Painting the Everyday: Amy Scherer’s Vision of Suburban Beauty - EP 313

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

Antrese Wood

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Amy Scherer is a contemporary painter who works out of her home studio just outside of Seattle.

In this episode, Amy and I talk about making art even when the people around you don't quite get what it is you do. Ever have any one come into your studio and ask - "Wait, where's the TV?" 🤦‍♀️ IYKYK, right?

Amy lives in the suburbs and most of the people she's around just don't understand what she does, and that yes, there really is an actual artist living among them!

For Amy, what helps her stay sane is teaching other artists how to paint. She absolutely loves the chance to geek out on art with other artists! It gives her the opportunity to share her ideas on color theory, composition, and all the nuances that make a great painting.

So OF COURSE in our conversation, we geeked out on ALL THE THINGS:

how to arrange subjects in a painting.
why seeing the world as an artist matters.
tips on how to manage time between making art and daily life.
why making mistakes is important for growing as an artist.
the challenges of being seen as a real artist when you live in the suburbs.
being true to yourself in your art.
how being kind and understanding can help people love art even more.
how Amy keeps her passion for art alive.
how she balances creativity with her other responsibilities.

Hope you enjoy this episode! If you do, let me know your biggest takeaway at @savvypainterpodcast

And while you're there, check out Amy's work: @A_Scherer_

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Antries, and welcome to another episode of the Sabby Painter
0:09.7	podcast. This week I want to share a conversation with the artist Amy Shearer.
0:15.0	Amy is an artist from Washington State and in this episode we talk of course about a lot of things related to painting, art, creativity.
0:27.0	We talk about living in the suburbs and often how being the only artist in social situations Amy has navigated
0:36.6	explaining what she does and her passion to people who might not quite
0:40.8	understand what it means to be an artist.
0:43.9	One thing I really appreciated about talking with Amy
0:46.8	is she is also a lifelong learner.
0:49.3	She sees her artistic career as this continual learning process. So she is constantly engaging
0:56.0	with new techniques and ideas and exploring ideas from what she experiences around her.
1:04.0	Amy shares how she connects her art to her everyday life,
1:08.0	balancing her family and teaching with her studio time
1:12.0	and how each aspects influences each other.
1:15.0	Amy also talks about the insights she has gained from her years of teaching art to other
1:22.4	artists and how that has impacted her thought process.
1:27.4	So without further do, here is Amy Shearer.
1:34.0	If I can ask you a question. How did I get on the Savi Painter podcast, how that all get
1:39.0	started curious about?
1:41.0	Yeah, for sure.
1:42.0	Well, I, gosh, it's been, it's been so long, it's kind of blows my mind, but I live in Argentina.
1:50.0	Oh, wow. I'm originally from California and I moved to Argentina about 10 years ago and I basically the short story is I didn't realize what a huge network of artists I had in LA and in that area where you know I grew up there I went to school there
2:07.2	so I had this huge network of artists and then when I moved to Argentina there was like no you know I was like
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