About this episode

Carl Olson interviews artist Thomas Windsor about his unique approach to painting and the impact of art therapy.

Doom scrolling on YouTube may usually be a waste of time but occasionally you stumble across a real, hidden gem. That happened to me a few weeks ago. I like watching YouTube videos about art and art history (and, truthfully, many other subjects). You know the way YouTube works - it takes your watch history and tries to predict other videos you might want to watch. YouTube wants you to keep watching videos - forever would be ideal for them. This was the case with my guest in this episode of The Artful Painter . YouTube suggested to me a video on a channel called Painting Therapy , by artist and cinematographer Thomas Windsor . That expression - painting therapy - hooked me. I clicked, and I watched, and I watched, and I watched. YouTube’s algorithm was happy, and I was enthralled by what I saw and heard as Thomas painted on camera. The binge has started and I kept watching and listening to Thomas. At one point, I left one of his videos playing as I worked on a large painting. I could not see what he was doing so I just listened to him talking in the background. I usually find it highly distracting to paint with words sounding off in the background. The words through me off so it’s…

People in this episode

Host: Carl Olson

Guest: Thomas Windsor

Topics covered

• art
• YouTube
• painting
• art therapy
• interview

Keywords

• Thomas Windsor
• art therapy
• YouTube
• painting
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Painting Therapy

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