Creative Contemplation

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1972836/open_sms] May 22, 2025 Creative Contemplation S4E2 Matt Klos; Perceptual Painter of Lived Environments Suzanne Lago Arthur, host and creator of The Creative Contemplation Podcast has a conversation with Baltimore M.D. based, perceptual painter, Matt Klos about his work and inspiration, his development as an artist and the various roles that he occupies as a creative professional. Website: mattklos.com [http://mattklos.com/] Instagram: @mattklosspainting [https://www.instagram.com/mattklospainting/] Yorkshire Dales, UK Workshop co-taught with Erin Raedeke [https://www.erinraedeke.com/yorkshire-workshop] Jemulpo Club Museum, Incheon, South Korea [https://english.visitkorea.or.kr/svc/whereToGo/locIntrdn/rgnContentsView.do?vcontsId=72847] Bio: Matt Klos [http://mattklos.com/index.html] received his MFA in painting from University of MD, College Park and his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). He is a recipient of three Individual Artist Awards from the Maryland State Arts Council (2016, 2012 and 2008). His work has been featured in numerous group and solo exhibitions including the Prince Street Gallery in Chelsea, NY in 2011. He was awarded first place in the Bethesda Painting Awards in 2007 and received an Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in 2001. Klos currently teaches drawing and painting full-time at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, MD and has served as a guest lecturer/critic at various institutions including the New York Academy of Art, Boston University, College of William & Mary, Towson University, University of Missouri, and Mount Gretna School of Art. He is a member of the collective Perceptual Painters [http://www.perceptualpainters.com/] and Zeuxis [http://www.zeuxis.us/]. He resides in Baltimore Maryland where he co-directs Exeter Gallery [https://www.instagram.com/exetergallery/] which has featured almost twenty solo and group exhibitions since its founding in 2017. He has served on panels and as a juror for exhibitions, residency programs, and awards. His curatorial projects include "A Lineage of American Perceptual Painters" [https://paintingperceptions.com/a-lineage-of-american-perceptual-painters-two-exhibitions/] at St. John's College's Mitchell Gallery (2015). Host Bio: Suzanne Lago Arthur [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/]is a contemporary realist painter from Northern Virginia. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban-American parents, her artistic explorations were nurtured from an early age by her family. Through her paintings Suzanne explores the themes of beauty, transience and memory.  She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in such venues as the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC, Booth Museum of Western Art in Cartersville, GA, the United States Interests Section, Havana, Cuba and in art galleries across the United States. She holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art and an MA in Museum Studies from George Washington University. Website: www.lagoarthurstudio.com [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/] Instagram: Suzanne Lago Arthur (@lagoarthurstudio) [https://www.instagram.com/lagoarthurstudio/] https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/tuition/the-sunflower-still-lifeLogo design by Elisa Nader,  Mag7 [http://www.mag7collective.com/bios/] Artwork, "Abby in Contemplation" [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/paintings/abby-in-contemplation]by artist Suzanne Lago Arthur Theme Music by Up North Music

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1972836/open_sms] April 21, 2025 Creative Contemplation S4E1 Alex Cree; Painting with Imagination from Lived Experience Suzanne Lago Arthur, host and creator of The Creative Contemplation Podcast converses with British painter, Alex Cree about his training in observationally based, representational painting and how he broke away from a more traditionally realist approach in order to find his own true artistic voice. Website: alexcree.co.uk [https://alexcree.co.uk/art/paintings] Instagram: @alexjcree [https://www.instagram.com/alexjcree/] Classes [https://alexcree.co.uk/art/classes-and-teaching] Galleries: Tregony Contemporary, [https://tregonycontemporary.com/Artists/alex-cree/]Cornwall England U.K. Fraser Gallery, [https://www.frasergallery.co.uk/search/?search=alex+cree] St. Andrews Scotland U.K. Grandy Art, [https://grandyart.com/about-us/] London England U.K.  Alex's Favorite Sketching Pencil  [https://www.faber-castell.co.uk/products/TK9400clutchpencil6B%C3%98315mm/139406] Bio: Alex Cree [https://alexcree.co.uk/art/paintings] has shown extensively throughout the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland, including: London's Trinity House Paintings, Mall Galleries, Dulwich Picture Gallery, British Museum, RA summer show and the Solomon Gallery in Dublin. Alex is now based in Dorset where he has his studio. In 2002 he was awarded the Sidney Cooper prize for drawing, in 2010 the Denis Mahon scholarship from the Royal Drawing School and in 2012 he received the Phyllis Roberts award from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Host Bio: Suzanne Lago Arthur [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/]is a contemporary realist painter from Northern Virginia. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban-American parents, her artistic explorations were nurtured from an early age by her family. Through her paintings Suzanne explores the themes of beauty, transience and memory.  She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in such venues as the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC, Booth Museum of Western Art in Cartersville, GA, the United States Interests Section, Havana, Cuba and in art galleries across the United States. She holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art and an MA in Museum Studies from George Washington University. Website: www.lagoarthurstudio.com [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/] Instagram: Suzanne Lago Arthur (@lagoarthurstudio) [https://www.instagram.com/lagoarthurstudio/] https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/tuition/the-sunflower-still-lifeLogo design by Elisa Nader,  Mag7 [http://www.mag7collective.com/bios/] Artwork, "Abby in Contemplation" [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/paintings/abby-in-contemplation]by artist Suzanne Lago Theme Music by Up North Music

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1972836/open_sms] December 31st, 2024 Creative Contemplation S3E10 Bryan Whitney; Photographing the Transcendent and the Unseen Suzanne Lago Arthur, host and creator of The Creative Contemplation Podcast has a fascinating conversation with NYC based photographer and artist, Bryan Whitney who specializes in alternative methods of imaging such as X-Rays, 3-D Imagery and Virtual Reality and uses them to explore subjects in our world that are both seen and unseen. Website: bryanwhitney.com [https://bryanwhitney.com/] x-rayphotography.com [https://www.x-rayphotography.com/] Instagram: @temporarypedestal [https://www.instagram.com/temporarypedestal/] Partial List of Artists Mentioned: Minor White [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Minor-White] Bill Viola [https://www.billviola.com/] Ana Mendieta [https://www.moma.org/artists/3924] Emmet Gowin [https://www.all-about-photo.com/photographers/photographer/1265/emmet-gowin] Bio: Bryan Whitney [https://www.bryanwhitney.com/] is a photographer and artist living and working in New York City whose work often involves experimental imaging techniques, such as x-rays, 3D imagery, virtual reality, and other alternative processes. Whitney holds an MFA in Photography from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and a BA in the Psychology of Art from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has taught photography at Rutgers University and currently teaches at the International Center of Photography in New York City. A recipient of the Fulbright Grant: Lectures on American Photography, he has exhibited across the United States and internationally as well as traveled the globe for special projects, including archeological photo expeditions with the Qatar Museum Authority and the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation, Republic of Georgia. Art exhibitions include various prestigious venues such as the Center for Holography on Governor's Island, Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, the Fringe Art Fair in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the Islamic Museum of Art in Berlin, Germany. His work has appeared in several media outlets such as Martha Stewart, Harpers Bazaar, Fortune, the New York Times, and in books, posters and advertising campaigns worldwide. Host Bio: Suzanne Lago Arthur [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/]is a contemporary realist painter from Northern Virginia. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban-American parents, her artistic explorations were nurtured from an early age by her family. Through her paintings Suzanne explores the themes of beauty, transience and memory.  She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in such venues as the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC, Booth Museum of Western Art in Cartersville, GA, the United States Interests Section, Havana, Cuba and in art galleries across the United States. She holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art and an MA in Museum Studies from George Washington University. Website: www.lagoarthurstudio.com [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/] Instagram: Suzanne Lago Arthur (@lagoarthurstudio) [https://www.instagram.com/lagoarthurstudio/] https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/tuition/the-sunflower-still-lifeLogo design by Elisa Nader,  Mag7 [http://www.mag7collective.com/bios/] Artwork, "Abby in Contemplation" [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/paintings/abby-in-contemplation]by artist Suzanne Lago Theme Music by Up North Music  Party Pack, Horn Coil 01, Long, 01.wav by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1972836/open_sms] December 17th, 2024 Creative Contemplation S3E9 Rob Evans; Magic Realist Artist Elevating the Ordinary into the Extraordinary Suzanne Lago Arthur, host and creator of The Creative Contemplation Podcast interviews famed Magic Realist Artist, Rob Evans about his fantastic work and his amazing career which includes hanging alongside many of his own artistic idols. Website: robevansart.org [https://www.robevansart.org/] Instagram: @robevansart [https://www.instagram.com/robevansart/] Partial List of Artists Mentioned: Jerome Witkin [https://jeromewitkin.com/about/] Julio Larraz [https://www.juliolarrazfoundation.org/] Chris Van Allsburg [https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/chris-van-allsburg-49883.php] Antonio López García [https://en.antoniolopezweboficial.com/inicio] NFT Sites: SuperRare.com [https://superrare.com/] Objkt.com [https://objkt.com/] Bio: Rob Evans [https://www.robevansart.org/] is an artist and independent curator who lives and works near Wrightsville, PA. He received a BFA from Syracuse University in 1981 and has been awarded numerous grants including two fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and a prestigious fellowship from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Evans' work can be found in more than 30 prominent public collections across the nation including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art; Corcoran Museum of Art; Library of Congress; San Francisco Art Museums; Baltimore Museum of Art; and the Portland (OR) Art Museum among others. His paintings have been featured in numerous books, newspapers and magazines and on public radio and television. His work has also been showcased in many blogs and online publications including a recent interview on the Huffington Post. [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rob-evans_b_4063007] Host Bio: Suzanne Lago Arthur [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/]is a contemporary realist painter from Northern Virginia. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban-American parents, her artistic explorations were nurtured from an early age by her family. Through her paintings Suzanne explores the themes of beauty, transience and memory.  She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in such venues as the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC, Booth Museum of Western Art in Cartersville, GA, the United States Interests Section, Havana, Cuba and in art galleries across the United States. She holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art and an MA in Museum Studies from George Washington University. Website: www.lagoarthurstudio.com [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/] Instagram: Suzanne Lago Arthur (@lagoarthurstudio) [https://www.instagram.com/lagoarthurstudio/] https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/tuition/the-sunflower-still-lifeLogo design by Elisa Nader,  Mag7 [http://www.mag7collective.com/bios/] Artwork, "Abby in Contemplation" [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/paintings/abby-in-contemplation]by artist Suzanne Lago Music by Up North Music

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1972836/open_sms] November 14th, 2024 Creative Contemplation S3E8 Bethann Moran-Handzlik; Painting from Intuition, Memory and Observation Join Suzanne Lago Arthur, host and creator of The Creative Contemplation podcast for this deep and enlightening conversation with Wisconsin based painter, Bethann Moran-Handzlik on the subjects of intuition, memory and painting from observation. This is an episode that will stay with you and transform the way you think about painting. Website: bethannmoran.com [https://www.bethannmoran.com/about] Instagram: @pasmeche [https://www.instagram.com/pasmeche/] Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee MI [https://toryfolliard.com/] Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Door County MI [https://edgewoodorchard.com/] Suggested Reading: James Elkin "What Painting Is" [https://www.amazon.com/What-Painting-James-Elkins/dp/1138319880/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OS9DJRZ72HQK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.E3G6w-Eu7k58NKLtAuc8dvZLCoWRgZaf2hMP_wTNu8alH_oxOToGsGvZLePvLkKWRNZjZPvZwRPanUuFMpPrfg.WFKvmIdm7m09q8EY5KXvCXt22Hb-5QesmB6dzz_z4zA&dib_tag=se&keywords=james+elkins+what+painting+is&qid=1731704550&sprefix=%2Caps%2C62&sr=8-1] Joyce Carey "Art and Reality, Ways of the Creative Process (World Perspectives) [https://www.amazon.com/Art-reality-creative-process-perspectives/dp/B0007DL5UY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IEHG2OLOLMJH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.eIn1njkzDsSJTU5Gy2mPRA.R5ZRFR4VLBHEW_LgH4PjqXowRICTABxe0SrLuhMTX0M&dib_tag=se&keywords=joyce+carrey+art+and+reality&qid=1731704682&sprefix=joyce+carrey+art+and+reality%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1] Bio: Combining joyous brushwork and careful observation, the seasoned Wisconsin painter Bethann Moran-Handzlik, [https://www.bethannmoran.com/] generates works that are at once accurate and poetic.  Moran-Handzlik takes large format canvases into the landscape to paint from direct observation, while also engaging her imagination and memory.  The paintings are accomplished in all seasons and the artist is equally invigorated painting outside in cold winter landscapes, spring woodlands or sunlit gardens.   Moran-Handzlik earned an MFA from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, a BA from St. Norbert College and has recently left a life teaching at universities to return to painting full time.  Her work has been exhibited nationally, and she has been the recipient of fellowships, grants and awards.  She lives in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin with her husband, the poet Patrick Moran Host Bio: Suzanne Lago Arthur [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/]is a contemporary realist painter from Northern Virginia. Born in Puerto Rico to Cuban-American parents, her artistic explorations were nurtured from an early age by her family. Through her paintings Suzanne explores the themes of beauty, transience and memory.  She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in such venues as the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Art Museum of the Americas in Washington DC, Booth Museum of Western Art in Cartersville, GA, the United States Interests Section, Havana, Cuba and in art galleries across the United States. She holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art and an MA in Museum Studies from George Washington University. Website: www.lagoarthurstudio.com [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/] Instagram: Suzanne Lago Arthur (@lagoarthurstudio) [https://www.instagram.com/lagoarthurstudio/] https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/tuition/the-sunflower-still-lifeLogo design by Elisa Nader,  Mag7 [http://www.mag7collective.com/bios/] Artwork, "Abby in Contemplation" [https://www.lagoarthurstudio.com/paintings/abby-in-contemplation]by artist Suzanne Lago