Considering Art Podcast – Dangerosa, painter.

In this episode, Dangerosa, aka Lisa Buchanan, talks about why she chose her artistic name, how niche film directors and musicians have influenced her oeuvre as much as other artists, the importance of a local artist residency in kickstarting her career, how her photorealistic paintings incorporate romanticism, horror, and surrealism, and how working with high-profile artists such as Damien Hirst and Sir Michael Craig-Martin has inspired her.

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October 2, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – James Hart Dyke, intrepid painter

In this episode, James Hart Dyke talks about how landscape painting caught his imagination from an early age, how he studied architecture before going to art school, how he made his name painting country houses, being the accompanying artist on four royal tours with the then Prince of Wales, his attraction to dramatic landscapes in particular climbing mountains such as Everest to capture the views, being a war artist in Iraq and Afghanistan, his experience of drawing and painting with the British Secret Intelligence Service, his portrait painting and his recent ascent of Mont Blanc to paint summit pictures.

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September 25, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – Nicola Anthony, sculptor

Nicola Anthony talks about her swirling metal textual sculptures that are distillations of the testimonies of people who have often suffered personal trauma. She then converts them into abstract contemporary sculptural works that have been shown all over the world. Nicola talks about her background, her feelings of “otherness” and explains the process of collecting these confessions and memories, gives examples, and how she believes they offer insights into the human condition.

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September 18, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – Matthew Hilton, furniture designer and sculptor

In this episode, award-winning designer Matthew Hilton talks about how furniture became his chosen subject, how he set up his own studio at a time when design in the UK had little status, how he developed classic designs such as the Balzac chair and the Antelope and Cross Extending Tables and how he has now realised a long-standing desire to become a sculptor.

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September 11, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – Henrietta Hoyer Millar, painter

In this episode, landscape painter Henrietta Hoyer Millar talks about why she has two studios, amusing tales of her eccentric great-aunt, the importance of keenly observing her landscapes prior to painting, her obsessions with the weather and the seasons, and her ‘playful’ process.

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September 4, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – Kay Gasei, painter

Kay Gasei is an emerging artist from London who recently won the Kate Bryan Soho House Prize. In this episode, he talks about his Zambian heritage, his thoughts on “cultural capital” and elitism, the symbolism, recurring motifs and invented characters in his works, and his decision to anchor himself to a gallery.

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July 24, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – Ian McKeever RA, painter

In this episode, celebrated British abstract artist and Royal Academician Ian McKeever talks about how he first engaged with art, his travels and early landscapes, how he seeks to give his works a presence through the use of light and space, his views on portraiture and how his current exhibition is a love-letter to his wife.

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July 17, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – Mila Furstova, printmaker

Mila Furstova creates magical, dreamlike works mostly through the medium of etching. Now UK-based, she talks about her childhood in the Czech Republic and how she spent two years working with Coldplay on the artwork for their Ghost Stories album and four subsequent singles. She explains the influence of motherhood on her work, her use of symbols and metaphor, how she has visually interpreted a famous Czech poem and about some of the celebrities who have collected her art.

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July 3, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – Kate Montgomery, painter

In this episode, British artist Kate Montgomery talks about the influences on her style including post-impressionism, architecture, medieval art and children’s book illustrations. Her themes include landscape and narratives inspired by personal memories and experience, and she mentions to her obsession with patterns.

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June 26, 2023 0

Considering Art Podcast – Nick Hornby, sculptor

Nick Hornby is one of Britain’s leading sculptors of his generation, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors at the age of 34. In this episode, he talks about meeting Nick Hornby the novelist, why his early sculptures referenced important works from art history, why he began introducing personal elements into his oeuvre and about his three public sculptures that are soon to be unveiled in London.

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June 19, 2023 0