Considering Art Podcast
Bob Chaundy of Considering Art interviews an artist about their life and work.
Episodes
Considering Art Podcast – Jason Michael Bentley, art and martial art.
Jason Michael Bentley is an American fine artist based in Scotland. In this episode, he talks about how a love of drawing cartoon characters as a child led to portrait painting in later life, how learning Tae Kwon Do as a child gave him a sense of community and discipline, how this led to an... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Lewis Deeney, abstract painter with high aspirations
Scottish painter Lewis Deeney’s work combines geometry, philosophy and modern technology. In this episode, he talks about how geometry has always obsessed him especially the mandala that contains elements of eastern philosophy that his passion for yoga had already piqued his interest, how he began as a tattooist, how abstract art was highly influential at... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Hynek Martinec, giving “old master” paintings a modern look
London-based Czech painter Hynek Martinec is a multi award-winning, classically-trained painter. In this episode, he talks about his early art education in Czechoslovakia, how he felt the need to give the symbols of old master paintings a modern interpretation, his time in Paris perfecting the art of painting human hair before moving to London, how... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Emma Richardson, painting psychological landscapes
Emma Richardson paints large-scale abstract works full of emotion and drama. In this episode, she talks about balancing art with music, co-founding the rock group Band of Skulls while at art school, why she left it to concentrate on an art career, how her art took an abstract direction that was refined by a TURPS... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Nick Williams, figurative painter of mystery and magic realism
Nick Williams is a Cornwall-based artist whose figurative oil paintings are rich in colour, texture and narrative. In this episode, he talks about his tropical-style garden, his difficult education, what drew him back to painting after a succession of interim jobs, the tale of his successive studios and their toll on his mental health, the... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Sarah Kogan, abstract painter with a familial touch
Sarah Kogan is an abstract painter whose swirling and multi-textured works have earned her an international reputation. In this episode, she talks about her family background in north London, training in abstract expressionist techniques, her installation Changing the Landscape based on letters sent home by her great uncle from the trenches in World War I,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Michael Porter, reinterpreting landscape painting
For decades Michael Porter has been painting landscapes with innovatory techniques. In this episode, he talks about his upbringing in Derbyshire, how he developed a three-dimensional approach to painting, his use of photography in his practice, the process he uses and what inspires his landscape paintings. Michael Porter speaking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Zahura Sultana Hossain- painting her inner feelings
In this episode, London-based abstract painter Zahura Hossain talks about her early background in Bangladesh, how a self-revelation explained the emotion in her recent paintings, how a course in art psychotherapy helped her understand herself more, her abstract expressionist process, the reasons for painting flower motifs, and the feedback she has received including from a... Continue Reading U
Considering Art Podcast – The storytelling journey of photographer Anastasia Blackman
Ukraine-born photographer Anastasia Blackman has built a reputation here and in the United States for helping industry leaders develop powerful personal brands. In this podcast, she talks about her background in children’s theatre in Ukraine, moving into film documentary, establishing herself as a photographer in San Francisco, the stories behind some of her branding work,... Continue Readin
Considering Art Podcast – Archana Srivastava, painter and “artpreneur”
In this episode, the multi-award winning Indian painter talks about her informal art education, how studying history has impacted her art, how her paintings possess a spiritual nature, how symbols and metaphors can simplify complex ideas, how she combines art with entrepreneurship and how she aims to empower women through her art. Archana Srivastava talking... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Andrew Tyzack, painter of animals
Andrew Tyzack is a painter of mammals, insects and fish. In this episode, he talks about his creative family heritage, keeping bees and his meticulous process in painting them, how he endeavours to give character to animals such as foxes and badgers, how he learnt to give life to his paintings of fish, and his... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Sandy Mallet, personalising aerial paintings
Sandy Mallet paints aerial views of people’s gardens, farms and estates which he transforms into abstract works. In this episode, he talks about how he personalises each painting, how they show how land has been used down the centuries, how his knowledge of post-war British painters about whom he’s written several books feeds into his... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Drew Forsyth, photographing those “wow” moments.
In this episode, award-winning photographer Drew Forsyth gives many stories behind his photographic series and ventures. He talks about how he first got into photography, working on high achievers in many walks of life, the thrill of photographing ballet dancers, a shoot with a female rancher in Texas, the experience of working in a team... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – John Balsdon, photographing earth’s wonders from the air
John Balsdon photographs the extraordinary patterns and shapes of the world’s terrain as seen from the air. In this episode, he talks about the challenges and highlights of a recent 20,000 km expedition achieved in record time, his travels around the world in a previous career as a lawyer, the physicality required for aerial photography,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Clare Burnett, sculpting modern urban themes
In this episode, sculptor Clare Burnett talks about her upbringing abroad, studying law and social sciences before turning to art, starting as a painter before turning to sculpture, the modern issues her sculptures reference, how cities inspire her, the found materials she scavenges, her views on plastic as a material, learning new techniques, her use... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Harriet Mena Hill, Concrete Art and London’s Aylesbury Estate
For nearly a decade, Harriet Mena Hill has been drawing and painting on concrete images of the Aylesbury estate in south-west London. In this episode, she talks about how architecture has always been an artistic theme for her, the influence of surrealism on her early work, her fear of infinity, the Aylesbury estate history and... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Rediscover your artistic passion with Ndzaba Mngomezulu.
In this episode, the Eswatini born artist discusses his Artist Creators Academy which aims to restore the enthusiasm for drawing for people who have given up on art. He talks about his personal experience of returning to drawing after a long lapse, the many reasons why people give up both practical and psychological, and the... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Genevieve Robertson, art meets environmental science
In this episode, Canadian multi-media artist Genevieve Robertson talks about how planting trees was a family preoccupation, the environmental trauma caused by logging in her home province of British Columbia, how materials are central to her art, how detritus and primordial matter are inspirations, and about her current exhibition in Birmingham which includes both examples... Continue Reading U
Considering Art Podcast – Kimberley Gundle, multi-media
South African artist Kimberley Gundle who has lived in London for nearly four decades, is known mainly for her bold and vibrantly coloured drawings, prints, and ceramic portraits. In this episode, she talks about her love of colour, sketching daily on the London Underground, studying ceramics, designing rugs, making art from visiting the Maasai people... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Jaclyn Mednicov – multi-media
Jaclyn Mednicov is an American artist based in Chicago who works mainly in painting, sculpture and installation. In this episode, she talks about how she first developed her love for making art, how nature became her focus, how she began incorporating plants physically into her works, her venture into ceramics and how residencies abroad taught... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Rose Electra Harris, painter and printmaker
Rose Electra Harris is a young emerging artist who paints bright energetic works that focus on nature. In this episode she talks about how her printmaking training influences her painting style, how Covid changed her career, how travels and residencies abroad have influenced her and how her profile was raised by the London Art Fair... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Sophie Perez, landscape painter
Sophie Perez is a British-born artist now living in Australia where she has exhibited widely and won prestigious awards. In this episode, she talks about her early art experiences, why she moved to Australia, how the Mornington Peninsula area south of Melbourne inspires her daily, and how she strives to make her landscapes an immersive... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Agata Mayes, lens-based visual artist
Agata Mayes is a Polish-born visual artist based in Melbourne, Australia. In this episode, she talks about growing up in Poland during the transition from Communism, the influence of her father’s photography hobby, the effect on her of having both parents as mathematicians, working in the aviation industry, how her move to Australia opened up... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – June Nelson, multi-media
June Nelson paints and draws themes expressing narratives that shape women’s lives. In this episode, she talks about her upbringing in industrial south Wales, studying English before reverting to art, how she has adopted a feminist viewpoint in her work, the influence of both art history and literature in determining her motifs, drawing with smoke... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Paul Hodgson, multi-media
In this episode, British artist Paul Hodgson explains how and why his practice is primarily concerned with reconstructing important moments in art history by deconstructing the process by which the artwork is made. He discusses the symbolism behind earlier paintings and the process of making them, and he talks about his latest exhibition entitled Zot... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Joan Danziger, sculptor
Joan Danziger is a 91-year-old American sculptor whose fantastical works have adorned many a museum and gallery across the United States. In this episode, she talks about how surrealism attracted her even as a child, how after graduating from Cornell University as an abstract painter, she joined the art scenes in Woodstock NY and New... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Joanna Whittle, landscape artist
Joanna Whittle is a multi-prize winning landscape artist regarded by some as the greatest painter of her generation. In this episode, she talks about the influences of a childhood spent abroad, her attraction to tents and fairground structures and what they mean conceptually and metaphorically, the dualities in her paintings, the lack of planning in... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Narinder Sagoo MBE, architectural artist
Narinder Sagoo’s visionary drawing skills have been instrumental in imagining architectural spaces in his role as Head of Design and Communication for Foster and Partners. In this episode, he talks about how drawing was a key part of his childhood in a family of makers, how he excelled at art in school despite being bullied,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Harold Offeh, multi-media
Harold Offeh is a Ghana-born British artist and educator who uses a range of media to investigate the way we think about social, political, sexual and racial models. In this episode, he talks about how performance became a natural part of his work, his project on London’s longest artwork at Holborn Viaduct, how and why... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast Reprise – Beezy Bailey, multi-media artist
In this episode, South African artist Beezy Bailey talks about his family roots, his time in New York with the likes of Andy Warhol and Keith Haring, his Fine Art degree in London, his collaborations with rock stars David Bowie, Dave Matthews and Brian Eno, his alter ego Joyce Ntobe, and his response to exhibiting... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast Reprise – Beth Carter, sculptor
In an interview taken from the Considering Art archive in 2022, eminent sculptor Beth Carter talks about the symbolic significance of her bronze sculptures of animals and hybrid animals, how the minotaur became an obsessive subject of her work as she explores ideas of power, vulnerability, and grief, how the theme of duality in her... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Hardeep Pandhal, multi-media
Hardeep Pandhal creates fantasy worlds centred on drawing in which he tackles challenging contemporary issues with a slice of humour. In this episode, he talks about his family background in Birmingham as the son of two Sikh parents, the racial prejudice he suffered, the influence of video games and digital media on his art, collaborating... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Steve Nayar, wildlife painter
Steve Nayar has been a nine times finalist for the Wildlife Artist of the Year competition and focuses on portraying endangered species. In this episode, he talks about his family’s lineage, what he learnt during his career in design and advertising, how painting a domestic cat sparked a change in direction, how a way of... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Meredith Owen, landscape painter
Meredith Owen explores our relationship with nature in her oil paintings. In this episode, she talks about how nature was important in her childhood, studying Fine Art photography, fulfilling a childhood obsession by travelling to Mongolia, how walking informs her art practice, how her landscapes are based on feeling rather than representation, how literature has... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Caro Williams, sculptor
Caro Williams has earned a worldwide reputation for sculptures that are transformations into solid form of lines from books and poems as well as sound, particularly birdsong. In this episode, she talks about her fascinating family background involving Wales, France, China, Hong Kong and England, her school days in Hong Kong, her career in the... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Simon Casson, painter
Simon Casson is internationally acclaimed for his meticulous paintings based on the Renaissance style but with a modern twist. In this episode, he talks about his African upbringing, how seeing a Renaissance work in the National Gallery as a child had a profound impact upon him, where his style of adapting the Renaissance style originated,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Esther Neslen, multi-disciplinary
Esther Neslen is a sculptor, ceramicist and educator in London who works both figuratively and in abstraction. In this episode, she talks about how art was a way of easing anxiety as a child, her early fascination with the human form, how sculpture and clay didn’t mix at art college, working as a graphic designer... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Louise Pragnell, portrait artist
For 20 years, Louise Pragnell has made a speciality of painting the portraits of members of royal families and military top brass. In this episode, she talks about drawing her mother as a child, her years of studying art before turning to portraiture, what she defines as modern sensibility in her paintings, how she strives... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Graham Crowley, painter
Graham Crowley has had a long and distinguished career as a painter and teacher, won the John Moores Painting Prize in 2023 and holds strong views on what he believes painting is and should be. In this episode, he talks about his lack of cultural beginnings, his experience of conceptualism at art school and how... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Annemarieke Kloosterhof, multi-media
Annemarieke Kloosterhof is a London-based Dutch artist who works in painting, collage, design and particularly in all things paper including single or multi-layered paper-cut illustrations, paper props, film sets and large-scale installations. In this episode, she talks about how her passion for paper first began, how nostalgia has been a theme in her work, the... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Reena Saini Kallat, multi-media
Reena Saini Kallat is an Indian artist who has gained international recognition for works that focus on aspects of global conflicts, injustices, inequalities, and climate catastrophes. In this episode, she talks about her family story of Partition and the legacy of it that remains in her home city of Mumbai, how she expresses the issue... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Raghav Babbar, painter
Raghav Babbar is a young Indian artist who paints everyday people in a sensitive and empathetic way. His subjects reflect his Indian heritage and his works are highly sought after. In this episode, he talks about his upbringing in a family of businesspeople, travelling in the northern Indian states, the influence of British artists such... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Lucy Chapman, multi-media
Lucy Chapman is a multi-media artist whose artworks draw on scientific research. In this episode, she talks about how her father’s dyslexia motivated her to teach in special needs education, how social justice has been a driver for her, her attraction to cyanotype and her fascination with the Dream Machine and its interpretations of consciousness,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Bianca Raffaella, painter
Bianca Raffaella won the 2025 Women in Art Prize, a remarkable achievement for an artist who has visual impairment and is registered blind. In this episode, she talks about the nature of this impairment, how she developed an eating disorder in her youth, how she spent successful years as a fashion designer, how lockdown led... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Alice Sheppard Fidler, sculptor
Alice Sheppard Fidler’s work spans sculpture, installation and performance. In this episode, she talks about her early career in design within the film, TV and fashion industries, being a founder member of Studio Voltaire Gallery in London, moving to the Cotswolds and working with a circus, why she took an MA in Fine Art, the... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Sarah Adams, landscape painter
For the past 20 years, Sarah Adams has captured in oil the rugged features of the north coast of Cornwall where she lives. In this episode, she talks about the artistic journey she has made towards becoming a landscape painter, the extraordinary efforts she makes to explore the stacks, arches and caves that she depicts,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Natalia Millman, multi-media conceptual artist
Natalia Millman was born in Ukraine and came to England in her twenties. Her father’s dementia and subsequent death had a profound effect on her both personally and artistically. In this episode she talks about her Ukrainian background, how she pursued an art career after moving to the UK, how her father’s demise led to... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Britt Boutros-Ghali, painter
Britt Boutros-Ghali was born in Norway but for the past five decades has lived in Egypt having married into one of the country’s foremost families. Her emotional abstracts and figurative expressionism are much sought after and she has been awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in the Arts by the Egyptian government. In... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Hannah Gibson, glass artist
Hannah Gibson has held a passion for glass since childhood and is now a multi-award winning glass artist. In this episode, she talks about how her upbringing inspired her love for the material and for geology, how she has studied and practised many of the techniques for making glass and artworks from it, how sustainability... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Raewyn Harrison, ceramicist
London-based, New Zealand-born ceramicist Raewyn Harrison has made the River Thames the focus of her practice. In this episode, she talks about the hobby of mud larking in which people discover all manner of everyday objects from centuries past in the Thames mud at low tide and how her own discoveries are made into ceramics,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Deborah Grice, painter
Deborah Grice is a prize-winning British painter of atmospheric landscapes with a contemporary twist. In this episode, she talks about how she had ambitions to become a war artist, how moving from Glasgow to London to study art changed her practice, how ill health stifled many an interesting occupation, the origins of her geometric lines... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Brian Sayers, painter
Brian Sayers paints remarkable still life paintings that are often cluttered with all manner of everyday objects and implements. In this episode, he talks about how he got into The Slade art school and meeting Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, the difficulties of finding a “style”, teaching at Eton College to help earn a living,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Jonathan O’Dea, Sculptor
Jonathan O’Dea creates abstract sculptures out of waste material from construction sites. In so doing, he makes art in a sustainable way. In this episode, he talks about his Irish background in which he was making objects from an early age, how working on building sites as a young man inspired his future art, how... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Su Richardson, textile artist
Su Richardson became a pioneer of feminist art in the 1970s through her crocheted and other works which focused on domesticity and feminine issues such as motherhood, PMS, menopause and so on. In this episode she talks about reactions to her art which challenged views in a male-dominated arts establishment at that time, how she... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Jerry Buhari, Nigerian mixed media artist
Jerry Buhari is a renowned artist whose works reflect themes of the environment and the political and social woes of his native Nigeria. In this episode, he talks about how human development has affected his place of birth in the rural north of the country, how ethnic tensions and political repression affected him and his... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Hannah Thomas, abstract painter
Hannah Thomas paints dreamlike, abstract landscapes full of weird biomorphic shapes, hybrid creatures and visceral body parts full of symbols and metaphor. In this episode, she talks about her previous career as a photographer shooting rock musicians, why she gave up photography for painting, her instinctive process often inspired by music, her interest in Absurdism,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Jean-Luc Almond, painter
Jean-Luc Almond is a prize-winning portrait painter whose images are distorted in order to give them a psychological and emotional depth, representing the polarities of the human condition. In this episode, he talks about his early life in Africa, how he developed his current visual language at art school, how working in care homes influenced... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Fiona Campbell, sculptor
Fiona Campbell creates sculptures and installations that she reappropriates from found and discarded materials. In this episode, she talks about how her concern for the environment is at the heart of her practice, the types of materials she looks for, how she interprets environmental issues in a visual way, her upbringing in Kenya, the mixture... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Rosanne Guille, painter
Rosanne Guille is an artist and activist who grew up on the tiny Channel Island of Sark. In this episode, she talks about the idyllic childhood she had there, how the scenery of Sark was inspiring as a plein air painter of land and seascapes, how she became involved in a campaign to halt the... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Andrew Gifford, painter
Andrew Gifford’s paintings of both nature and cityscapes are concerned with the shifting effects of light and atmosphere. In this episode, he talks about painting wildlife from an early age, how particular episodes in his life forged his individual identity, the influence of an art teacher, why he painted cityscapes and the pleasant interactions with... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Jacqué Price, painter
Californian artist Jacqué Price paints landscapes, animals and figures in what she calls a “representationally expressionistic” way. In this episode, she talks about a near-death experience which changed her life, how she initially gave up art to study neuropsychology and subsequently practise various forms of wellness therapies to contribute to society, how she took art... Continue Re
Considering Art Podcast – Carolyn Tripp, ceramicist
Carolyn Tripp makes traditionally-shaped porcelain ceramics but gives them a contemporary twist. In this episode, she tells of how family members first piqued her interest in ceramics, why she gave up a successful career in advertising to follow her passion, how she flourished during her degree at Camberwell College in London, how she helps support... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Sophie Duez, surrealist portrait artist
Sophie Duez is a multidisciplinary emerging artist with a particular love for graphite. In this episode, she talks about why she felt an outsider as a child, how having double vision has affected her art, why she chose to study Illustration for which she gained a first-class honours degree, the unconventional techniques she has learnt,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Paige Perkins, painter
American artist Paige Perkins, now based in England, draws on mythology, fairy tales and symbols to create paintings in which hybrid creatures and ambivalent faces abound. In this episode, she talks about how she chose painting over ballet, how art school in London loosened her style, how regular Jungian analysis has influenced her work, how... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Bryana Bibbs, weaver
Bryana Bibbs is a Chicago-based artist who tells life stories through weaving. Here, she talks about how she turned to weaving after initially studying painting, how her early works were made to process the trauma of domestic abuse, how she established the We Were Never Alone workshop project to help other abuse victims, the fibres... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Melita Denaro, painter
Melita Denaro paints landscapes from her home on the Isle of Doagh in the Irish county of Donegal. In this episode, she talks about childhood memories, studying ceramics, working as an art teacher in a tough north London school, charming her way into the Royal Academy Schools, making a series on the Crucifixion based on... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Yeside Linney, painter
Yeside Linney only took up art professionally after retiring from a career as an English teacher. Yet her landscapes, portraits and abstract works have brought her early success in terms of prizes and exhibitions. In this episode, she talks about life in English boarding schools to which she was sent from her birthplace in Nigeria,... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Daniel Shadbolt, painter
Daniel Shadbolt paints portraits, landscapes and still life using cleverly contrasting soft colours and shadow. In this episode, he talks about his experience at Chelsea College of Art and the Royal Drawing School, examples of inspiring advice he’s been given by both tutors and other artists, the influence of Impressionism and post-Impressionism on his oil... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Ya La’Ford, multi-media artist
Ya La’Ford is an American of Jamaican heritage who makes paintings, murals, sculpture and installations designed to bring communities together. In this podcast she talks about her early engagement with art, the influence of Jamaica on her art and life, taking a law degree before an art one, the influence of abstract expressionism on her... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Paul Huxley RA, abstract artist
Veteran abstract artist Paul Huxley has had a long and distinguished career both as an artist and an educator at some of Britain’s most prestigious art institutions. In this episode, he talks about studying at junior art school, his attraction to abstract painting, getting a career boost at The New Generation exhibition in 1964, befriending... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Martha Hussey, textile artist
London-based Martha Hussey has built a reputation as an innovative artist using fibre, yarn and embroidery threads. In this episode, she talks about creativity in her family, how she opted for textiles after taking a degree in Fine Art, how working as a model in the fashion industry introduced her to new stitching techniques which... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Lorna May Wadsworth, painter
In this episode, acclaimed portrait painter Lorna May Wadsworth talks about how she began painting celebrities as a teenager, how her first London solo exhibition subverted the traditional male gaze, the experience of painting Baroness Thatcher over five sittings, how she depicted Christ as a black man to which someone took exception, the imaginative materials... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Joe Fig, painter
American artist Joe Fig talks about his Contemplation series in which he paints pictures of people in art galleries and museums looking at paintings, most recently last year’s Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam. He discusses the concept, his process and his fascination with body language. He also talks about the miniature sculptures he makes of artists... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Tom Waugh, sculptor
In this episode, sculptor Tom Waugh talks about how he got the idea for sculpting in stone everyday objects such as crumpled cardboard boxes, takeaway coffee lids, jerry cans and wheelie bins, how these serve as both amusing but also carry an environmental message, the techniques he uses to create the hyperreal effect, how some... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Dola Posh, photographer
Dola Posh is a young prize-winning photographer from Nigeria, now resident in England. In this episode, she talks about the difficulties adapting to life in the UK, how lockdown inspired her to document her pregnancy and ensuing motherhood through photography, how she experienced postpartum depression, how winning the Leica Women Foto Project Award in 2024... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Jim Murray, artist, actor, angler, activist
Jim Murray is an actor well known for Masters of the Air, Primeval and playing Prince Andrew in The Crown. In this episode, he talks about how his love for art and action painting was ignited as a way to process his grief following the death of his young daughter 16 years ago, how his... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Lucinda Dilworth, digital artist
In this episode, Lucinda talks about her family’s artistic inclinations, how she became an elite skier, how she used her business studies to aid her career as an artist, how she uses projection mapping, animation and AI in her creative process, the influence of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 on her works’ themes and why... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Coral Woodbury, painter
Shocked by the complete omission of all women artists from the main referential book on art history, Janson’s History of Art, American painter Coral Woodbury decided to right this wrong. In this episode, she talks about ripping out the book’s pages and painting portraits in black ink of women artists upon them, how she uses... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – John Monks, painter
John Monks has been described as one of Britain’s finest figurative painters whose works can be found in many prestigious collections such as the Metropolitan in New York and the V and A in London. In this episode, he talks about the history behind his two studios, why he’s fascinated with dilapidated interior rooms, how... Continue Reading →
Considering Art Podcast – Basil King, painter and poet
89 year-old Basil King has known and worked with some of the greatest names in American art. In this episode, he talks about his life in the east end of London before his family emigrated to the US when he was 11, enrolling at the legendary Black Mountain College as a teenager, meeting Elaine and... Continue Reading →
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