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> >> THIS TIME ON BROAD AND HIGH.

NAVIGATE THROUGH INFORMATION, BOUNDARIES, AND PERSPECTIVES.

HEAR THE SOUNDS OF AN UNDERGROUND SINGER.

LEARN ABOUT AN UNDERWATER ART FORM, AND LISTEN TO THE AMAZING SOUNDS OF A SINGER/SONGWRITER DUO.

THIS, AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON BROAD AND HIGH.

> >> WELCOME TO BROAD AND HIGH.

I'M YOUR HOST, KATE QUIGGLE.

KIM COVELL MAUER IS AN ARTIST THAT LOVES A GOOD PROCESS.

WHEN SHE DISCOVERED THE ART OF ENCAUSTIC PAINTING, SHE WAS HOOKED.

IT'S A PROCESS CREATED BY THE ANCIENT GREEK THAT PREDATES WATERCOLOR, AND OIL PAINTINGS.

KIM TOLD US THAT ONE OF THE THINGS SHE LOVES MOST ABOUT INCONTEXT ENCAUSTIC'S IS THAT IT REVEALS AND OBSCURES AT THE SAME TIME.

>> HISTORY OF ENCAUSTIC COMES OUT OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS.

THEY WERE USING RACKS TO JUST KIND OF REPAIR, AND FILL THE JOINTS OF THEIR SHIPS.

WHICH THEN LED THEM TO START PUTTING DECORATIVE IMAGERY ON THEIR SHIPS OUT OF WAX.

SO, THE IDEA OF HOW THE GREEKS WERE USING IT.

HOW THE EGYPTIANS WERE USING IT, HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN.

ENCAUSTIC HAS TO BE APPLIED TO A COURSE SURFACE.

SO, I WORK WITH SOLID WOOD SURFACES.

I WILL START OFF MY WORK WITH LAYERS, AND LAYERS OF WAX.

JUST TO GET IT TO GO INTO THE WOOD.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE HOW AN ACRYLIC PAINT TERMITE PRIME OF THEIR CANNABIS BEFORE THEY START.

THE TERM ENCAUSTIC TECHNICALLY MEANS TO BURN IN.

SO, FOR EVERY LAYER THAT I PUT DOWN, I HAVE TO KEEP THAT LAYER SO THAT IT BONDS, AND GRABS THE LAYER UNDERNEATH.

SO, THERE'S THAT COMPONENT TO IT.

MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE LAYERS INTO IT, I WILL EMBED A MAP INTO THAT.

THEN FROM THERE I CONTINUE TO BUILD MORE LAYERS OF WAX.

I HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT FROM ONE BODY OF WORK TO THE NEXT.

BUT, I WILL SAY THAT ONE THING THAT TENDS TO BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT MY WORK ARE NOT SHAPES UNDERNEATH THE LAYERS OF WAX.

ALMOST ALWAYS ARE ACTUAL PAPER MAPS.

WHICH PEOPLE DON'T TYPICALLY USE ANYMORE.

THEN I WILL START MY IMAGERY.

I WORK PRIMARILY WITH TWO TYPES OF WAXES.

ONE IS 100% BEESWAX.

SO, THIS IS HOW I TYPICALLY GET MY WAX.

AND THIS COMES OUT OF A DEER CREEK THAT MAKES HONEY THAT COMES OUT OF OHIO.

THEY SELL IT IN THESE REALLY LARGE SLABS.

THEN I WILL OFTEN BE GIFTED OR FIND OTHER TYPES OF WAX THAT COMES IN SO MANY DIFFERENT FORMS.

AND THEN THE SECOND TYPE OF WAX THAT I USE IS SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED KARMA EARNEST ENCAUSTIC MEDIUM.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE THAT PACKAGE ARE THESE LITTLE PELLETS.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RESIN IN THERE, AND THIS IS THE WAX I USED TO MAKE MY COLOR.

SO, TO MAKE COLOR I WORK WITH --I WILL TRY TO PULL THIS OUT.

I WORK WITH ALL OF THESE JARS OF DRIED POWDER PIGMENT.

THIS WOULD BE THE TYPE OF PIGMENTS THAT ANY ARTIST MAKING ANY KIND OF MEDIUM WOULD USE.

SO, WHAT I DO IS I MELT THE MEDIUM, AND THEN I SPRINKLE IN HOWEVER MUCH OF THE PIGMENTS THAT I WANT IN TERMS OF THE COLOR.

WHEN IT'S COOL I CAN POP IT OUT OF THE CONTAINER, AND HAVE MY OWN, DRY, COLD CAKE COLORS.

AND THEN I USUALLY APPLY THAT WITH A BRUSH.

THEN ONCE I'VE APPLIED IT WITH A BRUSH, I WILL TAKE A TORCH TO IT, TO BURN IT IN.

I TEND TO WORK I WOULD SAY MORE ON THE ABSTRACT SIDE OF THINGS, BUT I DO HAVE IMAGERY THAT'S IDENTIFIABLE IN THE WORK.

SO, ANOTHER COMMON THEME FOR QUITE A WHILE HAS BEEN ORCHIDS.

AND I USE THEM AS SYMBOLS OF STRENGTH.

I USE THEM AS SYMBOLS OF RESILIENCY.

I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE IDEA THAT ORCHIDS ARE FRAGILE, DELICATE FLOWERS.

BUT, IN ACTUALITY THEY EXIST ALMOST AT EVERY CLIMATE ON EARTH, AND THEY THRIVE.

IN ALMOST EVERY CLIMATE.

SO, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT IDEA.

THEN I HAVE BEEN TAKING THOSE ORCHIDS, AND PAIRING THEM WITH ABSTRACTED IMAGES OF FEMALE ANATOMY.

KIND OF PAIRING THIS IDEA OF STRENGTH AND RESILIENCY WITH THE FEMALE ANATOMY.

AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CODED.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT ON THE ABSTRACT SIDE.

BUT, FOR ME THERE'S A LOT OF POLITICAL IMPORTATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THAT IMAGERY.

I HAVE SOME PAINTINGS WHERE I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT GREEK MYTHOLOGY.

THERE IS KIND OF A SILHOUETTED IMAGE.

THE SIREN.

SO, THE SIREN IS HALF WOMAN, HALF BIRD.

THE STORY IS THAT THEY HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL VOICES THAT SEDUCE THE SAILORS TO WANT TO FIND OUT WHO THEY WERE, AND WHAT THEY WERE.

AND THEY CRASHED INTO THE CLIFF.

SO, THERE IS AN IMAGE OF THAT.

AND THEN THERE IS A TARGET IMAGE.

SO, I'M THINKING KIND OF MORE ABOUT THIS IDEA OF FOCUSING INTO THE SIRENS ARE REALLY KIND OF LIKE, DOING THEIR OWN THING.

FOCUSING ON THEIR THING.

AND THEN THERE'S THIS PLACE IN THE TARGET THAT LOOKS LIKE IT GOT SMASHED, RIGHT?

SO, FOR ME THAT'S THE SHIP SMASHING INTO THEIR CREATIVE ACTS THAT THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF.

WHAT INSPIRES ME TENDS TO BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ENCAUSTIC FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.

AND I HAVE DIFFERENT BODIES OF WORK THROUGHOUT THAT TIME FRAME.

MY IDEAS WILL CHANGE OVER TIME, OF COURSE AS MANY ARTISTS DO.

BUT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT REMAIN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THAT TIME.

MOST OF WHAT APPEARS IN MY WORK ARE THESE MAP IMAGERY.

AND THEY ARE ACTUAL MAPS THAT MAKE UP KIND OF THE GROUNDS OF THE WORK.

AND THEN I BUILT ON TOP OF IT.

SO, SOME OF THOSE MAPS I'M THINKING ABOUT SHAPES, AND LINE WORK.

THAT FOLLOW WHAT KIND OF MOVEMENT I MAKING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SO, THAT MOVEMENT MIGHT BE JUST SORT OF A ROUTINE FROM HOME, TO WORK.

TO THE GALLERY.

INTO THE STUDIO.

OR, IT MIGHT BE A SPECIAL TRIP THROUGH TEXTURE, AND COLOR, AND PLACEMENT.

THROUGH THE COMPOSITION.

I REFER A LOT TO EARTH, AND SKY.

I'M VERY INTERESTED IN HOW ONE IS LOOKING AT THE SKY, AND AT THE EARTH THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN HOW THE VIEWER LOOKS AT ART, AND MY ART.

AND I WANTED TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAUSES THEM TO PAUSE, AND REALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO THEM.

> >> TO SEE MORE OF HER WORK, CHECK HER OUT ONLINE.

> >> IN THIS SEGMENT WE TRAVELED TO NEW YORK CITY WHERE WE MEET FINGER MARTINO BRUNEAU.

WHO IS KNOWN AS THE ANGEL OF NEW YORK.

AS PART OF A METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES, MUSIC UNDER NEW YORK PROGRAM.

SHE GOES DOWN BELOW, AND THINGS FOR THE ASSEMBLY WRITERS.

>> I KNOW HOW IT IS TO WORK IN THE MORNING, AND THE PERFORMED BUSTLE.

ONE DAY I HEARD A LITTLE GROSSING, AND IT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART.

IT MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY DAY.

I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I CAN DO THAT FOR OTHER PEOPLE.

I JUST GRADUATED COLLEGE, AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MY LIFE?

SO, ONE DAY THERE WAS THIS LADY.

SHE CAME UP TO ME REALLY, REALLY UPSET.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VOICE, HONEY.

YOU SOUND JUST LIKE AN ANGEL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?

AND I WAS LIKE, I WANT TO BE AN ANGEL.

>> I DECIDED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AT SOME POINT, AND NOT JUST MOONLIGHT.

I WAS TIRED OF GETTING HARASSED BY THE COPS, AND BECOMING PART OF MUNI ALLOWED ME TO SCHEDULE.

THEN I CAN REALLY KEEP THAT SCHEDULE.

THAT STRUCTURE.

SO, RIGHT NOW I AM AT YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL.

WHERE I WILL BE GETTING MY M. DIV.

I WORK AS A CHAPLAIN.

I GIG A LOT.

SO, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I BALANCE EVERYTHING.

I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE ENDED UP AT DIVINITY SCHOOL IF I DIDN'T SING IN THE SUBWAY.

PEOPLE WERE CRYING, AND TELLING ME ALL THEIR ISSUES.

IN THE SUBWAY.

AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BE OF SERVICE.

I TEND TO DO THE OLDIES, BUT GOODIES.

I LIKE TO TAP INTO THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OF NEW YORKERS.

IT'S A LADY IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS, AND PEOPLE USUALLY REACT TO THINGS THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR.

>> ALL THEY MARIA IS A BIG ONE.

>> WHETHER IT'S CARMEN OR OPERA OR SACRED MUSIC.

I GIVE MY ALL.

I THINK IT, BECAUSE IT'S GOOD COMMUNION WITH YOU, AND THE PERSON THAT'S LISTENING.

IT HUMBLES ME, BECAUSE I SAYING THE.

I WORSHIP.

>> I LOVE THE SHUTTLE.

I DO THE GRAND CENTRAL SHUTTLE.

IT'S JUST LESS INTERFERENCE, BASICALLY.

AND IT GETS IN MY COMFORT ZONE.

I'M JUST USED TO BEING THERE.

I LIKE THE ENERGY.

>> EVERY SUBWAY HAS ITS OWN CULTURE.

WHICH IS KIND OF WEIRD, BUT IT'S TRUE.

WHEN YOU'RE IN CONSENSUAL THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESS PEOPLE.

PEOPLE TRANSITING.

IT'S A VERY INTERESTING MIX.

>> I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THEY HEARD AN ANGEL, AND THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

I'M NOT SAYING MY PERSONALITY IS ANGEL.

BUT, AT THAT MOMENT, THAT'S WHAT I'M WANTING TO CHANNEL.

>> SINGING IN THE SUBWAY, IT CAN BE VERY CHAOTIC, BUT A VERY BEAUTIFUL AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S NEW YORK CITY.

>> HEAR MORE AT MARTINO BRUNEAU.

COM.

> >> FROM BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SENIOR COMMAND WEDDING PHOTOS.

MANY HAVE HAD THEIR PORTRAIT TAKEN.

SCOTT R DENT OF FLORIDA KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A PHOTO SESSION TRULY UNFORGETTABLE.

JUST ADD WATER.

>> HEY, I'M SCOTT, AND I'M AN UNDERWATER PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER HERE IN LAKEWOOD, FLORIDA.

PHOTOGRAPHY IS WHAT I'VE DONE MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I WAS PROBABLY IN SEVENTH OR EIGHTH GRADE WHEN I PICKED UP A CAMERA, AND I HAD A TEACHER IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO HAD A DARKROOM, AND SHOWED ME HOW TO PROCESS, AND PREP MY FIRST BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES.

ONCE THE BUG HIT, IT STUCK WITH ME MY ENTIRE LIFE.

SO, I'VE WORKED IN PRIMARILY SPORTS, BUT ALSO THE NEWS BUSINESS.

AND I'VE KIND OF COVERED, AND SEEN IT ALL.

I'VE BEEN TO THE SUPER BOWL.

I'VE BEEN TO THE WORLD SERIES.

I'VE BEEN TO THE OLYMPICS.

>> PHOTOGRAPHY IS AN EVOLUTION BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ME AND MY FATHER.

HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER, BUT HE DIDN'T SEE HIMSELF AS A PHOTOGRAPHER.

SO, REALLY I PICKED UP A CAMERA THE FIRST TIME UNDERWATER SO HE AND I HAD SOMETHING IN COMMON TO DO.

THEN I REALIZED NOT TOO LONG INTO IT THAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO WITH MORE WITH IT, AND EXPLORE FURTHER.

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE.

SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY PART OF MY EVERYDAY LIFE IS A SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER.

THIS ALLOWS ME TO GO BACK TO WHEN I WAS AT 13, 14-YEAR-OLD KID WHO PICKED UP THEIR FIRST CAMERA.

THAT'S WHERE THE MAGIC IS, AND THE PASSION IS.

CREATING SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU IN YOUR HEAD, AND PUTTING IT ON A PIECE OF FILM.

SO, THAT'S WHAT DRIVES ME TO DO THIS.

IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A COMBINATION OF ARTISTIC SKILL, AND TECHNICAL SKILL THAT HE'S COMBINING TO CREATE FINISHED IMAGES THAT GIVE HIM THE PRODUCT THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE.

I BRING ALL THE CLOTHES.

I PICK OUT ALL THE FABRICS.

THE CLOTHES THEY ARE WEARING TODAY.

I PICKED OUT THE MAKEUP I WANTED THEM TO WEAR.

I DESIGNED THE HEADPIECE.

THAT'S A PART OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS.

IT'S NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WATER.

95% OF WHAT I DO HAPPENS ON LAND BEFORE WE EVER TOUCH THE WATER.

MY POOL IN THE BACKYARD, IDEAL LOCATION FOR US.

WE KEEP IT 90 DEGREES YEAR- ROUND.

WHAT WE DO ON THE WATER ISN'T LIKE SHOOTING A PORTRAIT ABOVE WATER.

A LOT OF THINGS HAVE TO BE ADAPTED, AND EVEN SOMETIMES CREATED.

THE DOWNSIZE ON PHOTOGRAPHY IS KIND OF A COST OF ENTRY.

THE HOUSING YOU PUT THESE CAMERAS TYPICALLY COST A LOT MORE THAN THE CAMERAS DO.

THEN WE DO SOMETHING UNIQUE.

WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE USING ABOVE WATER.

THEN CONNECTED WITH FIBER OPTICS.

RADIO TAPE.

SO, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS.

BUT, IT JUST KIND OF COMES TOGETHER.

>> BEING PHOTOGRAPHED UNDERWATER IS VERY CALMING.

VERY RELAXING.

YOU SLIP UNDER THE WATER, AND EVERYTHING GOES AWAY.

IT'S LIKE MEDITATION.

>> ONCE YOU GET INTO IT, AND FIGURE IT OUT, IT'S PRETTY NATURAL PRETTY QUICKLY.

>> DEEP BREATH.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN WORK ON.

ESPECIALLY, IN THE PROFESSIONAL SPACE.

A LOT OF US ARE PRE-DIVE CERTIFIED, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME, JUST RELAX, AND TRUST YOURSELF.

IT'S FUN.

>> WE ARE IN AN INSTAGRAM DRIVEN WORLD.

THIS REALLY LENDS ITSELF TO THAT.

SO, WE TEND TO SEE A LOT OF YOUNGER WOMEN.

BUT, AS BUSINESSES CHANGE TO WHERE I AM WORKING TO CREATE MORE GALLERY ORIENTED STUFF.

I WORK WITH A LOT OF GAY MEN, AND GAY WOMEN.

THEIR OPENNESS TENDS TO MAKES THIS A LOT EASIER IN THE WATER.

THEY ARE TRYING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, AND THIS WATER IS JUST ANOTHER MEDIUM.

SO, BORN THIS WAY IS A REALLY FUN PROJECT I STARTED A YEAR AGO.

I HAD A 15 FOOT VOCAL CORD MADE THAT GOES THROUGH A PROSTHETIC BELLY BUTTON, THAT GOES TO A PERSON.

THE IDEA IS BASICALLY WE ARE FILLING --I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE IS PREDESTINED TO BE WHO THEY ARE IN LIFE.

ESPECIALLY, IN THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO EMBRACE A PART OF THAT TOO.

GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, OKAY.

THIS IS WHO I AM.

>> BECAUSE WE ARE WEDGED BETWEEN ORLANDO, AND TAMPA WE DON'T NECESSARILY GET PEOPLE THINKING OF US AS AN ARTS AND CULTURAL DESTINATION.

IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES WE HAVE HERE IN POLK COUNTY THAT MAYBE PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE LARGER URBAN AREAS AREN'T AWARE OF.

BUT, HIS WORK IS VERY CREATIVE.

HE'S THINKING INNOVATIVELY.

OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, SO TO SPEAK.

THE FACT THAT HE'S HERE IN POLK COUNTY WITH THIS CREDENCE TO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THE PULL CARTS AND CULTURAL ALLIANCE.

WHICH IS MAKE POLK COUNTY A DESTINATION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE.

>> I LIKE TO SAY A PHOTOGRAPH IS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.

>> I WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER MYSELF.

I KNOW THE POWER OF A PRINTED IMAGE.

THERE WERE SOME 10 BY 20 BANNER SITE PIECES.

IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE THAT.

>> ALL THE PREPLANNING THAT WENT INTO IT FROM THE MAKEUP.

THE BACKDROP.

THE LIGHTING.

FINDING THE RIGHT MODEL.

THAT'S THE COMBINATION.

THAT FOR ME IS WHEN I SAY, OKAY.

THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

>> SEE MORE OF HIS WORK AT SCOTT R DENT.

COM.

> >> IN OUR LAST SEGMENT OF THIS EPISODE, WE HAD OUTSIDE TO THE MUSIC STAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF NATURE.

HERE WE MET UP WITH FATHER AND SON MUSICAL DUO.

ERIC AND BENJAMIN.

LISTEN NOW TO HOW THEIR YEARS OF PLAYING TOGETHER COME TOGETHER IN THIS AMAZING PERFORMANCE.

>> TWO, THREE, FOUR.

>> YOU CAN FIND ERIC ON FACEBOOK.

THEN CAN BE FOUND ON INSTAGRAM.

> >> WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES AT WOSU.

ORG.

AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I'M KATE QUIGGLE.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

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