Recently several instagram posts sparked a conversation between @karengeorgeart and @gaynorljart - all around the reasons why people buy art. @emuplops @carriescottcurates @iamfrancebrunel and @lorimirabelli fired our chat (specific posts linked below) and gave us pause for thought. We asked listeners if they’d like a chat around the subject and received an overwhelming yes. 

How do we want to live? Why do certain artists or paintings jump out at us? Why do we covet a certain art style? Is it because we don’t create in a certain way, or we love the story the artist is telling… is it the colours, the memories, the place, the person… perhaps it’s all of those things. Can we even articulate why? What does what we collect say about us? 

Some people don’t consider themselves creative and collect art to feel a connection to the world of art, buying a piece that brings them closer to an artist. Others invest and are quite clinical, perhaps some work is bought purely as decor. All the reasons are valid, but what’s your reason? Do you know? 

Over to you! We invite you to tell us why you’re drawn to certain works… we think there’s lots more to chat about. 

Thank you, too, to all who listen, DM, send messages and have made the last nearly four years so much fun with #artchatterpodcast

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Links and mentions:

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash

Lori Mirabelli https://www.instagram.com/p/DLkiYU7uGc4/?igsh=MXBuZ3I5N2hqMDZodQ==

Emily Hadley. https://www.instagram.com/p/DLrNgQJIzMt/?igsh=MXJyYTgyNWdudWZlaQ==

Carrie Scott Curates https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLnH_Rcouxf/?igsh=MXRlY3lmaHZibXFmeQ==

France Brunel 

Tonia Gunstone

Terry Bridgeman 

Dragomir Misina

Polly Gough 

Gina Belford Art

Sarah Targett 

Sam Waters

Banksy

Karen George Sketch & Explore sessions

Insight Creative: Cheryl Taves Sketchbook Course 

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques

@karengeorgeart 

@gaynorljart

@artchatterpodcast

About the podcast

⁠Gaynor Leverett-Jaques⁠ and ⁠Karen George⁠ are both full time artists, living and working in South West of the UK, sharing experiences and the ups and downs of living the painting life.

You can find more about them and their work on their websites or by following them on instagram where they share their work and practice on a regular basis. 

⁠Karen George Art⁠ ⁠https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/⁠

@karengeorgeart on instagram

⁠Gaynor Leverett-Jaques⁠ ⁠https://www.gaynorljart.com/⁠

@gaynorljart on instagram

Thanks always to our wonderful sound editor, Ben Leverett-Jaques, who also wrote and performs the opening song 'Strangler Fig'

Ben's IMBD page: ⁠https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7425880/⁠ 

Ben's Music - Low Cinnabar: https://low-cinnabar.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs-from-the-tree