Painting in Motion Liz Layton

This week, we talk to figurative symbolic painter and illusionary fiber artist, Ruby Hoppen! Ruby shares about life as an artist and mother in Australia during the time of COVID, as well as her childhood art-making experiences, and what art school was like in Montreal. Her art discussion picks (Peter jackson's film, Heavenly Creatures and Hans Holbein's painting, The Ambassadors) have incredible connections to her childhood and the symbolism within her own multifacted work. Find more ab...

This week, we go on a cinematic journey with mixed media painter, sculptor, and performance artist, Loren Erdrich!Find more about Loren at: https://okloren.com/https://www.instagram.com/okloren/ You can continue the conversation with us on Instagram, at:Painting in Motion Podcast: @painting_in_motionHosted by Liz Layton: @liz_theprophetessCover art by Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong: @KimiewngSupport the Show.

Jordan Mullins is a comedian, actor, writer, and musician who has performed in plays, films, for Second City in Chicago, and now through her own comedic troupe, Attic Fever. Learn about her childhood with artist parents, her background and influences leading to her career in comedy, and all about the making of the hilarious characters (and music!) she creates within Attic Fever. We also talk about her favorite film, and the ties to surreal imagery between her work, and that of Hie...

This week, we interview the fantastical lace maker, textile art historian, and fashionably inventive artist, Elena Kanagy-Loux!For more on Elena Kanagy-Loux:Elena's Instagram & TikTok: @erenanaomiAntonio Ratti Textile Center, Met Museum on Instagram: @metrattitextilecenterBrooklyn Lace Guild on Instagram: @brooklynlaceguildLace in the Met Collection (lecture by Elena): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs7O2utaX88&ab_channel=TheMetVogue Feature: https://www.vogue.com/article/...

Natalie Baxter is a prolific visual artist who has worked within filmmaking, fiber, and sculpture. Her most recent work, currently being created at her residency with the Wassaic Project in upstate New York, is an introspective view into the inner life of staying home, and the public displays that may be shared from these experiences, vs. the kind of attention or treatment caregivers and homemakers receive in real life, in person. We talk about Southern cities, studio process...

This week on Painting in Motion, we share part 2 with our guest, filmmaker and musician, Brad Eastridge. In the conclusion of this conversation, Eastridge shares about one of his favorite works by the figurative painter, Francis Bacon, and the overlap between his work and the imagery from the esoteric 1984 film, Birdy. Brad also spotlights the purposeful cubist references that occur in the making of this movie, including lead actor Matthew Modine's take on calling Nic Cage, "a cubist per...