Oil Painter at the Brattleboro Co-op Gallery · 22 Years, Hidden Dragons & Bob Ferrante

0:02And I do hand-painted cards and small, original, little paintings. And I do, like, there’s puzzles, there’s a calendar. This should be back here. And then there’s prints. And these are all oil. I do oil on paper, oil on canvas. Oh wow, that’s cool. I want it to like not have the light in it though. It’s hard with the glass, I know. Yeah, it’s okay though. I’m not, I don’t do any editing so I just have to move my camera around and then they get one nice view and they can press pause. Yep. That’s who I am. This is Archipelago. Archipelago? Yeah, it’s the islands in, I think the South Pacific one.

0:49Okay, that’s cool. That’s Phoenix.

0:54And this is Hidden Dragon, I don’t know if you can see the dragon. yeah yeah oh okay yeah yeah yeah and then the dragons all through here it’s hidden dragon and so what like what kind of things do you draw inspiration from like what how long have you been in I’ve been an artist for about 22 years and it’s pretty much right here is my bio and nature and just there we go I got I got a good angle. Okay. Press pause. Sometimes people need commands. They’re probably somewhere complaining. I can’t read that. Oh, he just told me to pause. He’s talking to me. I had fun. So anyway, that pretty much that’s what I’m doing right now. I’m trying to get into large canvases. Okay. And what does it take to step into that world? A lot because you have to really. Are you sure you can’t be on video? I don’t want to be. I really don’t.

2:02I don’t photograph them. Would you survive? No. Would you hate me? The camera might steal her soul. What? She said the camera might steal your soul. No. Okay, I’ll keep facing the wall. That’s good. I could tell. But I’m listening, so what would that take? Yes. So it takes a lot because you really have to pull in the pieces. I do abstract and I also kind of do some impressionist type of work, but this is not me. I know, but these are yours, no? Yes, and those are me. Not her? Not her, no. She’s another artist here. Okay.

2:47I’m listening to you, though. I’m making sure it’s entertaining to watch, too. Oh, okay. So, it’s... I do a lot of abstract, and some come from nature, and my vision of nature, and some are just Just things that I’ll create with colors and images and I also do sketchings of little creature guys. They’re not up yet. Oh, okay. But they’re coming soon. But they’re gonna come, yeah.

3:22A sneak peek of attractions to come. Yes. Oh, these are so nice. Is anybody else in your family an artist? Yes, my husband. He’s a writer, he’s a playwright, but he’s also, um, he does, uh, comics. Oh, really?

3:46What are your, like, what, um, what are his comics about? All different kinds of things. They’re funny. They’re, they’re, um, little characters, and, um, and he does kind of, there’s all different little stories with him. Okay. What do people look him up as if you’re shouting him out? Well, right now he’s a product manager for an IT company.

4:20He’s known for, he’s known for, like, really what he’s known for is, he’s a director, theater person Okay And he’s put on shows in New York Oh, that’s amazing What shows? Just people he knows or his work That’s cool New playwrights Okay, and what’s his name? Like, you’re gonna shut him down

4:51I like that, so people can see your counterpart. I’m sure people are impressed with your stuff, so now they can go find him and be impressed too.