Sarah looks at the street art of the anonymous artist, Banksy

Sarah looks at “The Haywain” and other famous works by British artist John Constable (1776–1837)

Sarah looks at the expressive colorizations and ego of British artist J.M.W. Turner, RA (1775–1851)

Sarah looks at the impressionist art of American painter and printmaker Mary Cassatt (1844–1926)

Sarah discusses French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir {1841-1919), a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.

Sarah looks at the works of painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) reflecting American culture

Sarah examines the works of Andy Warhol (1928-1987), one of the leading figures in the pop art movement.

Sarah discusses the life and art of Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

This episode’s artist is American contemporary painter and silhouettist Kara Walker (b. 1969)

Standing in for Sarah, Maureen Murphy discusses the work and techniques of Eric Carle (b. 1929), American designer, illustrator, and writer of children’s books

Sarah talks about the art of Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), and the story of one of his most famous pieces, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

Sarah discusses the many periods of Spaniard Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

Sarah describes the different styles of French artist Henri Matisse (1869–1954), beginning with his association with Fauvism in the early 20th century.

In this episode, Sarah discusses the work of Russian-French artist Marc Chagall (1887–1985), considered the the “quintessential Jewish artist of the 20th century.”

Our choice inspired by Al Ungar’s Photography series, in this episode Sarah looks at the black & white photography of Ansel Adams (1902–1984)

Following our western US theme, this episode (from the APMP Wind-Down Webinar) features Sarah showing the work of American artist Maynard Dixon (1875–1946)

Sarah shows us a sample of the work of Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), an American artist recognized as the “Mother of American modernism”

Continuing with our Western theme, Sarah looks at the American Old West art of Frederick Remington (1861–1909) and Charles Russell (1864–1926)

Sarah looks at the large artworks of English painter David Hockney (born 1937), an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century

Standing in for Sarah, our VP of Human Resources, Maureen Murphy looks at the American artist Wayne Thiebaud (born 1920) and hos works depicting commonplace objects, predating the pop art movement.

British artist Hugo Guinness (born 1959) is Sarah’s subject in this episode, where she discusses his bold, black & white prints, and his collaboration with filmmaker Wes Anderson, and his short film to raise awareness of ivory poaching.

Sarah examines Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004), French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography

Edward St. John Gorey (1925–2000) was an American writer and artist noted for his illustrated books of pen-and-ink drawings depicting vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings.

Our VP of Human Resources, Maureen Murphy, shows some of the charcoal and pencil art of contemporary Polish-born Los Angeles artist Karolina Leonte

SMA President & CEO Ajay Patel looks at the art of Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British statesman, army officer, and writer.

Sarah looks at James Turrell (born 1943), an American artist known for his work within the Light and Space movement, including his still-unfinished work, Roden Crater, a natural cinder cone crater located outside Flagstaff, Arizona

Sarah, with Ajay on site at LACMA, look at the massive works of artist Michael Heizer (born 1944), a pioneer of the 20th-century lard art or Earthworks movement.

Sarah takes another look at the street art of the anonymous artist, Banksy

Sarah looks at the stained glass artwork of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933), most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements.

Sarah looks at many of the artists we have featured in 2019 and the winter holidays focused art they created

Moving to looking at art techniques, Sarah looks at the difference between tapestries and quilts and provides some examples of each.

In this special episode, Sarah talks about the artwork in the White House, including the portrait of Washington saved before the British burnt White House in 1812.

Continuing our theme of looking a art techniques and media, Sarah looks at American painter and graphic artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) and the art of collage.

The Torlonia Marbles is a collection of 620 marbles and alabaster statues and sarcophagi dating to the Roman Empire period, Sarah tells the story of Prince Giovanni Torlonia and the collection.

For our Super Bowl LV special Town Hall, Sarah looks at the art of Charles Fazzino, American pop artist known for his silkscreen serigraphs in a 3D pop art style, and creator of Super Bowl art commissioned by the NFL.

In time for Mardi Gras, Sarah describes the art of the bayou from Collette Pope Heldner (1902–1990) who lived with her husband, Knute Heldner. in New Orleans.

Sarah looks at American abstract painter Mark Rothko (1903–1970), best known for his color field paintings which depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970.

This weeks artist is French impressionist Edgar Degas (1834–1917), and Sarah looks at his famous pastel drawings of ballet dancers and the depiction of absinthe.

SMA President and CEO, Ajay Patel introduces Sarah with a look at the life and art of American children’s author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, and filmmaker Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991) better known as Dr. Seuss.

As part of Women’s History Month, Sarah looks at the art of English painter Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), a member of the Bloomsbury Group and the sister of Virginia Woolf.

Ajay Patel, SMA President & CEO, explains the origins of Prussian blue dye and then Sarah shows how, after its introduction to Japan, it was used by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, 1760–1849) to great effect on The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the first print in his series, 36 Views of Mount Fuji.

After a “colorful” introduction by SMA CEO Ajay Patel and SMA COO Jacque Keats, Sarah shows the pointillism of French artist Georges Seurat (1859–1891), founder of Neo-impressionism.

After a discussion about the color green from Ajay and Jacque, this episode of Art Talk features our Art Director, Tom Paisley, including his enormous mural that was hung in the hallway of the Pentagon.

For Earth Day, Ajay and Jacque interview Californian artist Susan Leonhard, best known for her underwater paintings depicting the beauty, transparency and light of tropic waters inspired by the water off the coast of Kauai.

Sarah and our VP for Corporate Support, Dick Eassom, look at famous artists who have covered horse racing, and some special art for the Kentucky Derby.

Introduced by Ajay and Jacque, and falling one day after Cinco de Mayo, Sarah looks at the work of prominent Mexican artist Diego Rivera (1886–1957), whose large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.

After an introduction on the color yellow by Ajay and Jacque, Sarah looks at the geometric art of Dutch painter and art theoretician Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) and his lasting effect on modern art.

For our U.S. Coast Guard-themed Town Hall, Sarah looks at the work of American landscape painter and printmaker Winslow Homer (1836–1910), best known for his marine subjects

In this episode, Sarah shows us the art of prolific American artist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), considered the “leading portrait painter of his generation” for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. He created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings.

Following a recommendation from John Prior, our VP of Management Consulting based in Boston, Sarah looks at the art of Anglo-American (and colonial Bostonian) painter John Singleton Copley (1738–1815)

In this episode, Sarah looks at contemporary American Artist Jeff Koons (born 1955), recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-finish surfaces.

In the midst of a pandemic, David Hockney captured the unfolding of spring on his iPad, creating 116 new and optimistic works in praise of the natural world. Following an introduction from Jacque and Ajay on creating art using computer tablets, Sarah looks at this new Hockney work.

Sarah looks at the prolific output of French post-impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), one of the fathers of poster art.

From our Independence Day-themed Town Hall, Sarah looks at patriotic themed art celebrating America’s independence, from Jimi Hendrix to the U.S. Postal Service…

Sarah looks at the still life floral art of Dutch painters Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573–1621) and Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750)  during the Dutch Golden Age.

Sara looks at the art of Costa Rican-born Mexican sculptor and painter Francisco Zúñiga (1912–1998).

As part of our 22 July Town Hall to celebrate the Olympics in Japan, Sarah examines the works of Yayoi Kusama (born 22 March 1929), a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts.

Sara looks at some of the most famous works of Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), the High Renaissance painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor and architect.

Following a request from Town Hall attendees, Sarah looks at American architect, designer, writer, and educator Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) who designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.

With he current Immersive Experience in Los Angeles, Sarah looks at the life and art of Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

Sarah examines the innovative art of Felix Semper (born 1964), a Cuban American artist who gained popularity with his sculpture of rapper Notorious BIG crafted from thousands of layers of glued paper.

The 26 August 2021 Town Hall was all about space, and in this Art Talk, Sarah looks at artists who have covered all things space! SMA CEO Ajay Patel provides the introduction.

In this episode, Sarah looks at the work of American visual artist Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; 1890–1976), a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, best known for his pioneering photography, and photograms, which he called “rayographs” in reference to himself.

Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852 –1926) is the subject of this week’s Art Talk. Sarah looks at his highly individualized, sui generis style of architecture, including his main work, the church of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain.

Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002) was a French-American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books. Widely noted as one of the few female monumental sculptors, Saint Phalle was also known for her social commitment and work.

Sarah dives into the works of Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee (1879–1940) whose highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.

For our Global Town Hall #3 live from the HR Technology Conference, Sarah looks a the art of Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), a Russian painter and art theorist who is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art.

In this special episode, from our Town Hall for the U.S. release of the James Bond movie, “No Time To Die,” Sarah looks at the art of the James Bond franchise.

Barbara Kruger (born 1945) is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with The Pictures Generation. She is most known for her collage style that consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions, stated in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text. The phrases in her works often include pronouns such as “you”, “your”, “I”, “we”, and “they”, addressing cultural constructions of power, identity, consumerism, and sexuality.

Mark Maggiori (born 1977) is a French-American painter, graphic designer, draftsman, musician, music video director, and lead vocalist of the nu metal band Pleymo. He is noted for paintings of American cowboys, Native Americans and the American Southwest.

For our Halloween Town Hall, Sarah looks at the art of American film director, producer, writer and artist, Tim Burton, (born 1958), known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie. Click the green icon on the right to download our Tim Burton Trivia quiz!

For our Day of the Dead themed Town Hall, Sarah looks at the art of Mexican political lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913), who used skulls, calaveras, and bones to convey political and cultural critiques.

John Trumbull (1756–1843) was an American artist of the early independence period, notable for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called “The Painter of the Revolution”.

Edo Murtić (1921–2005) was a Croatian painter best known for his lyrical abstraction and abstract expressionism style. He worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, gouache, graphic design, ceramics, mosaics, murals and theatrical set design.

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) was an Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as “the founder of modern management.”

Pieter Bruegel (c. 1525–1530 – 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genre painting); he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in large paintings.

Etruscan art was produced by the Etruscan civilization in central Italy between the 10th and 1st centuries BCE. From around 750 BCE, it was heavily influenced by Greek art, which was imported by the Etruscans, but always retained distinct characteristics. Particularly strong in this tradition were figurative sculpture in terracotta (especially life-size on sarcophagi or temples), wall-painting and metalworking especially in bronze.

Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. His artwork became a model for 19th-century realist and impressionist painters.

Jennifer Packer (born 1984) is an American painter living and working in New York City. In her 2020 exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London, her expressionistic paintings were all in oils on canvas. As well as people, including the very large Blessed Are Those Who Mourn (Breonna! Breonna!) showing her reaction to the killing of Breonna Taylor, her painting of flowers, a traditional form of still life, was used in Say Her Name to reference the death of Sandra Bland.

We asked our business development leads to each create a collage for our SMA BD Summit, and Sarah gives us a critical analysis of their work…

Keith Haring (1958–1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has “become a widely recognized visual language”.

William Spratling (1900–1967) was an American-born silver designer and artist, best known for his influence on 20th century Mexican silver design.

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints.

Given the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this week Sarah looks at the works of notable Ukrainian artists Mikhail Dejak, Maria Prymachecnko, Ivan Marchuk, and Mikailo Deyak

For Women’s History Month, Sarah looks at inspiration women, including Gloria Steinem, Lady Gaga, Greta Thunberg, Georgia O’Keeffe, and many more!