Waiting To Dry

We recap our birthday weekends before diving into Nicolas Uribe's innovative new art project. We give our takes on it, and lay out some of our own marketing strategies. We discuss the merits of pricing artwork by the hour, go off on garbage people in the Santa Rosa art scene, discuss inspiring children through public art and more. We discuss the #1 topic in the news today: the Popeye's Chicken sandwich, as well as Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, the TV show "The Boys," and more. Use the coupon code WTD10 at trekell.com to get 10% off your order of brushes, panels and apparel! Cover art is a portrait of Nicolas Uribe by Benjamin Bjorklund.

Leon Loucheur comes back on the show to tell us about his upcoming 111 Minna show, “Pick Your Poison!” We discuss vices, nature’s brutality, art going “over your head,” stuff we drew as teenagers, Josh not remembering names, weird art festivals, productivity and efficiency, looking for art answers, and SF living. We get Leon’s answers to Sergio’s Question Corner™ and his answer to the artist he hates might blow some minds! Super fun episode! It was great catching up with our old friend and shooting the shit with him. Classic!

In this episode we sit with Ximena Rendon and co-host MJ Lindo-Lawyer. Ximena tales us the tell of two foreign kids who meet in art school... at the pencil sharpener, and live happily ever after. She tells us what she has learned while working/ curating for a gallery. We  then dive deep into Ximenas past and how the death of a loved one influences her artwork. We also talk Dreams and what they mean, immigration climate in the country, The dark subject matter in her art vs. the art her husband creates at Pixar. we then close it out with her top two artist alive. the Artist rapid fire segment (Josh did not have the entire list) and of course the David Choe question.  

We begin the show by talking about why we're making a major change to the show scheduling, the Scribit Kickstarter, "Pixo" culture in Brazil, how much of an ego do you need to be a successful artist, Sergio's creative flowchart concept and how much art can change from concept to execution, we come up with a "materials FAQ" and end with talking about family following us on social media. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and subscribe to our Youtube channel! Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Youtube

Gan talks to us about being a new tattoo artist, making money with "dark art", their favorite subreddits, being mean to siblings, Gan and MJ's thoughts on the high school mural repaint, @belle.delphine, learning from the masters around you and so much more before diving into some listener questions! Follow @gan_dalf, @momdalf, @mjlindo and @rattt_poison. Knuckle sandwiches to all who don't... now dat's New Yohhk! Referenced in the episode: Cochlea1313 r/kidsarefuckingstupid r/fullshrimp r/askreddit M1ss_juliet Jordan Cole wright Squid.licker Drew Merritt Herakut

Sergio and Josh recap their 4th of July weekend, compare “Midsommar” to “Hereditary,” what they would do with time machines, what the SFMoMA got from selling a Rothko, people who hate Renoir, an SF high school mural that is going to be painted over, avoiding speed bumps in business, come up with a brilliant art theme show concept, and discuss if artists need to struggle to create great art. Pray to the Google Gods for Sergio’s swift recovery.

We catch up with Ozi Magana and get right into silliness! We introduce the Waiting To Dry drinking game(s)... the beers start a-flowin’! Topics discussed include how art news is mostly boring, who is responsible when an artist steals a style, an artist whose work we have outgrown, and so much more! Ozi names the artist he hates! Find Ozi at @feodome and @ozieatsburritos.

Josh and Sergio answer your questions! No matter how silly or deep, they treat them with the appropriate amount of respect… or mockery! They first talk about emotions that don’t have words, working for exposure, learning digital painting and more. They ask the listeners which artists they hate, then they get asked what non-visual artists inspire them, why they don’t like acrylic, turning in art they don’t like to galleries, where to buy followers, who would win in a famous artist battle royale, give advice about staying inspired, and realize whoever owns a time machine is racist! They discuss doing sculpture, impostor syndrome, and a whole lot more! Subscribe to our Youtube channel please! https://www.youtube.com/waitingtodrypodcast

Josh and Sergio talk about the time Bob Ross talked some smack, over-the-top pet owners, the reaction to Josh's "polka dot" painting experiment, why people who like doing self-portraits are weirdos, Josh working toward self-sustainment through art, recapping the WonderlandSF final show, if the David Choe Money question reveals a lot about artists, if seeing the "artist's hand" in their work is important, what is the worst pet, and other such nonsense. Josh currently has work up at Abend Gallery, Sergio at Modern Eden, and they both have a painting at WonderlandSF up until the end of June 2019.

Waiting To Dry goes full-on Joe Rogan with a 3-hour episode! Dennis “Bagger43” Brown guest hosts with Sergio as Gage Opdenbrouw joins as the guest. They discuss “coffee cup syndrome,” the single most important painting class he’s taken, moving away from photo-reference, what he teaches in his painting classes, his interest in emotional ambiguity, his Garland Of Hours show, what he likes about university shows, the traps of commercializing your art, collecting a sense of place, artistic dreams possibly aligning with their means, his Top 5 living artists, which artists he hates and why, and we unravel the mysteries of Bob Ross! All things Gage at www.gageopdenbrouw.com, and Bagger43 at bagger43.com. Piet Mondrian's early landscapesEgon Schiele landscapes Marc Trujillo Rackstraw Downes David Park Bill Viola Maya Lin Christof Buchel Nijideka Akunyili Crosby

Hiroshi Sato and Adam Caldwell return for a super episode jam-packed with art discussion! We talk about how they critique each other, the importance of titles, idea vs execution, today's lack of genius artists, painting's one advantage over other art forms, curating your visual life, the historical significance of art museums, understanding symbols for cultural context, and more! Catch Adam at the Moleskine Project show and Modern Eden's self portrait show. Hiroshi will be showing landscapes at Abend Gallery this summer and a solo show at Marrow Gallery in October. Mark Tansey Robert Bechtel Neural network floral dinosaurs Hilma af Klint Pareidolia Abend Gallery Self-ish show at Modern Eden Marrow Gallery

Tony Guaraldi-Brown joins us for the second time to talk about flaws in the public learning system, caring about art history, what makes a great piece of art, Monet vs. Gaugin, arguing for Jackson Pollack(kinda), his new Hadrian And Elliott, exploring more color, putting yourself into your work, and more. We discuss how we deal with competition as artists before getting into Sergio’s question corner! Who are Tony’s top 5 living artists? What does he think of the 10 hot-seat artists? Catch Tony at Artist Alley (DD07) at San Diego Comic Con this year!

Josh and MJ’s Santa Rosa mural was defaced, and Josh discusses it with Sergio on this episode. They discuss the possible motivations, the news coverage of it, and a bizarre reaction to the GoFundMe. They talk about the Agent Ink Gallery show, and the resulting fallout that happened afterwards. Lots of cautionary advice about working with galleries in this segment. Sergio talks about his success in Carmel despite painting in the rain. They talk about the recent Petaluma art heist and are surprised at the quality of stolen art. They also discuss being more proactive in business, decorative art, and intentional narratives in art. They finish by letting you know about the upcoming change in the podcast. Subscribe rate and review!

Our very special guest Irene from WonderlandSF is on the show and we discuss so many different topics! The strategy of running a gallery in San Francisco, why she started a gallery, the importance of the gallery to Josh’s life, balancing personal wants with business needs, the purpose of galleries in 2019, relationships with collectors, when artists change their styles, and so much more. What will be her answers to Sergio’s Question Corner? Who does she hate?? You’ll learn who! She ends by giving advice about starting a gallery and talks about the future of Bay Area galleries. WonderlandSF has been such a beloved part of the SF art scene, and it will be hugely missed. Catch the final show with 100+ art pieces June 1st. www.wonderlandsf.com

It's episode 69, so of course we start things off by talking about booty-eating diseases. Matt Hunter tells us a story about getting charged by an elephant in Africa, doing art odd-jobs, Instagram, not compromising, bringing weed on planes, bad dreams, the awe factor, and much more. We end with dropping bombs on Diego Rivera. Long live Robert Ross. www.matthunterart.com Monty Guy's Instagram

We start the podcast off with a rant about flaky guests, then Sergio finds out his Meyers-Briggs profile, and we discuss how Josh hates his Pottermore house. We talk about the burning of the Notre Dame cathedral, try to get Sergio to watch more TV, talk about our upcoming Agent Ink Show some more, and give out the best dating advice ever. Later in the episode, MJ talks that shit and names names! We then all jump on the hate train! Find MJ on YouTube at http://bit.ly/MJLindoYoutube. Rate and review us, Long Dick Style.

We talk about how we are doing with our upcoming Agent Ink Gallery show and podcast guest scheduling before discussing the pursuit of art as a Kobayashi Maru, talent vs. hard work, the merits of stunt marketing, Nipsey Hussle and legacy, millenials collecting art, and answer a bunch of listener questions. We rate each 20th Century art style out of 5! Come check out our art show at Agent Ink Gallery in Santa Rosa May 4th!

Nate Van Dyke answers all your questions! Why he hates drawing horses, if he starts with an idea in mind, has he met his heroes, his dream project, how much time he spends on a piece, what he listens to while arting, depression, if he’d rather hear R. Kelly covering Slayer or Slayer covering R. Kelly, how tall he is, who is Dutch, Sergio’s new lightning-round Question Corner, Dupyutren’s contracture, and more. We end with mural talk and art-flippers. Check out Nate at @69N8VanDyke on Instagram. Suck it, Vincent.

A great episode that did not want to end! Ian Reynold(in the running for favorite studio) sits with us to talk about moving large canvases, developing a style, the importance of struggle to good art, studying with Odd Nerdrum, a bitchin’ kitchen Titian, and more. We talk about 3 paintings of his in the studio which leads to talk about painting without the finish in mind and justifying a painting’s existence, what we would do with 5 years left on Earth, emotional instability in the role of art, choosing the audience to sell to, and is Josh doing a commission?? Ian gives us his Top 8 artists alive, who he hates, and probably the best David Choe Money answer yet! Find him on Instagram to book a tattoo. Praise Ceiling Fan. Mentioned in the episode: David Molesky “The Nerdrum School: The Master And His Students” Ralph Macchio “Crossroads” Titian Stephanie Brown

From out of the shadows comes the elusive Daniel Segrove! He joins us to talk about how his style continually evolves(like a Pokemon), drawing vs. painting, being creatively impressionable, consistency vs. innovation, teaching, confidence for selling art, clichés, beauty vs ugliness, and much more. We critique his piece, “Outro,” and talk working with found images, the Lo Collective and more. Check his upcoming show out at Modern Eden Gallery May 11th, and his video class at Noh Wave Academy. Cy Twombly