Welcome to ARTish Plunge! A podcast for anyone interested in the curious relationship between artists and the other professions, day jobs, or past vocations that have allowed them to make the art they do.

Are you intrigued by the infinite ways artists have found the means to sustain an art practice? Perhaps you are contemplating taking the plunge to be a full-time working artist? Maybe you question whether such a thing is even possible?

If you said yes to any of those thoughts, you are in the right place.

Your host Kristy Darnell Battani, a full-time abstract artist from Austin, Texas, seeks out kindred spirits who have had winding career paths on the way to making their own unique art plunge.

Join Kristy for weekly studio chats with artists from around the country and uncover their unique stories and vocations: the combinations are as limitless and fascinating as their artwork.

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Kristy's Website: www.kristybattani.com
Kristy's Instagram: kristybattaniart

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"Surf Guitar Madness," Alexis Messier, Licensed by PremiumBeat.com

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Sharon Kyle is a multidisciplinary artist best known for her unique use of texture and materials. Sharon often incorporates found ordinary objects like rusted metal, wood, paper and cloth, alongside industrial materials such as concrete, asphalt and insulation foam. Sharon’s work transforms old, rusted, discarded materials into elegant but provocative statements on aging, gender, and cultural values.

In this conversation, Sharon Kyle discusses how her early experiences in real estate and construction influenced her choice of materials, how she made the plunge to return to college in her early 30s, and how she supplemented her early art practice with sales positions working with educational materials.

Sharon's infectious laugh and candid discussion of aging make this a particularly engaging conversation.

Find Sharon:
Sharon's Website: www.sharonkyle.art
Sharon's Instagram: sharonkyleartworks

Mentioned:

• Janet Fish, contemporary American realist artist learn more
• Real Artists Don’t Starve, by Jeff Goins available here
• Lois Wilson, American folk artist learn more
• Treasures from the Rubble, documentary about artist Lois Wilson watch here
• Fayette Art Museum (Fayette, AL) learn more

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
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Kristy's Instagram: kristybattaniart

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Tamiko Braun is a Munich-based, mixed-media artist with a love for vibrant colors, textures, and unexpected additives like sand, coffee, and marble dust. As a process-oriented artist, she focuses on creating layers in her work, stripped away to reveal designs of varying depth underneath. Fluent in Japanese, English and German, Tamiko also has over 20 years of consulting, strategic planning, business development and marketing experience with international technology companies.

Just a Southern California "beach girl" at heart, Tamiko shares how a health scare made her re-evaluate her intense, international travel-oriented career and reconnect her to art. Tamiko shares how she grew her art practice, developed commission work and learned to trust her intuitive practice. As Tamiko says, "It's never too late to reset."

Find Tamiko:
Tamiko's Website: https://www.tamikobraun.com
Tamiko's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamikobraun.art
Tamiko's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamikobraun.art

Mentioned:
14" Non-Serrated Cake Knife: (available here)
Brian Rutenberg (website), Clear Seeing Places (book)
Professor Lalo Srkalovic (website)
Alice Sheridan / Connected Artists (website)
Louise Fletcher (website)
Mark Eanes color workshops (website)*
*Tamiko mentioned this off-air but raves about Mark's online workshops

Find Me, Kristy Darnell Battani:
Kristy's Website: https://www.kristybattani.com
Kristy's Instagram: kristybattaniart
Kristy's Facebook: kristybattaniart

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