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Karin Merx
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The Art Talk Podcast where I discuss the stories that help us accomplish to be better artists as well as better art entrepreneurs.
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Art Talk – Eat Your Audience
6d ago
10 mins
Art Talk – Eat Your Audience
In Episode 9 of the Art Talk podcast, I will tell you the story of eating your audience. How I did this with music and how I had to learn it with visual art. WebsiteInstagramFacebookPatreon Please let me know what topics you would like to discuss.
6d ago
10 mins
Art Talk – Making The Invisible Visible
This is episode 8 of Art Talk and today I talk about Making The Invisible Visible In relation to this episode, I can reveal that I am about to start a pilot course on how to approach painting a portrait, and I would love to talk with people about what it is what they want or need. It is only a 20-minute zoom call and you would absolutely help me. In return, I will give you a free art coaching session of 20 minutes that can be about portraits you paint, colour mixing or another topic about you creating art or wanting to create art. Great when you are stuck. Btw, if you know someone who would be interested, then please refer them to karinmerx.co.uk/contact/You can also contact me by putting a comment under this show and I will get in touch to make an appointment with you. Please also leave a comment to let me know what topic you would like me to discuss. Next week's episode will be about the audience. Audience? Yes, audience or Your audience;-) You can also follow me on: InstagramFacebookor support Art Talk on Patreon
May 3 2022
10 mins
Art Talk – Interview with Susie Nathanson
In Episode 7 of Art Talk, I have a special guest. My artist friend Susie Nathanson. “That figure is most admirable which by its actions best expresses the passion that animates it”-Leonardo Da Vinci Susannah Nathanson is a London based artist. She is a painting storyteller with her portraits of people, animals and toys. Her beautiful work reflects that passion and it’s her passion that animates the figures she paints. You can find Susie and her work on: WebsiteInstagramFacebookTikTok
Apr 26 2022
30 mins
Art Talk – What Art Marketing Really Means
In episode 6 of Art Talk, I give you 3 tips and discuss what art marketing really means? “MAR-KET-ING = an accelerated version of the experiences that led you to believe in your offer” From as early as the late 14th century, there is evidence of a free market operating: paintings were offered for sale on the Rialto Bridge, and there were sales fairs during the feasts of the Ascension and San Rocco. Auctions also occurred, not only in Venice but in Florence as well.The members of the Medici family were the most famous 15th-century art patrons and collectors in Florence. For a very long time, the word marketing made my skin scroll. I made my art, and if you wanted it, you could buy it. I know I am not the only one who feels this way. It always gave me the feeling that I had to sell, and it felt very pushy. But is that really marketing? Is that what is required to sell your paintings or your books? Marketing is required, it certainly does, and this particular quote I got from Danny Iny from Mirasee made all those feelings go up in dust. It has nothing to do with pushing someone into buying what you have to offer. So in this episode, I will give you three tips that will help you start with marketing or at least feel better about it. Link to episode 5, Interview with writer Elizabeth Amisu Find my work on: websiteInstagramFacebookSupport on Patreon to get transcripts, early access, ask me questions, magazine and much more.
Apr 19 2022
10 mins
Art Talk – Re-invent Yourself
In Episode 5 I talk about how the late David Hillman Curtis, who passed yesterday 10 years ago, showed me that re-inventing yourself as an artist is important. Many have done so and many keep doing it, including myself. Reinvent yourself "Be prepared to reinvent yourself. Be prepared to go out on a limb occasionally, and be prepared to do the things that you feel strongly about."-Hillman Curtis Remembering Hillman Curtis Yesterday on April 12, it has been 10 years since David Hillman Curtis passed. He was the father of Flash and made scalable Flash movies for the Internet that was not able to download heavy files or stream videos. He was a master with that. Hillman went from Flash to Film. He bought a camera and started shooting the people who came to his studio. From there, he went on with artists' portraits that can still be seen on the net. Hillman evolved in making a documentary and working on the Happy film of Stephan Sagmeister. He, unfortunately, passed before the film was finished. The quote "Be prepared to reinvent yourself" really struck home when I read it. At the time, I was stuck in a vacuum, not knowing which side to go to. I wanted to paint and step away from the digital design world. It became boring. I love film and stepped into that and made some documentaries. Got back into music and started recording a huge volume of solo works by Charles Koechlin till tinnitus struck. At that point, I truly had to rethink my creative life and re-invent myself. I tried generative art with Joshua Davies, but I am not a programmer. It was fun dabbling around and just starting by changing little bits of his code to see what happened. Even when I could watch the little changes in the animations for hours and time and time again change something by simply asking the question, what if… I did not feel satisfied, it just did not click. At that point, I got that one sentence: "You need to be prepared to reinvent yourself", and so I did. I finally took up my great love for portraits and painting again and never looked back. Hillman showed it throughout his design career. Now, if you think that this happens only once in your life as an artist, forget it. What does reinventing mean? So what does reinventing really mean? Is it doing something completely different, like stopping with art and starting something else? You can if you feel the need, but I talk about reinventing as an artist. It can mean you change a particular size to something bigger or smaller. It can be a change of colour palette if you have worked for a long time with the same. I know that we can have times that fit a specific colour palette. It can be that you go from realistic to non-realistic, or abstract. Or From landscape to still life or from painting physically to painting digitally. It means you have to be open to possibilities and always have the willingness to expand. Reinventing yourself sounds very drastically, and it can be but doesn't need to be. Expanding your skills is good, expanding your horizon is a necessity. Always growing your skills. Julia Cameron told the story of the elephant. A blind person touched it and thought it only had a short tail. Another one felt the belly and someone else the trunk. But it still was one elephant, and so are true artists. Their creativity knows no boundaries, they set their own boundaries, but we are so much more. Why is reinventing Important? That is why re-inventing yourself is important. The artist Guston went from abstract art too, for his fans, realistic art. They could not understand, but he needed to. The change even ruined their friendship with his best friend Morton Feldman, who was inspired by his work. The change was something he could not understand. Michael Jackson probably re-invented himself and his art more than any other artist. And oh, how many problems did people, including fans, have to accept and follow the changes he underwent,
Apr 13 2022
9 mins
Art Talk – Interview With Elizabeth Amisu
In episode 4 of the Art Talk podcast, I have an interview with the artist, writer, author, playwright and early modernist Elizabeth Amisu. She talks about her novels for young adults, the influence of early modern research in her work and much more.You can find Elizabeth's books on: Amazon UKAmazon USLulu Follow her on: InstagramInstagramFaceBookTwitter Her website is https://elizabethamisu.com Beyond Shakespeare on YouTube To support Art Talk, receive early access and more in-depth features, go to Patreon
Apr 6 2022
39 mins
Painting Portraits As A Story
In Episode 3 of Art Talk, I discuss painting portraits as a story. Using samples from history as well as my own work, I talk about which different ways I paint stories, and how I am a storyteller. I also discuss the process necessary to convey the message and what it takes to do so. https://karinmerx.co.ukhttps://instagram.com/karinmerxhttps://facebook.com/karinmerxfinearthttps://patreon.com/karinsarttalk
Mar 30 2022
12 mins
Art Talk – The Magic Of Colour
Episode 2 discusses colour and its importance of it for artists. The knowledge to expand and the intuition to use our knowledge. I also mention the new Pilot Course, available for only 10 people. You can sign up for this when interested. https://karinmerx.co.ukhttps://instagram.com/karinmerxhttps://facebook.com/karinmerxfinearthttps://patreon.com/karinsarttalk
Mar 23 2022
13 mins
Art Talk – Why Artists need a Why
Welcome to the Art Talk Podcast where I discuss the stories that help us accomplish to be better artists as well as better art entrepreneurs.In this first episode, I discuss why it is necessary for artists to have a WHY and the Why and What (not the HOW) is important for the client. I also tell you how to find your 'Why'. Download the PDF Guide that helps you find your WHY: https://karinmerx.co.uk/download-the-free-guide/ You can follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/karinmerx or like my Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/karinmerxfineart, or support the podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/karinsarttalk
Mar 16 2022
12 mins
