Kelli Klymenko embraces all aspects of art. He is an artist, storyteller, photographer, teacher, yogi, husband, father, science aficionado and free thinker – experiencing life in one of the most inspiring and picturesque places on earth: Sedona, Arizona, where he lives with his wife and children.
239: SUCCESS LOVES SPEED (w/ Maria Brophy)
Maria Brophy has been an art agent to her husband Drew Brophy since 2001, and a business consultant to creative entrepreneurs since 2009. In her former life, Maria worked in the corporate world for two agonizing decades before she escaped the 9 to 5 grind. Since then, she’s deliberately designed her life as a non-stop adventure, traveling extensively with her husband and two kids while surfing and backpacking some of the most magical places in the world.
Her new book, Art, Money & Success is a workbook of strategies for the full-time artist.
238: What does your PERFECT AVERAGE DAY look like? (w/ Matthew Miller)
Matthew Miller is an active lifestyle artist who paints because it puts him into a flow state and makes him feel truly alive. Most of his artwork celebrates the human body in action, and the mental states that go along with it.
In addition to art, he also gets his fix of flow state through challenging physical activities. As a retired rugby player, ironman triathlete, and fitness coach (his day job), it is his goal to create art that celebrates an active lifestyle.
237: Create what EXCITES YOU the most! (w/ Zaria Forman)
Zaria Forman’s large-scale compositions of melting glaciers, icebergs floating in glassy water and waves cresting with foam explore moments of transition, turbulence and tranquility. Zaria’s drawings convey the urgency of climate change by connecting people to the beauty of remote landscapes.
Her works have appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, the Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post. Her drawings have also been used in the set design for the Netflix TV series House of Cards.
Her most recent achievements include participation in Banksy’s Dismaland, flying with NASA’s Operation IceBridge, a solo exhibition at Winston Wächter Fine Art in New York City, and a four week art residency in Antarctica aboard the National Geographic Explorer. Her next solo show is at Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA, opening Sept 9th, 2017.
236: How to get past your fear of a BLANK CANVAS (w/ David Zinn)
David is a freelance illustrator and street artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializing in small-scale, improvised and (mostly) light-hearted chalk art. Most of these drawings (most notably “Sluggo”) have appeared on sidewalks in Ann Arbor and elsewhere in Michigan, but some have surfaced as far away as subway platforms in Manhattan and construction debris in the Sonoran Desert.
235: What happens when you actually GET PERMISSION? (w/ Zan Romanoff)
Zan Romanoff is a writer of essays and fiction, mostly focused on food, feminism, television and books. She graduated from Yale in 2009 with a B.A. in Literature, and now lives and works in Los Angeles. She is the author of A Song to Take the World Apart, and her latest YA novel, Grace and the Fever.
234: How to get through the MIDDLE JUNK (w/ Joel Daniel Phillips)
Joel Daniel Phillips lives and works in San Francisco, CA. His work focuses on large-scale charcoal portraiture exploring the social structures in his immediate surroundings. He is fascinated by the intricacies and commonalities that we share as humans, and he searches for moments when our projected senses of self are transparent, allowing deeper, more truthful emotions to become visible.
233: F– USE TOGETHER the things that inspire you (w/ Al Marconi)
Al Marconi is a Spanish guitarist and composer who has been a professional musician since 1997. During that time has managed to notch up over 30,000 sales of his independently marketed self-produced recordings, Equilibrium (1997), Monument (1999), Esperanto (2001), Terra Nova (2007), Insomnia (2011), and his latest album, Alchemy (2015).
232: Your Calling, with a capital ‘C’ (w/ Alatar)
Alatar is a genderfluid digital artist who creates character-driven adult illustrations. Their work includes both fanart and original content, and attempts to explore a wide range of body types, ethnicities, gender identities and sexualities. They are also the host of the podcast Blue Magic, where they interview other creatives in the erotic field.
231: Be proud of your creativity! (w/ Dani Ives)
Dani Ives is a self-taught fiber artist from Arkansas who has developed a beautiful and unique technique, which she calls “painting with wool.” She creates two dimensional works of art directly on fabric. Her inspiration comes from a love of nature and science, which has an enormous influence on her work.
