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 Sabby Painter Podcast.

I'm getting excited. The art reception for my show at the Dog Gallery in Pomona, California is coming up really fast.

It's March 7th.

And I'm practicing my presentation in making sure that there's no glitches with the video and the photos or anything technical like that.

You know that saying that people fear public speaking more than death?

I don't believe that at all.

I think they cherry-pick their test results and exaggerate a little bit, but still.

I don't do public speaking often and I get nervous. And the only antidote I know of is to be as prepared as possible.

Practice, practice, practice, and then just let it go.

So that's what I'm up to this week.

I've left my husband and some friends in charge of framing the artwork while I do

what I can to make myself comfortable talking in front of a live audience.

This should be fun.

Okay, let's get into this week's episode.

My guest today is Karen Ola.

Karen is a textile artist who creates abstracted images using lots of different materials, hand-died fabric, wash, acrylics, and watercolor.

Karen works in a manner that mimics the flow of paint from a brush, intricately cut, placed, and pastelled textiles are combined with

gouache acrylic and graphite to create collage paintings that are deep in color and texture.

From a small town upbringing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, her interest in Amish

Quilts and textile traditions led her to study fiber art at Maryland Institute College

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