Thomas grew up in Northern California where he fell in love with music and photography while going to punk shows and shooting skate photos. He photography in college, which may or may not qualify him to host an art podcast. When he's not working on Art Uncovered, Thomas works as photographer, retoucher, and audio editor and also plays guitar in the band Sleepies. He lives in Queens, New York, for now.
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Hannah Barrett
Sherlock Outside Hannah Barrett is a painter based in Brooklyn. Her work draws from a range of subject matter including old cookbooks, vintage fashion, 1960s advertising imagery, characters from classic literature, and really anything else that strikes a chord in Hannah's visual imagination. All these elements are brought together in portraits, still lives, and domestic scenes that blend the surreal with the everyday and seem to imply an entire world in each painting. To me, there's something both familiar and strange about Hannah's paintings, and it's a quality that allows the viewers imagination to run just as wild as I'm sure Hannah's does when she's painting. A few weeks ago I got the chance to meet up with Hannah in her studio and chat about some of her paintings, including some recent work based on Sherlock Holmes. We also discussed our mutual fascination with food imagery and why the nose is the most important part of any portrait. Pub Lunch Sherlock Inside Stilton 00:00 - Intro 01:35 - Hannah's World 03:48 - Cookbooks 06:02 - Sherlock 11:26 - Genders 13:50 - Sherlock 2 16:56 - Hair and Food 19:11 - Color Palate 22:05 - Seasonal Songs 24:36 - Food and Advertising 28:34 - Beginnings 32:04 - Champion of the Nose 36:20 - Bard Abroad 39:54 - Finish