This week's guest is professional artist and plein air teacher Suzie Baker from Shenandoah, Texas. Growing up Suzie was the child who was always drawing, although she began her career in advertising. While Suzie’s adopted parents were not artistic, her birth father and grandmother were. In 2008, when she was in the Middle East with her husband she started painting full-time, eventually establishing herself as a representational artist. Nowadays Suzie divides her time between painting and teaching plein air around the country. Host: Chris Stafford Produced by Hollowell Studios Instagram: @theaartpodcast hollowellstudios@gmail.com Women artists who have inspired Suzie:Aimee EricksonJane HuntMichele ByrneKathleen HudsonBrienne BrownChristine LashleyMichele Usibelli Michele ByrneWhat does Suzie listen to while she’s painting? Audiobook list: “In Montmartre,” by Sue Roe The Judgment of Paris,” by Ross King The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Anything by David Sedaris Fiction Authors: Jane Harper Nevada Barr Louise Penny Music: I have a “Drivin-n-singin” playlist that includes everything from Simon and Garfunkel to James Taylor, from Patsy Cline to all manner of show tunes, from Nanci Griffith, and The Bird and the Bee, to Katy Perry and Bruno Mars. https://www.suziebaker.com/Instagram: @suziebakerartist