About this episode
Sean Sullivan discusses his artistic process and the influences of music and poetry on his work.
Sean Sullivan makes paintings and drawings that hum and weave through abstraction, representation, and systems of visual organization. He is also the co-owner of R&F Paints—an artist owned company that manufactures handmade oil and encaustic paints for artists. Sean talks about how music and poetry served as gateways into visual art, the farmer and the fisherman as a type of ethos, using printmaking techniques in his painting and drawing process, embracing error as a form of magic in his work, wanting to be in close proximity to his family while he’s making art, and art as a potential way to make sense of a complicated world.
People in this episode
Guest: Sean Sullivan
Topics covered
- art
- abstraction
- visual organization
- printmaking
- family
Keywords
- handmade oil paints
- encaustic paints
- embracing error
- farmer and fisherman ethos
- making sense of a complicated world
Mentioned in this episode
Products: R&F Paints
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