TLPP: Painter Kendric Tonn - Selfie in Oil Paint

Kendric Tonn⁠ is a painter. He paints. Not houses. Oil painting. On this episode of The Lou Perez Podcast I talk with Kendric about classical painting, Florence (the city, not my mother), El Museo del Prado, art collecting, and how he sees the world as a painter vs how I see the world as a comedian.

Kendric gives a helpful tip on how to appreciate a Mark Rothko painting: Understand them, in a sense, as landscapes that you can project yourself into. You can experience Rothkos as emotional landscapes.

And it turns out you don’t need to be a millionaire to start collecting art. Kendric offers some great advice on how to get started. (It also works as really good dating advice.)

If you’d like to buy ⁠Kendric’s work⁠, reach out to him.

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Lou Perez is a comedian, producer, and the author of ⁠THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: ON THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF COMEDY⁠. You may have seen him on ⁠Gutfeld!⁠ , ⁠FOX News Primetime⁠, ⁠One Nation with Brian Kilmeade⁠, and ⁠Open to Debate⁠ (with Michael Ian Black).

Lou was the Head Writer and Producer of the Webby Award-winning comedy channel ⁠We the Internet TV⁠. During his tenure at WTI, Lou made the kind of comedy that gets you put on lists and your words in the Wall Street Journal: “⁠How I Became a ‘Far-Right Radical⁠.’”

As a stand-up comedian, Lou has opened for Rob Schneider, Rich Vos, Jimmy Dore, Dave Smith, and toured the US and Canada with Scott Thompson. Lou has also produced live shows with Colin Quinn, the Icarus Festival, and the Rutherford Comedy Festival.

For years, Lou performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (both in NYC and L.A.) in sketch shows with the Hammerkatz and his comedy duo, Greg and Lou. Greg and Lou is best known for its sketch "Wolverine's Claws Suck," which has over 20 million views on YouTube alone.

In addition to producing sketch comedy like ⁠Comedy Is Murder⁠, performing stand-up across the country, and writing for ⁠The Blaze's Align⁠, Lou is on the advisory board of ⁠Heresy Press⁠, a ⁠FAIR-in-the-arts fellow⁠, and host of the live debate series The Wrong Take and ⁠The Lou Perez Podcast⁠ (which is part of the Lions of Liberty Podcast Network).