Artist Spotlight with Chip Freund

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Artist Spotlight with Chip Freund

Fun and engaging discussions with contemporary visual artists who answer five simple questions about their artistic journey, media, and inspirations. New episodes drop every other Tuesday.The Artist Spotlight podcast is on indefinite hiatus effective July 18, 2023. I hope to be able to bring the show back at some point in the future. Thank you to our loyal listeners for your interest and support.

18/07/2023

Artist Spotlight: Peggy Van Arnam

Peggy Van Arnam has been making jewelry since she found herself with a skirt with which she had “nothing to wear.” During her career as a university administrator, she searched for unusual beads and stones as she traveled and made jewelry for herself and her family. In retirement she began taking classes, selling her pieces and approaching jewelry making as a business. Thus Uniquely Yours! was born. In 2002 Peggy co-founded a still thriving cooperative gallery in Upstate New York ...

14 min
27/06/2023

Artist Spotlight: Theresa Raines

Theresa is an intuitive abstract artist, creating vibrant art for memorable spaces. She specializes in mixed media, using acrylics, spray paint, ink, adhesives, and paper. Her work refuses to be contained and often extends beyond the edges of the canvas.Theresa's process has her working on multiple pieces simultaneously, flowing from one canvas to the next with big athletic strokes. She often incorporates fluid art techniques and decoupage for layered effects. Preferring to work o...

23 min
13/06/2023

Artist Spotlight: Sarah Cawn

Sarah Cawn’s mission is to design and create beautiful, unique, and functional glass objects.Initially using Tiffany stained glass techniques, Sarah has evolved into creating original fused glass works of art. Her innovative use of color, shapes and whimsical designs never fail to engage the viewer. She is fascinated by the captivating power of light’s interaction with glass, showing the beauty of the color spectrum. This quality has inspired her to explore many aspects of the glass medium an...

32 min
30/05/2023

Artist Spotlight: Autumn Cobeland (Greenway Artist)

Autumn Cobeland is a painter, muralist, triathlete, and Raleigh native. She holds a degree in Fine Arts and studied art in Florence, Italy. Her prints and paintings can be seen in galleries, shops, and private collections both nationally and internationally. Autumn has created a series of paintings devoted to the Triangle Greenway System, and she donates a percentage of the proceeds from print sales to the support of local greenways. Her studio is located in Artspace in downtown Raleigh...

25 min
16/05/2023

Artist Spotlight: Susan Hensel

Susan Hensel’s new innovative artwork, which blends commercial embroidery processes with sculptural concerns, is gaining attention and awards. Her knowledge of materials makes it possible for her to create small to large-scale hard-edge sculpture from soft fabrics that paradoxically keep their crisp form with minimal armatures. Her knowledge of the physics of color allows her to create shape-shifting displays employing the special reflective characteristics of embroidery thread with the goal ...

36 min
02/05/2023

Artist Spotlight: Diana Hrabosky

Diana Hrabosky is a self-taught artist who is most grateful to those gifted individuals who elected to share their knowledge and talents by writing books on colored pencil, acrylic, and abstract technique and related subjects. She was inspired by an artist whose work she at an art show in Chantilly, VA but couldn't identify the medium. When Diana learned it was colored pencil, she wanted to try it for herself. She has no formal training and didn't even doodle or draw much as a child.&nb...

34 min
18/04/2023

Artist Spotlight: Kyle Wilson - Left Behind Photography

Kyle Wilson is a photographer from Selma NC. He is originally from southern Maryland where he became fascinated by Rural America. Kyle uses a technique called High Dynamic Range photography (HDR). It is an evolving form of art that enables the photographer to capture and display the full range of light that can be realized by the human eye. To Kyle art is a representation of the world we experience and all forms of photography fall within this sphere. He achieves his signature look by taking ...

38 min
04/04/2023

Artist Spotlight: Jim Hallenbeck

Growing up in Catskill, NY, Jim was constantly drawing. This led to being the art editor of his high school yearbook, majoring in Fine Arts at SUNY Plattsburgh, and obtaining a BS in Art Education from Florida International University of Miami in December 1979. Jim dreamed of being an art instructor and artist, however, that was put on a 35 year hold! Jim went to work for IBM in September 1979 in Boca Raton, FL. Later he transferred to Raleigh, NC in 1999. He retired from IBM as a Vice Presid...

26 min

Fun and engaging discussions with contemporary visual artists who answer five simple questions about their artistic journey, media, and inspirations. New episodes drop every other Tuesday.The Artist Spotlight podcast is on indefinite hiatus effective July 18, 2023. I hope to be able to bring the show back at some point in the future. Thank you to our loyal listeners for your interest and support.

Creator

Chip Freund
Years Active

2021 - 2023
Episodes

49
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© 2024 Chip Freund Photography
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Artist Spotlight with Chip Freund