Drawing From Experience Sonia Leticia and Shane Izykowski

In this week's episode, Martin Darkside returns to the podcast to discuss his upcoming solo show, "The Night Library," at Skull & Snake Tattoo and Gallery in North Berwick, Maine. We also chat about evolution as an artist, the starving artist trope and much more.

In this week’s episode, we speak with Jenny Allnutt, an internationally recognized and exhibited oil painter based in Australia, whose captivating and surrealistic portraits ambiguously explore the unconscious mind, transformation, and identity.

Growth, hardship, and adversity can always be felt in an artist’s work. In this episode, Jenny courageously opens up about the experiences that have shaped her both personally and as an artist.

This week's episode is with Kyra Wilson, amazing painter and art business expert! We chat about the business of art, ageism and sexism in the art world, The Strange Dreams Art Collective, and a lot of discussion about negotiating what you want with galleries!

This week’s episode is part 2 of the ongoing discussion about self-confidence and how to build it over time. We get into our own fears and reasons why, under certain circumstances, our confidence wavers. We tackle themes like fear, humiliation, and shame, while giving you some useful insight into how to push through those obstacles to emerge as a more confident artist.

This week, we interview Nychos, a renowned illustrator, urban artist and graffiti artist from Austria, known for his intricate and mind bending anatomical illustrations and murals.

With previous solo exhibitions in New York, Switzerland, Australia, and San Francisco, we discuss Nychos’ next solo show, “The Awakening,” which opens 2/22/22 at Mirus Gallery in Los Angeles.

In this episode, we catch up with Nychos about his progress so far with the upcoming show, and learn about some of the incredible experiences in recent years that have played a crucial role in what has led him to design this labyrinthian, one of a kind exhibition.

This week’s interview is with Lo Chan Peng, award winning Taiwanese artist specializing in hyper realistic oil painting. With worldwide recognition and achievement acquired at a young age, Lo opens up about what drives his evocative and awe inspiring portraits, including topics such as loneliness, death, fate, and history. We had the privilege of getting to know Lo on a deeper level with the help of Jeffrey Wang, who was present with us to translate this interview as needed.

Note: This episode is presented in English and Chinese.