The must-listen In Conversation podcast features interviews with leading artists and craftspeople hosted by journalist Timothy Alletson Saunders. Highlights include an in-depth conversation with David Roberts, who is acknowledged as being responsible for the introduction and promotion of modern, large scale Raku in Britain and instrumental in its re-introduction in America. Learn something, stay informed. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

Cotswolds based Alexandra Churchill talks to Tim Saunders about her art and her secret marketing weapon. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/543-alexandra-churchill

He studied photography and art and his landscape paintings of Welsh scenes are popular. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1313-russ-chester

Heather Burton adores the Yorkshire landscape, which inspires much of her art but she also produces still lifes. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1307-heather-burton

David Thomas ARSMA has drawn since he was small and feels that this ability helped him to become an architect and now a successful landscape and portrait painter working in watercolours. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1305-david-thomas-riba-arsma

Once a junior doctor, artist Danny Mooney is turning his hand to political cartoons. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/900-danny-mooney

Tim Saunders is interviewed about the Creative Coverage exhibition at Ilminster Arts Centre in Ilminster, Somerset from April 19 to May 14, 2022. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk

Stone sculptor and carver Maria Moorhouse talks to Tim Saunders about stone, her new project celebrating the intelligence of trees and how relaxing carving can be. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1273-maria-moorhouse

Multi-award winning sculptor Teresa Wells MRSS talks candidly to Tim Saunders about how channelling her emotions into sculpture has helped her tackle life's great challenges. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1299-teresa-wells-mrss

Liz Chaderton's work often celebrates animals and as a result she feels it incumbent upon her to carefully consider the welfare and environmental issues surrounding her work. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/683-liz-chaderton

It's not too melodramatic to say that, according to photorealist Sarah Graham, who believes that her art rescued her from the bipolar disorder that sectioned her. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1261-sarah-graham

President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Steve Evans tells Tim Saunders how one friend in particular kickstarted his journey into the world of art. Agnes Martin's grid paintings played a part, too. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1168-steve-evans-rbsa

It was Andrew's mother-in-law that he thanks for spurring him on his artistic journey. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1293-andrew-forkner

CGS Chair Sue Purser Hope gives an update on the organisation. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/691-susan-purser-hope

The enthusiasm that Sue Purser Hope (Chair of the Contemporary Glass Society) has for glass is nothing short of contagious. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/691-susan-purser-hope

Jill Barthorpe has a strict routine and does not paint to please the buyer http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/321-jill-barthorpe Episode image: November morning where Jill has painted fog

Oil painter Tony Feld chats to Tim Saunders about his painting and practice. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1231-tony-feld

Mieczyslaw's daughter Magda chats to Tim Saunders about her father and his devotion to art that ultimately cost her parents' marriage. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1221-mieczyslaw-stanislaw-chojko

Michele White PPRBSA has her gallery and workshop in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. Here she chats to Tim Saunders about what inspires her and her working practice. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/1287-michele-white-rbsa

She considers herself "a quiet anarchist" who keeps things simple. In so doing Bronwyn Williams-Ellis RCA lets her work speak for itself. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/208-bronwyn-williams-ellis

Successful wildlife artist Richard Whittlestone talks to Tim Saunders about his life as a painter and how his base at the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire has been a perfect location for him in more ways than one http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/827-richard-whittlestone

Jonathan Wheeler talks to Tim Saunders about how he has made art his business http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/365-jonathan-wheeler

Silvia Pastore chats to Tim Saunders about how art plays a large part in her journey of discovery and how the great Italian painters inspired her as she grew up in Venice http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1191-silvia-pastore

Successful droplet painter Sarah Pye will explore any opportunity to get her work in front of her buying public; she has even appeared on television http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/571-sarah-pye

He employs a destructive layering technique even using bathroom squeegees. Francis Bacon, Picasso and Sickert are all inspirations http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/969-wayne-attwood-vprbsa

Linda Saul talks to Tim Saunders about texture and collage in her various watercolour works http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1183-linda-saul

The two don't compliment each other whatsover, according to botanical artist and ecologist Sally Pinhey, who could have become an architect but chose social work instead although she has taught art in prison. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/114-sally-pinhey-aoi-sgm

Rowena Comrie explains to Tim Saunders how art history has guided her on her own unique journey http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/866-rowena-comrie

Nigel Moores talks to Tim Saunders about abstract art and how inspirational meetings with Terry Frost and Howard Hodgkin helped shape his work http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1269-nigel-moores

Maria Ellis talks to Tim Saunders about how nature, Salcombe and dolphins inspire her slightly abstract paintings http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1132-maria-ellis

Landscape architect turned painter Roger Griffiths RBSA talks to Tim Saunders about his methodical approach, inspirational artists and his appearance on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2015.

Sculptor Ann Coomber explains why she is passionate about stone to Tim Saunders. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1170-ann-coomber

British born Dominic Fondé FGE ARMS chats to Tim Saunders about glassblowing and engraving and how he ended up in Japan. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/1267-dominic-fonde-fgge-arsmpsg

So says the award winning sculptor Liz Watts, who likes to make her life as difficult as possible but it pays off she tells Tim Saunders http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/341-liz-watts

Anthony Hopkinson extolls the virtues of screenprinting http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1257-anthony-hopkinson

For many years Marilyn Ewens has painted landscapes, especially of Somerset where she has lived for over 40 years. But now her health presents challenges and she explains to Tim Saunders how her work is adapting. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/82-marilyn-ewens

David Roberts has been hand building for over 40 years and he chats to Tim Saunders about what appeals to him about this process http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/1249-david-roberts

Joanna Commings chats to Tim Saunders about light and when to finish a painting as well as the important part that eggs and melons play when learning portraiture. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1070-joanna-commings

Eric Pentecost talks to Tim Saunders about the collagraph process, how he became an artist and what he's working on at the moment. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/587-eric-pentecost

Gerry Defries talks to Tim Saunders about his landscape and seascape paintings. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/210-gerry-defries

The artist Wendy Clouse chats to Tim Saunders about her life and work. One thing Wendy did during lockdown was to paint the portraits of 2 NHS doctors, requested by Instagram. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1112-wendy-clouse

The premier Welsh pop artist Richard Blacklaw-Jones talks to Tim Saunders

Nigel Hudson talks about how the world is different for professional photographers now.

The potter Andrew Matheson, an elected member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, talks to Tim Saunders about his ceramic journey http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/422-andrew-matheson-rbsa

Barbara talks to Tim Saunders about how she makes Nerikomi porcelain http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/craftspeople/item/1247-barbara-gittings

Philippa Beale talks about her passion for trees http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/940-philippa-beale

Miranda talks about how she arrived at using collage in her work. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/1078-miranda-pender

Introducing In Conversation, the new podcast about artists and their inspiration from www.creativecoverage.co.uk

Actor Tom Cotcher explains how he became an artist. http://www.creativecoverage.co.uk/artists-page/item/852-tom-cotcher