Fun chats about artists workspaces, studios and art supplies. Hear about how and what they create, their art materials and why they love what they do! These are the full artist interviews expanded from the graphic rich newsletter, photos and videos available at https://artfuldesk.substack.com/welcome.
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The Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, work in progress and why they love what they do.
Episode 11 Isabelle Debionne. osabelle is an artist who will intrigue you with her mysterious yet whimsical illustrations. Drawing you in with a sense of light frivolity, but upon further inspection connect with you on a deep level. Always there is a combination of nature and movement, but sometimes symbolism and iconography in combination. And the result is her recognizable style of graphite with matte gouache which somehow seems to pick up the light and always leaves you with a sense of movement.
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runtime: 45 mins
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8 Jul 2026
Ep 10 Sarah Lovell | The Artful Desk Podcast
The Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, work in progress and why they love what they do.
Episode 10 features Sarah Lovell. A Canadian/UK based children's book illustrator and artist. We discuss her art and she shares her advice and experience as an artist entering the world of children's book publishing.
Catch our Live Video Chat Replay and the Newsletter (https://artfuldesk.substack.com/p/the-artful-desk-featuring-artist-4da) (https://artfuldesk.substack.com/p/the-artful-desk-featuring-artist-4da)with photos and more.
runtime: 40 mins
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15 Jun 2026
Ep 9 Paulina Ree | The Artful Desk Podcast
The Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, work in progress and why they love what they do.
Episode 9 features Paulina Ree. An Oslo based Ecuadorian artist.
We discuss her art j
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runtime: 40 mins
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7 Jun 2026
Ep 8 Emily Geleske | The Artful Desk Podcast
The Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, work in progress and why they love what they do.
Episode 8 features Emily Geleske. An artist and creativity coach with a love of exploring mediums and currently enjoying painting and printing with geli plates.
We discuss her art journey, her home workspace and having the courage to overcome old beliefs and the stories told to us as children. And her journey to embrace vulnerability giving her freedom of expression and a powerful connection back to self.
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runtime: 35 mins
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11 May 2026
Ep 7 Ekaterina Popova | The Artful Desk Podcast
The Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, work in progress and why they love what they do.
Episode 7 features Ekaterina aka Kat. An artist and solopreneur with her Create! magazine and podcast. She paints lush florals, interiors and landscapes with buttery acrylics and textures that feel like you could happily escape into them… and not be bothered to return.
We discuss her art supplies, new studio space and her shift into experimenting with new subjects all while creating an artists resource in her magazine.
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runtime: 45 mins
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27 Apr 2026
Ep 6 Dawn McGreevy | The Artful Desk Podcast
The Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, favorite tips, work in progress and why they love what they do.
Episode 6Today I’m talking with acrylic and mixed media artist Dawn McGreevey. She describes herself as an abstract artist capturing the colours, feelings and memories of place through layered, intuitive paintings.
Catch our Live Video Chat Replay and the Newsletter (https://open.substack.com/pub/artfuldesk/p/the-artful-desk-live-with-featured-d17?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web)with photos and supply list.
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13 Apr 2026
Ep 5 Justine Martinez | The Artful Desk Podcast
The Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, favorite tips, work in progress and why they love what they do.
Episode 5 features Justine Martinez. Justine is a one of those artists whose inner light is expressed through her work. She has the courage and vulnerability to express her connection to humanity in a way that makes you feel. That pulls you back into the moment and reminds you that we are all connected through human experience. And that there is nothing to fear in the deep feelings that so many of us have become accustomed to blocking out with distractions.
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30 Mar 2026
Ep 4 Steve Green | The Artful Desk Podcast
Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, favorite tips, work in progress and why they love what they do.
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2 Mar 2026
Ep 3: Melissa Sly | The Artful Desk Podcast
Artful Desk is a series of conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, favorite tips, work in progress and why they love what they do.
This episode features artist Melissa Sly, self taught artist and illustrator. We talk about how she maximizes her space and makes it work in a small apartment, her favourite art supplies and her illustrative work and love of sketching doodling and using words as art. Plus the importance of having fun experimenting and trying alternatives to popular art supplies.
Catch the Newsletter (https://artfuldesk.substack.com/p/the-artful-desk-featuring-melissa?r=6rybgp) with photos and supply list or our Live Video Chat Replay (https://open.substack.com/pub/artfuldesk/p/the-artful-desk-live-with-featured?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web).
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2 Feb 2026
Ep 2 Rachel Eaton | The Artful Desk Podcast
Artful Desk is a series conversations with artists chatting about their workspace, art supplies, favorite tips, work in progress and why they love what they do.
This episode features digital artist, webtoon creator and painter Rachel Eaton of RayleeArt. We have a great meandering chat about her work, style influences, The creation of her now famous character Walden The Crow and the importance of finding like minded community for support and inspiration.
You can see the accompanying photographs and read the short interview in the Artful Desk newsletter featuring Rachel Eaton here: https://artfuldesk.substack.com/p/the-artful-desk-featuring-rachel (https://artfuldesk.substack.com/p/the-artful-desk-featuring-rachel)
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5 Jan 2026
The Artful Desk Podcast | Ep 1: Tanya Kucey
The first episode features me, Tanya Kucey, your host, artsy bff and generally happy creator! I wanted to get the ball rolling with my own workspace this week so you get a sense of the pods to come and learn a bit about me too. I’ll share some insights into my space, favorite art supplies and why I love what I do!
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22 Dec 2025
Welcome to the Artful Desk Podcast
Welcome to the Artful Desk: Workspace Eye Candy for Artists! This is my trailer episode where I share all about the podcast. In this series I chat with talented visual artists from around the globe. We share fun views of artists desks and art supplies in their studios and workspace. Hear about how and what they create, their art materials and why they love what they do! Newsletter every other Friday with Photos. Interviews. Discussion. Vids. Podcast
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10 Nov 2025
Let me tell you about the hole in my art desk
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