Episode 9: Diana Syder
04/21/21 • 57 min
Artist, speech pathologist, lecturer and poet DIANA SYDER creates expressive landscapes and still life paintings from her studio in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England.
Diana started her professional life as a speech pathologist and university lecturer but concurrently wrote poetry, uniquely focused on themes of science and nature. After four books of poetry and numerous collaborations with composers, sculptors, dancers, artists, astronomers and engineers, Diana is now bringing similar energy to her evocative paintings.
Find Diana
Website: www.dianasyder.com
Instagram: instagram.com/diana_syder Facebook: www.facebook.com/dianasyderart Mentioned:
- Diana's poetry books:
- "Jupiter," moving poem (see)
- When the Telescope Came, video (see)
- Project Phoenix, classical music (listen)
- William Neil, composer (learn)
- SETI, search for extraterrestrial intelligence project (learn)
- "To Paint the Portrait of a Bird," Jacques Prévert (read) (book)
Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website: https://www.kristybattani.comInstagram: kristybattaniartFacebook: kristybattaniartDid you enjoy hearing about Diana's plunge? If so, please take a moment to leave a rating and a comment: https://lovethepodcast.com/artishplunge Music:"Surf Guitar Madness," Alexis Messier,
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Artist, speech pathologist, lecturer and poet DIANA SYDER creates expressive landscapes and still life paintings from her studio in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England.
Diana started her professional life as a speech pathologist and university lecturer but concurrently wrote poetry, uniquely focused on themes of science and nature. After four books of poetry and numerous collaborations with composers, sculptors, dancers, artists, astronomers and engineers, Diana is now bringing similar energy to her evocative paintings.
Find Diana
Website: www.dianasyder.com
Instagram: instagram.com/diana_syder Facebook: www.facebook.com/dianasyderart Mentioned:
- Diana's poetry books:
- "Jupiter," moving poem (see)
- When the Telescope Came, video (see)
- Project Phoenix, classical music (listen)
- William Neil, composer (learn)
- SETI, search for extraterrestrial intelligence project (learn)
- "To Paint the Portrait of a Bird," Jacques Prévert (read) (book)
Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website: https://www.kristybattani.comInstagram: kristybattaniartFacebook: kristybattaniartDid you enjoy hearing about Diana's plunge? If so, please take a moment to leave a rating and a comment: https://lovethepodcast.com/artishplunge Music:"Surf Guitar Madness," Alexis Messier,
Licensed by PremiumBeat.com
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artishplunge)
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Episode 8: Barbara Bryn Klare
Artist BARBARA BRYN KLARE works with “rescued textiles,” using thread as line and cloth as paint to explore topics such as fragility and sustainability. The ARTish Plunge podcast explores how Barbara, a Ohio resident with long-held connections to the San Francisco Bay area, worked as a surface designer and had a decades-long career as a technical writer before textiles brought her back to art as both a creator and curator.
Find Barbara:
Website: barbarabrynklare.com
Instagram: barbarabrynklare Mentioned:
- Cecilia Vicuña (see)
- Louise Bourgeois (see)
- Gee's Bend quilters (see)
- Boro and sashiko stitching (learn)
- Sri Threads (see)
- Yoshiko Wada, de Young Museum (watch)
- Center for Craft, Ashville NC (learn)
- Textile sketchbooks
- Jody Alexander (see)
- "Reveal," ThisGallery.org (learn)
- Modern Boro / Instagram (follow)
- "Vanishing," ThisGallery.org (see)
- Flowstate.fm (listen)
Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website: https://www.kristybattani.comInstagram: kristybattaniartFacebook: kristybattaniartDid you enjoy hearing about Barbara's plunge? If so, please take a moment to leave a rating and a comment: https://lovethepodcast.com/artishplunge Music:"Surf Guitar Madness," Alexis Messier,
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Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artishplunge)
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Episode 10: B Shawn Cox
B SHAWN COX is an artist, trained architect and lawyer whose early experiences in the small West Texas town of Monahans are re-emerging in his artwork through brightly patterned cowboys and sassy bouffanted-ladies. A prolific artist who admittedly creates amongst controlled chaos, Shawn shares how he juggles multiple forms of artistic expression with a need for analytical challenges and the occasional plunge down a rabbit hole.
Find Shawn
Website: www.bshawncox.com
Instagram: @shawnathon01 Facebook: bshawncoxfineart Mentioned:
- Blackwing pencils (buy)
- Buc-ee's (see)
- Stuckey's (see)
- The Size of Thoughts, Nicholas Baker (read)
- Bud Biggs, watercolorist (see)
- Glassell School of Art, Houston (learn)
- Dougherty Arts Center, Austin (learn)
- Davis Gallery, Austin (see)
- Flatbed Press (learn)
Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Website: https://www.kristybattani.comInstagram: @kristybattaniartFacebook: kristybattaniartDid you enjoy hearing about Shawn's plunge? If so, please take a moment to leave a rating and a comment: https://lovethepodcast.com/artishplungeMusic:"Surf Guitar Madness," Alexis Messier,
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Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/artishplunge)
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