Ep 35: Interview w/ Liz Weiss

Pep Talks for Artists

This week, join me as I talk to Liz Weiss about her fascinating "Paxlovid Nightmare" series of watercolors that she made at the kitchen table in her New York City apartment. These small, vibrant works were directly inspired by the vivid dreams she had while talking the Covid medication. We also go deep into the topic of getting back to your work after an extended break, as Liz worked for many years as a psychoanalyst and put her art on pause.

Find Liz Weiss online at:

Web: elizabethweiss.net | Instagram: @lizweissny
Curatorial: Here, There And Everywhere: Women’s Imagination Post COVID Lockdown at Foley Gallery (w/ panel discussion)

Liz's works mentioned:

• "Paxlovid Nightmare #7: A TERRIBLE TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH FOREVER IN DREAMS. Will that cat put the fire out???"
• "Paxlovid Nightmare #8. I TRIED TO SAY GOODBYE TO MARILYN IN NORTH JERSEY. ALL MY DEPARTED RELATIVES WERE THERE: ALIVE. I MISSED MY CHANCE. That’s Louise and Stewart’s pool"
• "Paxlovid Nightmare #10: A TRAY OF DEAD BEES IN A FRIENDLY PAINTING COMPETITION. Jane Fine was my main contender but we always seem to get along well. Her bee tray won. I was not a sore loser because hers was exceptional"
• "Paxlovid Nightmare #17 : SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS NOT LIKE ME. Go get the f*ck out of my dreams"
• "Post Paxlovid Nightmare #19: I WOKE UP IN A RED CAR AFTER ARRIVING AT MY DESTINATION WHICH WAS CORRECT. IT WAS A PARTY THAT I HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF BEING INVITED TO. MY FRIENDS MOM WAS PRESENT AND IT WAS AWKWARD BECAUSE SHE WAS A PUBLICLY CONVICTED CRIMINAL AND I WANTED TO BE POLITE."
• "Typical Nightmare #21. WE HAVE A SITUATION IN THE BASEMENT"
• "Hug Mountain" series

Artist shoutouts: Erika Ranee, Jane Fine, NYC Crit Club, Judy Glantzman, Jackie Shatz, Mie Yim, Alma Thomas: The Studio Museum in Harlem & Mnuchin Gallery, Sahel: Art and Empires at the Met, Giorgio Morandi, Masaccio's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden," Dala Horse of Sweden, Rogier van der Weyden "The Annunciation," Nick Ut "The Napalm Girl," John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" (discussed in Ep. 32), Susan Rothenberg, Katherine Bradford, Julie Kunin & Yevgenia Baras at Mother Gallery, Paula Wilson at Denny Dimin Gallery, Loretta Howard: artist-gallerist, Brenda Goodman, Andrea Belag

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