Well, when you let the general public ask questions, you can expect to get a bunch of strange ones. A few weeks ago on the schliefkevision facebook page, an open call for questions was placed, and friend and fellow painter David Ohlerking answered the call.
Unearthing some artist interviews… While spending a few hours updating some old stories from past versions of my website, I ran across an old series of artist interviews that I did in 2006. It was a rather interesting time capsule to see just what these folks were thinking and what has transpired since. I’ve reposted…
Lately, there have been two sorts of meltdowns making the news on a daily basis. The tsunami stricken Fukushima nuclear plant provided a sad, gripping serial for the rest of the world to helplessly witness. On American shores, the citizenry got wrapped up in an altogether different meltdown: Charlie Sheen’s dip into a facade of…
The phone call arrived just before noon and just before my plans for getting the day got the call for action. Rachel Koper was contacting the four folks who put together Radical Nautical – Ian Shults, Kevin Peakes, Kevin Tijernia and myself – and asking that we attend the Austin Critics’ Table Awards that night.
David Ohlerking (interview originally appeared on schliefkevision in January of 2006) David is not your stereotypical artist. I’ve known him for just about three years and it always surprises me to not see him wearing a suit. He works full time at a downtown Austin stock brokerage and is a card carrying member of the…
