Considering Art Podcast

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... Co

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →