Our guests on this episode of the podcast, here to discuss their exhibition Eddie Leon Returns, at the Reading Room in Dallas, are artists Linda and Ed Blackburn, and curator Caleb Bell.

In this episode: 

Curating Ray Madison (0:45) — Eddie Leon, the creation of the artist Ray Madison, a.k.a. Linda and Ed Blackburn (1:45) — The creative process (2:30) — The process of artistic collaboration (5:00) — The story of Eddie Leon (8:00) — The function of narrative: paintings vs. comic strips vs. cinema (10:45) — Pop Art vs. postmodernism (13:30) — Illusionism in comics (15:45) — Taking familiar subjects (TV cowboys, or the Bible) and making them unfamiliar (19:30) — From Berkeley to New York to Fort Worth (26:30) — Reflecting on the development of art in Fort Worth (29:00) — Finding the dramatic and narrative elements in the subject of a painting (33:30) — The decision-making process in creative art (38:30) — Linda Blackburn’s Western paintings (41:00) — Ed Blackburn’s e-mail paintings (42:00)