Exploring Art for 50+ years has proven to Anne MaClear that painting will always have it's challenges, and new ways of seeing. MaClear looks to find unexplored avenues to go down that provide new opportunities. Having the educational framework in her bones of numerous classes ranging from pastels, oil stick, embroidery, encaustic, wax, oil, and textile to name a few.

From her admiration of fellow Artists Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell - two pioneers from the Modernist art movement; more specifically Pop, and Abstract Expressionism. MaClear punctuates her practice with flourishes from these two Artists. So subtly and pervasively, that they have an uncanny resemblance, but one that is not inherently obvious. This is a skill Anne has developed over decades in her creative practice.

Join me as we discuss the mediums, the message; what being Canadian addsto her practice, and what a little bit of chaos brings to artwork. How titles are chosen; and how often people assume Abstract Art is easier, when in fact it is quite the opposite. Anne shares how and why she is intrigued to take on this style.

Connect with Anne MaClear: https://propellerartgallery.com/members/anne-mcalear/

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Anne MaClear/Carolyn Botelho

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How did I fall into this obsession? It really was an accident, something I never intended. When I studied Art in high school there were so many artists that fascinated me. Mainly from the modern art movement. I remembered Andy Warhol's soup cans and silkscreens; but they weren't anything special.

It wasn't until much later that I realized we had similarities that went beyond any artistic technique or style. My family was in no way similar to Mr Warhola's religious upbringing - far from it. My family is very British. What we shared is a little horrific.

What my fascination did spark for me was a kinship with Andy Warhol. I wanted to know more about his background, his life in the 60s' and 70s'. Where he discovered his eclectic style of using consumerism as a motif. Join me as we do a deeply different dive on Andy Warhol. One that feels a little bit more real than what the history books are telling you.

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Beverley Daniels Part 2 goes deeper into discussing how she has explored and developed her technique as a multi-disciplinary artist. In the last decade she has been focusing on dissecting and combining found objects. Allowing them to share the space almost that can sometimes result in an argument, they are separated until they can sit comfortably together.

This is the area that Daniels loves to be involved in. It's the energy, the movement, the discussion between the mediums, how they relate, how they speak to each other to say what cannot be said. It becomes more than what it appears, while at the same time remaining quiet. Using the ecological grief as a tool to be something more for the observer.

Beverley has had a number of exhibitions that explore this dynamic. Using upcycled materials that become intrinsically more than they ever would have when left at the curb. The flyers, ads, and banners, that arrive unbidden at our door almost daily we unthinkingly put in our trash; Beverley uses to weave into contemporary designs that will surprise you.

Podcast Credits:

Beverley Daniels/Carolyn Botelho

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Podcast by Carolyn Botelho

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