Strong Fundamentals with Lyudmila Tomova Clarke
Plein Air Easton Podcast
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Lyudmila Tomova to trace her extraordinary journey across continents, cultures, and careers. From her early years growing up in Sofia, Lyudmila Tomova shares what it was like to leave everything behind and begin again as a political refugee in New York City. Her story takes a remarkable turn when she’s recruited by The Walt Disney Company—a pivotal chapter that helped shape her artistic voice and discipline. But it’s her evolution beyond the studio that truly defines her legacy. Today, Lyudmila Tomova is celebrated as one of the world’s...
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From Graffiti to Plein Air with Antwan Ramar
Plein Air Easton Podcast
In this episode of the Plein Air Easton Podcast, we sit down with acclaimed painter Antwan Ramar for a conversation about the roots of his artistic journey. Antwan shares stories from his early life, reflecting on the moments and influences that first sparked his creativity and led him toward a life in art. We also dive into how he discovered plein air painting, the challenges and rewards of painting outdoors, and the way working directly from nature continues to shape his artistic voice. Along the way, Antwan talks about finding community in the plein air world, developing his style, and the...
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Art as an Advocacy Tool
Plein Air Easton Podcast
In this episode of the Plein Air Easton Podcast, we’re joined by Carol Bean of the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy for a conversation about land, legacy, and the power of creative expression. Carol shares how ESLC works to protect the Eastern Shore’s farms, forests, and waterways—and why preserving these landscapes matters now more than ever. We also dig into the unique role artists can play in environmental advocacy, exploring how painting, storytelling, and visual documentation can inspire stewardship and spark meaningful conversations about conservation. It’s a thoughtful look at how...
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Values with Murray Taylor
Plein Air Easton Podcast
This week on The Plein Air Podcast, we sit down with artist Murray Taylor, a man who has spent an impressive amount of time chasing light, landscapes, and the elusive “just one more brushstroke.” We talk about painting outdoors (yes, including wind sabotage), the strange joy of hauling art supplies into nature like a very optimistic pack mule, and what actually happens when reality refuses to match your reference photo. Murray shares stories from the field, hard-earned wisdom, and the kind of insight that only comes from staring at a horizon until it blinks first. Expect laughs, honest...
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Never Give Up with Joshua Hoffman
Plein Air Easton Podcast
Marie and Tim talk with first time Plein Air Easton juried artist Joshua Hoffman who won 3rd place in this year's festival with his painting "Youth". Joshua talks about the importance of mentorship, pursuing his passion, and the story behind his award winning painting. "I have been studying art for over 20 years. I began oil painting in college where I quickly fell in love with landscape and plein air painting. There is something special about the connection a painter develops with their surroundings when they are routinely observing and practicing plein air painting, Through utilizing...
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Painting is a Compulsion with Martin Geiger
Plein Air Easton Podcast
In the launch of our 5th season, Jess and Marie talk with the 2025 Grand Prize Winner Martin Geiger. Martin, an introspective and serious painter, reflects on his family of artists, how he approaches competition, and how painting for him is almost an addiction. Martin Geiger studied in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for four years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and now lives in Staunton, Virginia. He is head assistant at Bronzecraft Foundry as well as an instructor at the Beverly Street Studio School and a trustee on the board of the Staunton Augusta Art Center, He recieved two...
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The Preciousness of Time with Peter Trippi
Plein Air Easton Podcast
With Plein Air Easton right around the corner, Jess and Marie talk with the 2025 festival judge Peter Trippi. They discuss his early introduction to art history, his position as Editor-in-Chief at Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, and his approach to curation and judging. Peter Trippi has edited Fine Art Connoisseur since 2006. Previously, he directed New York’s Dahesh Museum of Art, which specialized in 19th-century European academic painting and sculpture. Before that, he held senior posts at the Brooklyn Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art. In 2002, Phaidon Press published Trippi’s...
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Look Longer with the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
Plein Air Easton Podcast
Following the inaugural Alumni Invitational through a partnership with the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Marie and Jess are joined by Communications Manager Caitlin Fisher, the brainchild behind the exhibition, to discuss the motivation behind the project and to debrief on how it went. Founded in 1990, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to conserving land on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. From farm fields to marshes to woodlands and public trails, it is our mission to conserve, steward, and advocate for the unique rural landscape for generations to come....
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The Joy of Color and Light with Debra Huse
Plein Air Easton Podcast
LIVE from Plein Air Easton 2024, Tim and Jess talk with alumni artist Debra Huse. Debra brings her trademark joy to the conversation as she discusses the many projects she is involved with. Debra Huse is a contemporary American Impressionist. She uses rich color and bold fluid strokes to capture the light and drama in her plein air and studio oil paintings. Debra enjoys painting on location and has painted in many plein air events across the country. Huse and her husband Randy enjoy traveling on their sport fishing boat GROUPER where Debra often paints scenes from the...
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It Started With Terror with Mark Shasha
Plein Air Easton Podcast
LIVE from Plein Air Easton 2024, Tim and Jess talk with alumni artist Mark Shasha. Mark is an interdisplenary artist that, beyond painting, also plays music and acts. He discusses his relationship with terror and how it fuels all of his artistic pursuits. "Painting is a calling for me. It is a longing for those moments when the poetry happens when a sun beam caresses a snowbank, peeks into a glade or spills diamonds across the sea. I’m compelled by something deep in me to seize that energy and to express it as paint on canvas using my own calligraphy and the brevity of a few accurate...
info_outlineIn an incredibly brave and vulnerable interview, artist Tim Beall discusses the inner battles he endures as he pursues his art. Growing up in an environment that he describes as being synonymous with "toxic masculinity", Beall speaks to the struggle to acknowledge his drive to be creative that brought him from athlete to artist.
Tim Bell began serious painting study with the well-known portrait painter Cedric Egeli in 1994 and assisted Cedric in teaching color painting at the Cape Cod School of Art. Tim studied briefly with Maryland Impressionist John Ebersberger, who introduced him to George T. Thurmond. It was Thurmond, a devoted student of the late Henry Hensche, who Tim credits with having taught him the principles of the Hensche method of painting.
A painting trip to Scotland in year 2006 was a significant turning point in Tim’s methods and style of painting. It brought new ideas and a fresh vision as he added tonalist color theory to his palette. Painting trips in following summers to Cape Cod, Gloucester, and Monhegan Island cemented these color theories and a painting friendship with Robert Gruppe. Tim uses oils and a combination of palette knives and brushes on canvas to create his paintings that are a tribute to the rich artistic heritage of American plein air painting.
For a period of time Tim had the unique experience of working on a fishing boat on the Chesapeake Bay. It was this experience that gave him an appreciation of the majesty and unique history of oyster boats under sail. The Chesapeake Bay, the skipjacks, bugeyes and schooners that ply its waters are some of his favorite painting subjects. He also enjoys frequent painting trips to New England, Scotland and Italy.
Tim’s paintings have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions. He is an active participant in plein air painting competitions and is a sought-after instructor for his oil painting workshops. His paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States and Great Britain and are also included in the collection of Frostburg State University. In 2004 Tim was honored to be juried into the "Sunlight and Shadow" exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. In the 2006 Paint Easton plein air painting competition, Tim Bell won the Grand Prize for his oil painting of skipjacks on the Chesapeake Bay. He has won many awards since then, including the 2009 Plein Air Easton Artists Choice Award and the Best Marine painting.
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