Today’s conversation has been eye opening for me, and one of the best I had in a long time. I hope you’ll find it as fruitful as I did. Today we discuss the future of painting, and specifically the chances of the field’s survival in light of th

Art, Death & Robots | Greg Rutkowski

Oct 1st, 2022 1h 12m

Today’s episode touches on one of the most pressing topics in today’s art discourse: the rise of image-generating artificial intelligence. AI burst onto the scene like a hurricane, and today’s guest is right in the eye of the storm, he is the o

Doing Art While Raising Kids | Emily Fossum & Hannah Leach

Aug 17th, 2022 1h 29m

Today’s episode taught me a great deal about a very important and pressing topic: the intersection of art and parenting. I don’t have kids yet, so I invited two special guests to shine a light on this topic, they are Emily Fossum and Hannah Lea

The Art Business and the Business of Art | Arcadia Gallery

Jun 20th, 2022 1h 14m

Steven Diamant is the owner and founder of Arcadia Contemporary, one of the world’s leading galleries for realistic art. Steven and I covered several pressing topics: how to work with galleries, the business of sales, the importance of Instagra

Layers of Refinement | Gustavo Ramos

May 18th, 2022 1h 38m

Gustavo Ramos is a Brazilian-born Arizona-based painter. We touched on how to plan a painterly process using layers, how to deal with mistakes throughout the process, how to nurture artistic growth in children, how to paint successfully from ph

Can We Paint Without Solvents? | Kimberly Brooks

Mar 31st, 2022 1h 29m

Today we are touching on a topic that is pressing and urgent for many of us - can we paint without using solvents? As you know, solvents are harmful to our health, and eliminating or reducing their usage should be on everyone’s agenda. But how

The Death of Painting | Ilya Gefter

Dec 21st, 2021 1h 32m

Painting has been proclaimed dead many times throughout history, and yet people like me and probably you continue to sling paint around, still believing it matters. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this true-crime episode, where we explore the alleged dea

Realism, Trolls, and Enemies of Experience | Ilya Gefter

Oct 20th, 2021 1h 38m

Today’s topic is "Realism," what it meant for different painters in different times and ways to think about it today. Very importantly, we also discuss why detail is the enemy of experience, and how Courbet was basically a troll. We are very

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | AMA #3

Aug 14th, 2021 1h 37m

Today’s episode is absolutely packed with down-to-earth technical advice which I expect any painting enthusiast will appreciate, and a few inflammatory opinions which may or may not stir the pot. This episode is an Ask Me Anything episode, whic

Personal Style and the Apprenticeship Model | Jeff Hein

Jun 28th, 2021 1h 22m

Jeff has been titled a “living master” by the art Renewal Center, and has been written up in numerous publications, including “American Art collector”, “Fine Art Connoisseur”, “Arts and Antiques” and “Jetset Magazine”. His work has been shown

Painting as a Theoretical Vanguard | Vincent Desiderio

May 10th, 2021 1h 33m

Vincent Desiderio is a titan of contemporary painting. He is a Senior Critic at the New York Academy of Art and has been a visiting professor at numerous universities both in the US and abroad. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from bo

Marketing and the "Authentic Self" | Superfine Founders

Apr 15th, 2021 1h 23m

Alex Mitow and James Miille are the co-founders of Superfine, the art fair that puts young professionals in touch with hundreds of cutting-edge works by the world's top emerging artists. Alex is a curator and entrepreneur. He holds a marketing

Where Does Beauty Lie? | Josh Clare

Mar 23rd, 2021 1h 10m

Josh Clare is a fantastic painter, and the first ART’S COOL guest focused on landscape work, so lots of valuable insight here for all you plein-air enthusiasts. Josh is the recipient of numerous awards, including artists choice at the 2012 Lagu

Why Baroque Masters Are Cooler | Will St. John

Mar 16th, 2021 1h 24m

Will St. John is one of my favorite living painters. This is the point at which I list selected biographical information that I find on the guest’s “About” page, but Will doesn’t have an "About" page. He doesn’t even have a website as far as I’

Art and What Makes Us Human | AMA #2

Mar 1st, 2021 1h 41m

This is my favorite episode to date! I speak with Alex Castilla, an incredibly accomplished experimental physicist, a student of painting, and one of my Patreon supporters. This episode is a mentorship session I had with Alex: he asked me brill

Lessons From the Tattoo World | Jesse Smith

Feb 11th, 2021 1h 12m

Jesse Smith is a decorated tattoo artist. You might know him from season two of Ink Master - now available on Netflix. His work is absolutely incredible, and the show is really fun, I recommend checking it out. Jesse’s won numerous awards for h

Painting as a Language | Ilya Gefter

Jan 7th, 2021 1h 32m

Ilya Gefter is a painter, art educator and the founder and director of the Visual Art Center in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Ilya has shown in 14 solo exhibitions before he was 40, he’s won numerous prestigious awards, and his work can be found in notable

All About Technique | AMA #1

Dec 24th, 2020 58m 23s

If you’re a student of the craft, you’re going to love this one. I don’t have a guest, or rather I don’t have a single guest, instead I have a panel of my Patreon supporters asking me their most pressing questions about painting and drawing, an

Cool Shadows and Uncool Dogmas | Todd M. Casey

Dec 11th, 2020 1h 16m

Todd M. Casey is an artist, author, and art educator extraordinaire. His work won numerous awards in recent years, and can be found in collections across the the United States. He currently teaches at the Academy of Art university, Massachusett

Realism Across America | Bryan Mark Taylor

Nov 27th, 2020 1h 4m

Bryan Mark Taylor is an American painter and educator. Bryan won numerous awards in national and international shows and his work has been shown in museums across the world. He’s regularly featured in publications such as Fine Art Connoisseur,

Notes on Art Education | Juliette Aristides

Nov 16th, 2020 41m 5s

Juliette Aristides is the founder and instructor of the Aristides Atelier at the Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle. Juliette teaches workshops both nationally and internationally. She is the author of Classical Drawing Atelier, Classical Pa

Myths and Methods of Art Marketing | Roni Yoffe

Oct 27th, 2020 1h 15m

Roni Yoffe is an Israeli painter, illustrator, and a teacher of painting and drawing. She is the founder and admin of the largest, most active, and fastest growing art-related Israeli Facebook group called Beit Sefer LeTziyur, which means “scho

Still Life as Portraiture, Painting as Theater | Clinton Hobart

Oct 18th, 2020 1h 6m

Clinton Hobart is a fine artist, and a Licensed Disney Fine Artist. He uses a wide variety of subjects in his practice: from the classical fruit and eggshells to the contemporary Mickey Mouse and Doritos. His Disney paintings are technically st

Realism and Personal Style | Stephen Bauman

Oct 10th, 2020 1h 22m

Stephen Bauman is an artist and educator. He has been teaching in ateliers around the world for 10 years. If you´re looking for simple and effective learning online, his tutorials and live workshops are excellent. You can try them for free at:

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Intro - ART'S COOL with Ken Goshen

Oct 4th, 2020 1m 4s

Introducing ART'S COOL with Ken Goshen, where Ken will talk to fellow painters and other makers about their inspirations, their interests, and their techniques, as well as larger topics like the current state of art and culture, and the role ar

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