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Meditations and mischief. - Painting With John - Season 1
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Title: Painting With John

Overview: Part meditative tutorial, part fireside chat, each episode finds artist John Lurie ensconced at his worktable, where he hones his intricate watercolor techniques and shares his reflections on what he’s learned about life.

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Average Vote: 7.6 (13 votes)

Cast

  • Self: John Lurie
  • Self: Nesrin Wolf
  • Self: Ann Mary Gludd James
  • Painting With John - Bob Ross Was Wrong (Season 1 - Episode 1)

    After contemplating how to open his show, John discusses his parents’ approach to nurturing their kids’ creativity and his lack of trust in someone until he has heard them laugh.

    Painting With John - The Explosion Story (Season 1 - Episode 2)

    John crashes his seventh drone in his attempt to film a show open. Next, he shares how his cancer treatment led to a middle-of-the-night disastrous shrimp curry incident and recalls meeting Barry White.

    Painting With John - Elephant (Season 1 - Episode 3)

    John recounts how the obsession he and his brother shared for John Coltrane’s “Live at Birdland” resulted in an unfortunate Sunday breakfast and chronicles his epic quest to procure a live eel in Manhattan.

    Painting With John - Fame Is Bad (Season 1 - Episode 4)

    John explains the origin of the painting he made in “honor” of Gore Vidal, tells the story of the now-famous actor who used to clean his house, and ponders the toll that fame took on his friend Anthony Bourdain.

    Painting With John - The Disappearance of Chicken Man (Season 1 - Episode 5)

    John contemplates uncanny disappearances on the island where he lives. Next, he tells the story of being turned away from the DMV at 17 and how his mother tried to intervene.

    Painting With John - Finding Rudolph (Season 1 - Episode 6)

    John considers the complex songs of tree frogs, recounts ongoing attempts to make his cameraman Erik laugh, and reflects on the challenges and benefits of painting with watercolors. Season finale.

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