Here’s a video Alejandro Velasquez, the creative force behind Apollo Road, made this summer at my studio documenting my work & process. Alejandro is a delight to work with, he has the soul of an artist the know-how & aptitude to bring technology into the mix. I'm blessed to have him guide me into this world of presenting myself and my work via podcasts and video. Enjoy the video and a glimpse into my studio.
Apollo Road Podcast 2020: 008 Maude Andrade II
It’s been a year since Alejandro Velasquez and I sat down and talk, it’s an understatement to say what a year it’s been, not in our wildest dreams could we imagine this, right? This year’s conversation covers a lot of territory…..moving forward game plans, studio life, selling on line, making videos, friendships, biking, drinking, and how growing up around artists and helping our parents sell their art work really messed us up, ruined us for normal life!
Visual Connections
The first image is the last painting I did for “The Flying to the Moon for Band Aids” show in 2017. It didn’t get finished in time for the opening and it’s the last painting I made in my Harwood studio before I moved into my new studio in 2018. It’s a transitional piece, packed away until on some strange whim I pulled it out for my open studio December 2019. I was surprised to see it’s connection to the work I’ve been making this in 2019. I’d been feeling disjointed in my painting after the move, and chiding myself for not being more focused. I even purchased a note book to “get more organized”, to keep myself on track…..whatever that means…….. inadvertently by hanging this piece in between the graphite painting (image 2) and the “sphere paintings” (image 3) I see new connections in my work, what a relief! And why have I been so worried about this? In my own weird way, I’m being consistent, at least for the moment it all makes sense in my head and in the paint.
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Maude Andrade: Adaptable Creative Process - September 2019 Check out the podcast I did with Alejandro Velasquez aka Apollo Road. Alejandro is a very talented designer/maker, a second generation artist and one to watch. I met his parents back in the day when we were doing the national high end craft show circuit. His father Damian Velasquez is a master metal furniture maker and his mother Julianna Silva is a business creator/guru, remember Moderno in Albuquerque’s Nob Hill?
In the pod cast, we talk about the arc of my art career and business development in relation to the show circuit. I am so grateful to have this phase of my life recorded, and it’s been fun having my son listen to the stories he’s never heard about the early days of my career.
NM PBS ¡Colores!: Maude Andrade June 27, 2014
¡COLORES! is a weekly art series with stories devoted to the creative spirit
