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Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Constantly Learning and Refusing to Quit with Figurative Artist, Vonn Sumner

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Antrese Wood

Education, Arts, Visual Arts, Self-improvement

4.8941 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

What is it that keeps you going as an artist? Where do you find your “Can-do spirit?” Is it a constant struggle for you to stay motivated and energized in your work? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone! My guest is figurative artist Vonn Sumner. In our conversation, Vonn talks about growing up in Palo Alto, CA where he was exposed to a lot of art, specifically bay area figurative artists. Vonn also talks about his decision to study at UC Davis and his experiences there with the artist, Wayne Thieba...

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0:00.0

Hello there it's Antrice and welcome to another episode of the Savvy Painter

0:09.1

podcast. The Savvy Painter Podcast is published every week on iTunes Stitcher Radio, I Heart Radio, and Google

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Play.

0:18.7

If you are a painter or artist who is looking for down-to-earth real life conversations about art, how to create it, how to sell it,

0:25.5

you are in the right place.

0:27.4

Savvy Painter has been downloaded over a million times by artists in 150 countries. This is the place where you will find your

0:35.7

community you will be inspired to create and you'll hear real stories from

0:40.3

artists who are thriving with their art.

0:42.7

So if you are new to this podcast, I want to welcome you to the savvy painter community.

0:48.0

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0:50.0

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0:57.2

It's that easy.

0:59.4

Vaughn seminar is my guest this week.

1:01.7

Vaughn is something of a portrait painter, just not in the traditional sense.

1:07.3

His images may come from his observation, but they're filtered through his mind's eye.

1:11.9

Los Angeles arts writer and critic Peter Frank describes Vaughn as a figure painter of

1:16.1

uncommon wit and sensitivity.

1:18.5

And I think that sums up Vaughn's work best without putting a label on it.

1:23.2

In this episode, Vaughn talks about growing up in Palo Alto, California where he was exposed

1:28.1

to a lot of art, specifically Bay Area Figuative Artists.

1:32.6

His second home was the backroom of his father's framing studio.

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