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Bob Chaundy


    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 215 EPISODES


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    Considering Art Podcast – Su Richardson, textile artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 34:08


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 37:57


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 33:37


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 30:25


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 31:05


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 37:15


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 42:27


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 32:30


    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 Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Carolyn Tripp, ceramicist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 31:47


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 30:25


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 33:26


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 34:46


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 35:04


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 33:43


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 34:20


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 34:36


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 40:12


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 32:42


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 45:18


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 34:39


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 32:19


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 33:47


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024


    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 →

    Considering Art Podcast – Juliette Losq, painter and sculptor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024


    British artist Juliette Losq is an internationally established artist whose awards include the Jerwood Drawing Prize, the John Moores Prize and the John Ruskin Prize. In this episode, she talks about her grandfather’s unusual war experience, how she came late to practising art, how an etching course determined her painting style, how she paints large-scale... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Miriam Escofet, painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024


    Miriam Escofet’s works have evolved over the years from still life, fantasy, architecture and portraiture. In this episode, she explains the trauma behind her family’s move from Spain to England when she was 12, the difficulties she experienced at art school, her early obsession with architecture and celestial charts, her love of process and making,... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Molly Hatch, ceramicist

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024


    Molly Hatch is an American fine art ceramicist who has become internationally famous for her multi-plate art installations. In this episode, she speaks about how she studied drawing, painting and printmaking but fell in love with the process of working with clay. She talks about how she successfully built up her own designer brand on... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Saad Qureshi, multi-media

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024


    Saad Qureshi’s artworks range from painting, works on paper to sculpture. He is a multi prize-winner and has exhibited the world over. In this episode, he talks about memories of his childhood in Pakistan and the experience of moving to Bradford where he was later to witness riots. He speaks about how memory is a... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Catarina Diaz, collage and mixed media

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024


    In this episode, Catarina Diaz talks about how memories of a childhood in the Portuguese colony of Angola are central to her collages, how a period of depression turned her from a successful career in education to becoming a full time artist, how her art emphasises the beauty of life and seeks to empower viewers... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Matt Jacob, photographer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024


    In this episode, Matt Jacob talks about his artistic mission to capture different peoples and cultures across the world, how an illness in his youth focused his mind on life’s fragility, his journey towards becoming a professional photographer, some of the stories behind his series taken in often remote parts of the world, the technical... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Ben Edge, folklore artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024


    In this episode, Ben Edge talks about his paintings that document the extraordinary ancient customs and rituals that abound in Britain, how he was inspired by eccentric family members, how a trip to the Tower of London first fired his passion for folklore, some of the interesting characters he has come across, what old folk... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Laura Ford, sculptor and painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024


    In this episode, Laura talks about her childhood in a fairground family in Wales, the early influence of magical, other-worldly artists, how she was nearly thrown out of art school, representing Wales at the 2005 Venice Biennale, why her works can be bitter-sweet and wrapped in absurdist humour, and about some of the pieces in... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Lottie Cole, painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024


    In this episode, Lottie talks about how she became interested in painting her signature period interiors and why people are absent from them, how she makes references to modern British mainly female artists, the importance of making work that’s visually appealing that bursts with symbolism and deeper meaning for those who want it, the influence... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Ros Burgin, sculptor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024


    Ros Burgin combines her love of sculpture with a compulsion to express her feelings about environmental causes. In this episode, she talks about how a previous career on sailing ships first gave her a direct experience of pollution and climate change, how sculpture for her is object and material based, how water emerged as a... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Mark James, painter and filmmaker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024


    In this episode, British abstract artist and filmmaker Mark James talks about his tortuous route to securing a place at Goldsmith’s art college, how he witnessed the Freeze exhibition mounted by the so-called Young British Artists, YBAs, and how he made a subsequent film about it, the intrigue behind his first film about the American... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Nelson Ferreira, painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024


    London-based Portuguese artist Nelson Ferreira has studied different painting and drawing styles throughout the world including Russian and Greek iconography, Indian miniatures and old Master Flemish techniques. His own art reflects many of these influences. He is also a teacher of art and in this episode is highly critical of current art school teachers accusing... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – David Stewart, photographer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024


    In this episode, much sought-after British photographer David Stewart talks about how he started taking pictures on Morecambe beach, how he learned the tricks of the trade as an assistant in London, how he developed an off-beat humorous style, how his 2015 Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize-winning photograph was about disconnection in the modern world and... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Rosalind Robinson, painter

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 33:07


    Rosalind Robinson is an Academician at the Royal West of England Academy and a painter of portraits notable for their striking features and expressions, their symbolism, timelessness and art-historical references. In this episode, she talks about her early career as a scenic artist and muralist, why she drifted towards portraits featuring wild hair and headdresses,... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Kelvin Okafor, pencil portrait artist

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 41:56


    Kelvin Okafor is a renowned hyperrealist pencil artist whose portraits of both celebrities and ordinary people have appeared in sell-out solo shows and TV art programmes. Here, he talks about his upbringing on a north London council estate, the turning points in his career, his process that takes many hours of concentration working both from... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Laura Ellen Bacon, willow sculptor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 34:54


    In this episode Laura talks about the large-scale sculptures she makes from willow with their muscular, energetic and often immersive forms. She describes how she began making as a child, how her artworks reflect the natural and historical environment of their settings, how one work inspired a classical music composition, and about her important forthcoming... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Sharon Walters, collage artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 35:30


    In this episode, Sharon talks about her Caribbean heritage, her early connection to race equality campaigners and inspirations Eric and Jessica Huntley, how her wide education has informed her practice, how her collages celebrate Black women and seek to redress the balance of under- representation in mainstream media and art history, how she has questioned... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Gary Nicholls, steampunk ‘artist with a camera’.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 45:49


    In this episode, Gary Nicholls talks about steampunks, how he became one and the influence they have on his work, how he creates the images for his Imaginarium digital prints and book trilogy, the influence of Caravaggio, Dali and other Old Master painters on his images, the darker side of life for his themes, the... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Polly Braden, photographer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 31:57


    In this episode, British documentary photographer Polly Braden talks about some of her long-term projects. They include photographing a worker in a shoe factory in China, a group of people with autism and learning difficulties, single mothers facing challenges in an age of austerity, a flying eye hospital in Africa, the City of London both... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Tatiana Wolska, sculptor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 27:22


    In this episode, Brussels-based Polish sculptor Tatiana Wolska talks about the sculptures she makes from found or recycled materials, particularly wood. She describes herself as a “junk artist” who is commenting on the wastefulness of western society and breathing new life into redundant waste products. She talks about how her fabricated shelters are a plea... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Esther Siegel and Spencer Brewer, assemblage artists

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 34:18


    In this episode, the remarkable Californian husband and wife team talk about assemblage art in which they make sculptures out of found and discarded objects. Spencer talks about how decades in the music business led him into this art form, Esther describes how her training as a psychotherapist has influenced some of her work. They... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Sarah Jane Moon, painter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 35:13


    In this episode, the London-based artist talks about living in Japan and its connection with her home country of New Zealand, why she chose to paint portraits and the responsibility this entails, the experience of coming out as a lesbian in her late twenties, how her paintings became largely autobiographical through painting others from the... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Elizabeth Okoh, photographer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 34:20


    In this episode, London-based Nigerian photographer Elizabeth Okoh talks about how she first began photographing in her childhood, why she left Nigeria to attend university in the UK, her initial difficulties in culturally acclimatising, how lots of her series and her commercial work focus on female empowerment, and how her current exhibition Women on the... Continue Reading →

    Considering Art Podcast – Attua Aparicio, multidisciplinary artist

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 28:38


    In this episode, Attua talks about winning the Design Museum’s 2024 Ralph Saltzman Prize for design, how her work intersects design, craft and art, why she left Spain for the UK, the importance of sustainability in her process, her experiments in fusing borosilicate glass with clay to create sparkling ceramics, how a shelf-unit she made... Continue Reading →

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