Embracing Vulnerability with Drie Chapek
I’m thrilled to have Drie Chapek on today’s episode of Brush Work podcast. Join us in a discussion about switching from oil to acrylic painting, how our bodies change our art, showing at multiple galleries, being a thrifty art buyer, and the power of the studio visit.
Mentioned in the episode:
Bless This Space Between Us https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1211497.To_Bless_the_Space_Between_Us
Emily Gherard https://www.instagram.com/emily_gherard/
Ninth Street Women https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28118491-ninth-street-women
Margy Lavelle: https://www.margylavelle.com/
i.e. Gallery: https://www.ieedison.com/
The Art Of Gathering: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37424706-the-art-of-gathering
Greg Kucera Gallery: https://www.gregkucera.com/
Find Drie Chapek online:
https://www.instagram.com/drie_chapek/
Visit Drie’s show at Greg Kucera Gallery now though March 30th, 2024
“Inside the Outside” Drie’s Artist Statement
“In my work, I am creating visual space to explore my inner world through imagery from the exterior world. I construct my painted environments with personal reminders of complexity, pain, pleasure and delight discovered within these worlds.
Through the use of breath and somatic experiencing I am able to hold the variables of life so that I can stay in my body as an active participant of my human experience. Composing collisions of energies gives me a visual field in which to explore and connect my life’s joy and grief experiences. This series was created while I was cold swimming almost daily in the Puget Sound. The water made physical and visual space within my daily practice of living and so also in my painting. My brushwork and paint application have come from psychological movement throughout my life. The result is physical movement within the frame of the canvas.
I traveled with long views through the air and across land to several homes spread across five states during each year of my childhood. I experienced different caretakers, environments and cultures. I searched for solid ground in that motion and found common threads in the earth we inhabit and the humanity we share. Our differences are vast but our connections and similarities are as well.
While backpacking into the wild I take comfort in observing the presence of erosion on the land. It’s a reminder of the vast time that the landscape has been transforming. I am continually aware of the eons of history as my own time and impact on earth are minimized by this realization. This brings my body and mind to awareness of my experience in the present moment. I am aware of my place in time, and that I am only a breath in time compared to the ages of the mountains. I am given permission to enjoy my brief life and, with ease, make what I can of it.”
Host and artist Stephanie Scott breaks down the practicality of the art career with topics including: sustainable creative practices, social media skills, and the mindsets that keep it all together. New episodes every Tuesday!
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Podcast Cover photo by Maryna Blumqvist https://instagram.com/picturemaryna