that. You see, Glenn is a private person, and recording a podcast is probably not a thing that he's most comfortable wit...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 167
I had Bruce Hartman on today, which was so much fun. He's a natural, gregarious, happy individual, and he's always been that way. I've known him for 20 plus years and any time I've ever seen him at a show (which is usually where I see him) he's always laughing and giggling and just having a great time. You see, Bruce absolutely loves art and is a very knowledgeable former art professional having just retired after 30 years as Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Nerman Museum of Contempor...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 166
I had Bruce Hartman on today, which was so much fun. He's a natural, gregarious, happy individual, and he's always been that way. I've known him for 20 plus years and any time I've ever seen him at a show (which is usually where I see him) he's always laughing and giggling and just having a great time. You see, Bruce absolutely loves art and is a very knowledgeable former art professional having just retired after 30 years as Executive Director and Chief Curator at the Nerman Museum of Contempor...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 165
I had Museum Director James Burns on today. James is an interesting guy because he's done so many things. He is a curator, a director, an individual who has always loved history and art. It's a fun ride because we get to see what it takes to get in that world, to be in the world of being an executive director for a museum. You can tell from his story that it's not easy. He's gone through many different ideations and iterations of who he is and what he is to finally get to the pinnacle of his car...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 164
I had Andy Nettle on the podcast today. He is the owner of Back of Beyond Books in Moab, Utah; I met Andy when I was in Moab the summer hiking the Canyonlands and Arches National Monument. Moab is amazing - both geographically and archeologically. There are so many unique early petroglyphs and pictographs from all time frames. Signs of human civilization ranging from 4000 years ago, Barrier Canyon people all the way up to Pueblo and Ute artwork only a century old. It's just a special area to spe...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 163
I had Erin Hanson on today. She's a very interesting person and I've always been a big fan of her work. In fact, I represent her work. I don't get a lot because she has her own galleries, but I do get some great things occasionally. She is a unique human being in many, many respects. She's not only extremely talented as an artist, but she has the same skill set when it comes to business and marketing. Some people might go, “well, you know, that's really not part of the art world,” but it's a cr...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Today's podcast is a special one because I'm actually the one who's being interviewed and I'm not going to lie, it's kind of different to be on the other side of the mic, so to speak. This is for Eric Rhoads' program Plein Air Podcast (which is a wonderful podcast by the way), having done over 200 interviews and it's a historically artist-centric podcast so for me to be on it was really quite an honor. Eric wanted to get a sense of what it was like from my end, handling artists, how a dealer thi...
Aug 18, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 161
Three years and 150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part seven features (in order) Western plein air painter Bill Gallen, Associate Director of the BYU Museum of Art Ed Lind, master San Ildefonso potter Russell Sanchez, Western sculptor Susan Kliewer, contemporary Navajo weaver Marlowe Katoney, and art critic and museum curator Elaine A. King....
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 160
Three years and 150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part six features (in order) Western landscape painter Jill Carver, gallery owner and former president of ATADA John Molloy, celebrated Arizona artist Ed Mell, master Santa Clara potter Susan Folwell, legendary silversmith Frank Patania Jr., and publisher, painter, and podcast host Eric Rhoads....
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 159
Three years and 150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part five features (in order) chief curator of Tucson Museum of Art Julie Sasse, Western painter Bill Anton, Hopi katsina expert Barry Walsh, modern landscape painter Deladier Almeida, modern landscape painter William Haskell, neuroendocrinologist & author Dr. Seymour Reichlin.
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Three years and 150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part four features (in order) Native American jewelry hallmark expert Bille Hougart, museum director and curator Tricia Loscher, 3rd generation silversmith Sam Patania, Western painter and sculptor John Coleman, Jemez Pueblo potter and sculptor Kathleen Wall, and comedy writer/trade blanket expert Barry F...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 157
Three years and 150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part three features (in order) artist and TV personality Lynette Jennings, plein air painter Matt Smith, international art show producer Kim Martindale, Hopi/Laguna silversmith Duane Maktima, Native American basket expert Natalie Linn, and Montana landscape painter Josh Elliott.
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 156
Three years and 150+ podcasts later I figured it was time for a small break. Until new episodes return this Fall, I'll be posting compilations of some of my favorite Art Dealer Diaries moments. Part two features (in order) Navajo artist, educator and author Shonto Begay, producer of Woodstock John Morris, Executive Editor of True West Magazine Bob Boze Bell, master silversmith Tim Yazzie, owner of Toadlena Trading Post Mark Winter, and plein air painter and author Kevin Macpherson....
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 155
About 10 years or so ago I decided I wanted to capture the voices of those in my profession. At the time I was thinking of the dealer community - mostly because, let's face it, we're getting older. I figured if I captured these voices somehow, their stories wouldn't be lost forever. When I eventually started the podcast, the project evolved into one that would document all of the various segments of Southwest art. Artists, critics, writers, editors, collectors, and more. So three years and 150+ ...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Ed Mell came by the studio today and I was thrilled to be able to record a 2-part podcast with him. Honestly, I've been trying to get Ed on the podcast for three whole years. I've had so many people on Art Dealer Diaries talk about Ed Mell in their own podcasts... I think it's probably up to about a dozen people now. It's just one of those things, you know? It's hard to get together sometimes especially when a pandemic gets in the way. Out of all the podcasts I’ve done recently, Ed’s was a podca...
Jun 16, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Ed Mell came by the studio today and I was thrilled to be able to record a 2-part podcast with him. Honestly, I've been trying to get Ed on the podcast for three whole years. I've had so many people on Art Dealer Diaries talk about Ed Mell in their own podcasts... I think it's probably up to about dozen people now. It's just one of those things, you know? It's hard to get together sometimes especially when a pandemic gets in the way. Out of all the podcasts I’ve done recently, Ed’s was a podcast...
Jun 09, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 152
This is part two of a two-part podcast. I had a wonderful talk today with Santa Fe-based oil painter Kathryn Stedham. Kathryn is a very unique human being, to say the least. It's interesting when people are made to be artists, right? Not everyone finds their voice quickly, but it's clear that Kathryn found hers at a very early age. There were a few foundational aspects of her past that we talk about, from rock climbing and backpacking adventures to spontaneous solo sailing trips down the coast. ...
May 26, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 151
This is part one of a two-part podcast. I had a wonderful talk today with Kathryn Stedham for our 150th episode of the podcast. Kathryn is a very unique human being, to say the least. It's interesting when people are made to be artists, right? Not everyone finds their voice quickly, but it's clear that Kathryn found hers at a very early age. There were a few foundational aspects of her past that we talk about, from rock climbing and backpacking adventures to spontaneous solo sailing trips down t...
May 19, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 150
I thought you might enjoy my Zoom interview with David Meikle recorded for our virtual opening for Desert Elements. This event took place on December 4, 2020, and shows David's new body of work featuring recognizable imagery encountered during his travels across the southwest. Meikle created the images that are seen on the "Welcome to Utah" billboards found at all major entry points to the state. His paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Springville Museum of Art and Salt La...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 148
I had Navajo artist Shonto Begay on for his second episode of Art Dealer Diaries. I love Shonto because he's not only a wonderful artist that I've collected for a long time in my own home, but also because he's a truly mystical individual. Shonto has this innate ability to channel the earth and his heritage into his work, and then infuse his own creative sensibilities, producing these elaborate, colorful scenes and stories. This is the first interview I've actually had in person in over a year. ...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 148
This episode was recorded during our virtual opening / Q&A event held on April 2nd, 2021 First-time "three-peat" guest Billy Schenck joins us for the 147th edition of the Art Dealer Diaries Podcast. It's always fun to have Billy on my podcast because no two interviews are the same. It doesn't matter how much I know about him, I always learn something new. In this case, we were fortunate to have had a virtual opening and Q+A for Billy's "New Works" show so we took that opportunity to make it ...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 147
This episode was recorded during our live zoom opening / Q&A event held on March 19, 2021 Celebrated Western painter Dennis Ziemienski joins us on Art Dealer Diaries for a special episode discussing his new show "Grand Canyon State" with works celebrating Arizona's natural wonders and unique tourist destinations. Dennis goes in-depth about his background in illustration, recounting a few amazing stories while showing some of his most famous illustrative works. We hear about his illustrious c...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 146
This is part two of a two-part podcast. In the second part of the Kristin Atwell Ford podcast, we elaborate on the involvement of Ed Mell on the production of "Riders of the Purple Sage" and discuss the films Kristin filmed earlier in her career. This includes a film produced for the Salt River Project narrated by Peter Coyote which received an Emmy - in fact, she has two Emmys for her projects - and she explains how that project came to be. This is an individual who's donated her entire life to...
Mar 24, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 145
This is part one of a two-part podcast. I had Emmy-winning filmmaker Kristin Atwell Ford on the podcast today. Kristin has an interesting connection to the world of Western art. One thing you'll notice when you listen to my podcasts is that I love to go through the backstories of my guests. I've found that if I can get a better understanding of where they came from and their influences, then I can get a better sense of where they are as a person today. This podcast is no exception. Kristin's par...
Mar 17, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 144
************************************************************ At the time of recording, Bill Anton was slated to have an exhibition at the Desert Caballeros Museum in Wickenburg, AZ. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition has been postponed until December 2021. ************************************************************ I've probably said this on more than one occasion, that this is a podcast you absolutely have to listen to, but I'm going to say it again. BILL ANTON IS A PODCAST YOU MUST ...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 143
