The Left Brain Artist

Sahar Masarati is a cake artist from the Los Angeles area. Not only does she make great tasting cakes, but she also creates beautiful masterpieces of sugar flowers cascading down the cakes. She works with brides and others to determine their vision for their special day. We talk about how she got started making cakes and what she’s doing today, which includes offering new online classes. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artist

Artist Carrie Schmitt paints beautiful flowers on canvas, and she has put those designs on many items including home goods and clothing. For almost a year, she’s been working on her second book, called The Story of Every Flower, which will be coming out in September of this year. She recently created two e-courses, including one called Floral Bouquet and Pattern Play. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

I’m talking with Deborah Engelmajer from Australia. Deb has a vibrant online community called Tizzit where she helps creatives develop successful handmade shops. Since we’ve all been staying closer to home, Deb has encouraged makers to keep marketing their handmade items, even if you have to pivot and offer different items. Now more than ever people want to support small businesses. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Seth Apter is an artist who teaches mixed media classes at Kristin Williams' workshop space called Ephemera Paducah in Kentucky. Seth and Kristin surveyed their followers to determing: Where does the art community go from here? When can they offer in person classes again, and how do they do it? We talk about their survey results and what they have been doing while they shelter in place. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Kristin Williams is the owner of Ephemera Paducah, a workshop space and retail shop in Kentucky. In March, her classes had to abruptly stop when we all sheltered in place for the coronavirus. Kristin is still offering goods from the retail side of her business, and she’s evaluating how she can restart the live classes in the future. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Artist Connie Solera was known as the owner of Dirty Footprints Studio and the creator of 21 Secrets. About a year ago, she rebranded herself and retired 21 Secrets after 10 years of success. She’s continued with her Painting the Feminine online class, and recently was a guest teacher in the Get Messy Art group, reaffirming her love of painting and giving back to artists. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

When I first spoke with artist Jessica Hitchcock about a year ago, she had just quit her day job to be a full-time artist. She now creates collections of her paintings in her vibrant and bold color style, she's painted at live events, and she’s sharing what she’s learned with others in an online class. She is moving forward with her original plans for her year, despite the shutdown. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Artist Dina Wakley is a teaching artist who keeps a full calendar of art classes in the U.S. and beyond. While she’s canceled upcoming classes, she’s started offering online classes on her website. She’s also appearing in Facebook Live videos a couple times a week, and she has plans for the volumes of artwork she’s created over the years. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Artist Kecia Deveney lives with her family in New Jersey, where she makes art dolls, mixed media collage, and she teaches classes. When Kecia's family self-quarantined, she had to cancel her art classes and scale down her other art projects because she is a full-time caregiver. She still makes art daily, and we talk about how she does that and how she manages this stressful time. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Caylee Grey runs the Get Messy Art online art school. This community of people from all over the world enjoy the art instruction videos that she and other artists create for the group. She also offers meetups through Zoom as well as classes that people can buy even if they’re not a member of her community. I originally spoke with Caylee in October, 2019 in Episode 124. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Faith Evans-Sills is a painter based in South Carolina. She has taken her years of painting experience and built a thriving art business. You can hear my original interview with Faith in Episode 102. Today you’ll hear Faith talk about how the travel shutdown has affected her live classes, and how she is engaging her community of artists with art challenges and new online classes. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Jodi Ohl is an abstract painter and mixed media artist who has taught live classes and sold her artwork at a studio and gallery in North Carolina. We originally spoke in September of 2018 in Episode 31. This time, we spoke in early April near the beginning of store closings. We talk about how these changes have affected her art business and how she’s focusing now on online classes. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Artist Lucie Duclos and I first spoke in August of 2019 in Episode 115. Lucie lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where she creates cut paper collages and surface patterns. Up until recently, she had been teaching in person classes. That’s been put on hold for now, so she is increasing her online class offerings and is engaging artists through Instagram with her 40 Days of Postcards. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

Fiona Grayson hosts the podcast called She can. She did. Fiona is based in England, and she interviews women business owners. A couple weeks ago, she temporarily changed her podcast name to We can. We will. to better reflect her new focus. Fiona is working to help business owners by sharing the experiences of these women, and she is now offering podcast episodes five times per week. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/

I first spoke with artist Kellee Wynne Conrad June of 2019, in Episode 107. Kellee lives in Maryland where she creates beautiful floral paintings. She also provides resources so others can develop their own art style through her True Colors membership program. In response to the changes in our world, Kellee quickly created a Virtual Art Summit. It includes art lessons from 17 artists. Show notes for all of these episodes can be found on my website at https://suzanneredmond.com/my-podcast/list-of-artists/