Anthony Ricciardi. The Heart in Art. Episode 517 with The Real Brad Lea (TRBL)
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Anthony Ricciardi is a renowned multi-disciplinary artist from Toronto, Canada that has traveled internationally showcasing his artwork and murals. His collections have been showcased globally in major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Manchester, Montreal and Sao Paolo. He has curated large-scale artwork and clothing for notable celebrities such as Demi Lovato, Bad Bunny, Post Malone, Shaq and many more. Anthony has also collaborated with major brands such as Disney, Adidas, Coors Light and L’Oreal.
Anthony is more than just an artist and his story isn't your typical. He went to Alabama State University on a baseball scholarship and spent five years working as an analyst for an investment fund but decided to leave the comfort and clout of corporate finance to pursue his true passion; art.
In this episode, Brad and Anthony how Anthony puts the heart, literally and figuratively in his art. They discuss his journey and how he has become a full-time artist as well as how you can get a commissioned canvas today.
00:00 Intro
01:30 Why heart…
04:22 Disney story
07:00 When Art became full time
13:25 Bomb: “The more you put out the more chances you have of winning.” - AR
15:03 Available for commission
20:33 Art Basel
22:00 Grant Cardone Collaboration
26:00 Toronto
29:00 The Long-term plan
34:24 @everyheart
37:30 Art Inspo
41:15 Paintings that don’t sell
47:30 The bulldog in Brad’s conference room
53:07 Entrepreneurship
57:50 Dreamspace
59:45 Picasso
01:03:27 Go to https://www.Ricciardipaints.com and https://www.everyheart.com check out Anthony’s work!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Listen up or run |
| 0:23.0 | What it is Bradley back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio folks |
| 0:29.3 | I got a badass artist Anthony Ricciardi. What's happening? What's going on? Thank you so much. It's great to be here |
| 0:35.6 | Dude if you guys don't know this dude's artwork man go check it out Ricciardi paints.com. It's R-I-C-C-I-A-R-D-I paints.com |
| 0:45.4 | Go check out his shit. I don't mean shit. I mean the goods |
| 0:50.3 | He always incorporates hearts for some reason. Yeah |
| 0:54.4 | I want to find out why but you're more than an artist |
| 0:57.3 | You know your buddy says you're quite the entrepreneur as well |
| 1:00.8 | But you got you got stuff hanging in a lot of different areas showcase an artwork all over the place you do murals |
| 1:08.0 | You got what's this say you got frickin people owning your shit? I own a piece |
| 1:14.1 | Yes, it's an awesome piece by the way custom anybody wants a custom commission piece |
| 1:19.8 | I'm telling you dude. They are bad ass and and and you incorporate well |
| 1:24.8 | People's personality into the paintings. Yeah, I got my sayings in there. There's a little winking Benjamin for money |
| 1:31.8 | Yeah, dude, but but there's also hearts yep and |
| 1:35.8 | Everyone it's downstairs in my training center. It's gonna be in my home soon |
| 1:39.9 | But but I've left it there. Thank you. Everybody goes dude. That's badass and a lot of people recognize you |
| 1:44.9 | Oh amazing. That's awesome. That's that dude with the hearts and that's what they always say |
| 1:49.0 | Because you got hearts everywhere. Yeah, it's almost like you got a heart on |
| 1:54.2 | Why why the hearts? So you know my quick story is I I went to I'm from Toronto Canada |
| 1:59.6 | I went to school in Alabama on a baseball scholarship because growing up no one really said you know become an artist |
| 2:04.0 | That's something that's a viable career |
| 2:06.3 | So I went to school on a baseball scholarship study finance |
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