Let's Paint TV
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| Let's Paint TV | |
|---|---|
| Format | Art |
| Starring | John Kilduff |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Public Access TV |
| Original run | 2002 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Let's Paint TV was an American television show hosted by artist John Kilduff that taught viewers about oil painting. Some shows are recorded and involve Kilduff painting, sometimes on location, and are fairly conventional. However, there are also live episodes which consist of John Kilduff painting while he runs on a treadmill, takes calls from viewers, cooks food, or makes blended drinks.
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[edit] John Kilduff
Kilduff himself is a qualified and exhibited artist. In 2008 he received a MFA at UCLA in California. His aim with the television series is to make people of all skill levels try their hand at painting or other forms of creative self-expression. Kilduff frequently encourages viewers to use very large brushes in order to cover the canvas as quickly as possible before worrying about details, as he feels an empty canvas can be very intimidating to novices.
[edit] Original run
The show originally began airing on Public Access TV in Los Angeles in 2001 and is now being seen in New York and London. Clips of the show appeared on TV's Naughtiest Blunders #23,#25,#31 hosted by Neil Morrisey in 2005 airing on ITV television network (England). It became more widely known in late 2006 when Kilduff began uploading recordings of episodes (mostly the live ones) onto the online video service YouTube, where it has since become a cult hit and increased his live show's viewership.
The bizarre sight of an artist simultaneously jogging, painting, blending drinks and chatting to guests and painting live models has led some to speculate that the whole show is an ironic piece of performance art. Kilduff denies this and states that he is completely sincere in trying to encourage people to do something creative.
The show is aired on Time Warner public access. John Kilduff has also been seen on The Tyra Banks Show, where he painted Tyra's portrait. He also appeared on the Red carpet for VH1 2006 Big Awards and painted David Hasselhoff's portrait on America's Got Talent season two.[1]
Although John Kilduff says that show is meant to inspire creativity in others, most of the callers he gets tend not to take him seriously. As the show was once on Public Access TV, and is now on the internet, there isn't any censoring. The show also lacks caller screening. Many take advantage of this by expressing prejudice, cursing, accosting members of the show, and making derogatory comments about rival gangs. Despite the overwhelming number of crank callers, John generally continues to take calls.
[edit] Online
On December 6, 2008 the last episode of the cable access version of Lets Paint TV was recorded live. The cable access studios in the City of Los Angeles shut down on December 31, 2008. Let's Paint TV is now being seen live daily on the internet at [2] Monday-Friday 11am - 12:30pm.
[edit] Partial cast
John Kilduff [3]
Michael Q. Schmidt [4]
Deborah Hunter [5]
Inga Svorkist[6]
James Evans[7]
Kelly Taylor [8]
Frozen Plastic (musicians) [9]
Los Cremators (musicians) [10]
Ultraviolet Eye (musicians) [11]
Rahdunes (musicians) [12]
Lamont Paul [13]
Josh Robert Thompson [14]
Mark Wentzel [15]
Cannon Kelly [16]
Paulette Nichols [17]
Ask a Chola [18]
Venus Alexa [19]
Bernard Nacion [20]
Gabe Rothschild [21]
Molly Barnes [22]
Raymond Chavez
Irish Kid Charles (2009-Present)
