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, and how subsequent exhibitions have centred on the body both in terms of her process, and the connection between art and science. 

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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.

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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 poet.

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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.

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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 occasional portraiture.

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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 complex painting process that combines planning with instinct.

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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 community, how and why she came to use concrete as her ‘canvas’, the political aspect to her work and how it is progressing.

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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 of her Canadian experience and new work referencing the Black Country’s ecological history.

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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 in East Africa, how Covid induced community-related projects, and about her various exhibitions including her latest in London.

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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 her new techniques.

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