Ep. 163 Raven Rohrig – Illustrator & Mixed Media Artist

In this episode, Wes and Todd sit down with Raven Rohrig. Raven discusses her life growing up with her Artist father, her artistic family, not being exposed to a lot of art, the beginning of her art journey, the catalyst for her to follow her muse and become a full-time Artist, her name, coming out, labels, authenticity, her three bodies of work, color theory, contemporary portraiture, the strength and power of women, process, neon, black widows, mixed media, vulnerability, eroticism, sex in art, feminism, balance, framing, the US exhibition at Bitfactory, selling art, pricing, routine, commissions, reading, and influences.

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Ep. 132 - Cody Kuehl – Artist, Curator, Gallerist – Kuehl Fine Art/A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art

Cody Kuehl talks about setting goals, how his 2021 shook out, Out West Art Fest, cost of doing art festivals, Art Fair Sourcebook, selling prints, how his style has evolved, creating a mural for the Greeley Stampede, Trinidad, selling prints, his routine, the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art, time management, archiving photos for the museum, curating shows at his gallery at the museum, and his vision for the gallery and collaboration with the museum on future projects.

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Ep. 038 Charles Ragins - Animator for The Simpsons

Wes and Todd talk with animator and background designer for The Simpsons, Charles Ragins. Ragins talks about his early years in Fairbanks, Alaska where he discovered his artistic talent, attending the Rhode Island School of Design, moving back to Alaska and illustrating children’s books, making the jump into the world of animation on the television sitcom…

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Ep. 024 Lorenzo Chavez - Art of the American West, Pastel and Oil Landscapes

Wes and Todd talk with award-winning fine artist, Lorenzo Chavez, a painter known for his oil and pastels of the American West and Southwest. Collected throughout the United States, Chavez is considered by many to be the west’s premier pastel painter.

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Ep. 016 Tom Rasch - Comic Book Artist and Content Creator

In this episode, Wes and Todd are in Rapid City, South Dakota, to talk with Comic Book Artist and Content Creator, Tom Rasch journey from Comic Book Artist to Content Creator. Tom also talks about two of his most popular characters, Salem Tusk and Black Alpha, the state of the comics industry, social media, and what it entails to be a Content Creator.

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Ep. 012 Joe Ziegler - Pointillism Painter

In this episode Wes and Todd sit down with artist, Joe Ziegler. We talk about music and how it inspired two of his series of paintings, Black Faces of Rock and Queer Folk of Rock. We discuss his use of pointillism and the patience it takes to work using this technique…

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Ep. 008 Leo Tanguma - Chicano Muralist

Wes and Todd visit with Chicano Muralist, Leo Tanguma. Leo talks about growing up in Beeville, Texas and what set him on his path to becoming an artist, meeting the great Muralist, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and how it influenced his work, and discusses some of his incredibly powerful and significant murals like "Rebirth of Our Nationality.”

Join us for this fantastic episode with Leo Tanguma, Artist, Muralist, and Sage, as he recounts stories about his life, gives us some history lessons and imbues us with his words of wisdom.

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Ep. 007 Cynthia Ramu - Pueblo Levee Mural Project Coordinator/Muralist and Art Educator

The Tenet podcast travels to Pueblo, Colorado to interview artist and art educator, Cynthia Ramu.

Wes and Todd talk with Cynthia Ramu about her start as an artist, moving to Pueblo to paint murals on the levee, and the importance of art education for children in the community. Cynthia also talks about the history of the Pueblo Levee Mural Project and what the future holds for the levee and a new era of murals in Pueblo.

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Ep. 004 Stevon Lucero, Part 1

Please join us in listening to part one of our three part series with this legendary artist Stevon Lucero as we discuss art, philosophy and the divine. As a Denver Artist, Stevon Lucero, Painter, Poet, Philosopher and Visionary tells us about his different styles of painting, Metarealism, Neo-Precolumbian and the traditional. Stevon then treats us to a reading of one of his poems “The Mad Man.”

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