Welcome to the Sabby Painter Podcast, the Podcast for Artists who Mean Business.

Here's your host, Antrice Wood.

Hello, it's Antrice and welcome to another episode of the savvy painter

podcast. Before we get started last week I sent out an email to those of you who have

trusted me with your email addresses.

And I asked if you could fill out a quick interview survey

and if I could follow up with a phone call

to a few people to get some more details.

I'm gathering background information for a program I want

to put together later this year. And I'm so grateful for everyone who responded, you guys are

awesome. I got over a hundred. Your input is extremely valuable and I very very much appreciate

your thoughtful responses. Okay so this week I've got Karen Kapke as my guest. Karen is a figurative painter from New York.

She began painting and drawing while completing her master's degree in philosophy.

She then studied at the Art Students League in New York City, the Cole Albert de Fois in France, and at the National Academy of Design.

She's taught with Parsons School of Design, the Crosby Street Painting Studio, and currently teaches

privately out of her studio.

She also runs the Young Urban Artist, a drawing and painting workshop for teens in New York City.

Karen has been in many exhibitions and several museum shows.

She and her family currently share their time between her home and studio in New York City and in France.

In this episode, Karen talks about her ongoing series of self-portraits,

why she started this series and how it helps her examine the experience of growing older.

There's a certain age of which

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