Episode 95: Tucker Eason - Paint, Play, Process
Artists of New York by Dan Riley
Episode notes
Tucker Eason is an oil painter, based in Brooklyn, NY.
(00:00) From Oakland slumlord setup to New York leap
(03:21) Empty apartment, artist assistant, and Red Hook grind
(06:14) New York’s kindness versus West Coast nice
(08:37) Childhood art obsession and graphite miles
(11:52) Work ethic, fear, and self-accountability in the studio
(14:28) Leaving realism and discovering abstract playfulness
(18:46) Starting over in New York with Art Lab
(22:07) Art fairs, booth strategy, and selling authentically
(26:11) Live drawing, spectacle, and removing sales pressure
(28:47) Feast or famine economics of an art career
(33:02) Wh ...