Kim Wiggins (Part 2): Western Painter - Epi. 192, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

I had Kim Wiggins on the show today and, wow... He's such an
interesting guy. It's fun to be able to have such an erudite and
wonderful artist that has such a unique story. 

He's from a ranching community in southeastern New Mexico (really
close to where I grew up, actually). His father was a
photojournalist, a very well-received photojournalist and he
started his own paper. He had his own gallery and wrote books on
Alfred Morang, Emil Bisttram, and William Lumpkins. Kim was
around some of these great artists from time to time. Alexandre
Hogue worked with Kim, and I think they did five shows
together. 

Kim's also a wonderful storyteller. You'll see this in his
paintings, too. I think it's really important to look at Kim's
work when you listen to this podcast because it gives you a sense
of where he's coming from. He believes, and I wholeheartedly
agree with him, that he is telling the story of his New
Mexican/cowboy culture where he grew up and the life he knows. In
today's world, I think it's important to have something where you
can go: "This is mine." And Kim feels that way about the West and
about the ideas and emotions he projects through his paintings.
 

It's a fun podcast and again, he's an interesting individual, so
it ran a couple of hours. I'm going to make this two-episode
podcast, and this is episode two.