If couches could talk, the one on which I spoke with artist Max Gleason would tell an emotional story full of many of the themes now present in his art. It has made the cross-country trek a handful of times, back and forth from New York to California, as Gleason traded one coast for the other — and then, again — earlier in life.
Now firmly planted in Santa Ynez, Gleason creates from his studio, a repurposed barn located among the vines of his family’s Roblar Winery and Vineyards , also the site of his Art Medicine workshops, the second series of which begins July 7.
“There’s a healing power to art, and these workshops allow me to connect with other artists as creators,” Gleason said, as we sat together on the aforementioned sofa in his vineyard studio.
