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Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Observational Art and Invented Imagery, with Langdon Quin

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Antrese Wood

Education, Arts, Visual Arts, Self-improvement

4.8941 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2017

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

I had the wonderful privilege of sitting down with renowned artist and educator Langdon Quin. We discussed his work with observational art and invented imagery. Langdon was gracious enough to provide some images of his work that you can see at the end of this post. He shared how he started working with invented imagery and how his work as an observational painter has influenced his growth and evolution. Langdon’s passion for art is infectious, we discussed some of his influences over the year...

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0:00.0

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

0:09.1

podcast. This episode is sponsored by Trachell Art Supplies.

0:15.0

For over 30 years, Trachell has been obsessed with the art of brushmaking.

0:19.2

And now they're applying that same obsession to professional grade artist panels.

0:24.0

Both their brushes and panels are made right here in California at their Hesperia factory.

0:29.0

Go to Trachell.com and use promo code savvy 16 to get 15% off your next order.

0:36.0

Langdon Quinn is a native of Atlanta, Georgia.

0:39.0

He lives in the Hudson Valley east of Troy, New York

0:42.0

and spends several months of the year in Central

0:44.9

Italy.

0:45.9

So you might remember hearing his name on this podcast before, and that's because a few weeks

0:50.9

ago I had the pleasure of interviewing his wife Karen Canier about her

0:55.2

painting and her collage work. Also Kathleen Speranza talks about how much Langdon inspired

1:00.2

her painting at Boston University. Langdon is a representational painter who has exhibited widely,

1:06.0

both nationally and internationally,

1:08.2

since receiving his MFA and painting from Yale University in 1976. His imagery is derived from both observation and

1:16.9

invention. His subjects are landscape interiors figure and still life or

1:21.2

combinations thereof.

1:23.0

In this interview, Langdon graciously talks about some of his recent paintings

1:27.2

that have not yet been exhibited or published on his site.

1:31.6

So I recommend that you take a look at those in the show notes at savvy painter.com.

1:35.2

Langdon talks about the genesis of two paintings in particular, Queen Mob decides and

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