artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George

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artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George episodes

April 27, 2022 23 - the art of wild abandon
Are you free and wild, is work fun and spontaneous? Or are you uptight and too controlled?
What are you doing, is your journey an easy one, (is it ever?!) or do you change direction often? It’s good for us to push ourselves, take the path less travelled and out of our comfort zone. Maybe. We talk experimenting, experiences, the value of mistakes and the lessons we can learn from children.
Image credit: Artem Maltsey on Unsplash.com
Laura Horn https://www.laurahornart.com/podcasts
Karen George
www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques
www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music:
‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BnJ845vPByXFhCJX6
Editing: (with thanks always)
Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter
37 min
April 13, 2022 22 - flex & flexibility
Just how flexible do we need to be as artists? There's a LOT to adapt to on a regular basis. Things change, times change, we change, hopefully we learn and grow. But how? Usually we have people who inpsire us, whether we know them or not! Are we reactive or proactive..? Well, that depends. Sometimes we just have to be flexible and make the most of things, sometimes we want to change things up. How do we get along in this solitary business? Well, we celebrate others, we flex, we grow, we support and oh boyyyy do we need to grab opportunities when they randomly pop up!
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Episode Cover Photo credit: Rawan Yasser on unsplash.com
Links:
Borrow Box https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/borrowbox-library/id562843562
Art Juice https://podcast.app/art-juice-a-podcast-for-artists-creatives-and-art-lovers-p620760/
The Story of Art Without Men Katy Hessel https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/
Story of Art E.H. Gombrich
International Women's Day
Ben Fogle
Karen George www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music: ‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BnJ845vPByXFhCJX6
Editing: (with thanks always) Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artchatter/id1577548411?uo=4 *
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1577548411

35 min
March 30, 2022 21 - pop-up plans
What to do when things don’t go to plan? Be grateful for the upgrade of course! Things that go wrong can turn easily to opportunity, giggles or happy mistakes. Don’t believe us? There’s a lovely cliché about silver linings which we reckon is just how lovely life can be. ( No one’s turned into Pollyanna!) let us know what you think. If you’re enjoying artchatter don’t forget to subscribe!

Episode Cover
Photo credit: Jessica Ruscello on Unsplash
https://unsplash.com
Links:

Karen George
www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques
www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music:
‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BnJ845vPByXFhCJX6
Editing: (with thanks always)
Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter •
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artchatter/id1577548411?uo=4
32 min
March 16, 2022 20 - the brand that feeds you
“I don’t need branding-I’m not a cow!” ha!! But a little bit of recognition and continuity would go amiss, right? Where to start, what to do? As always, we have ideas, some of which may even be good!! Also, Karen had a photoshoot… 😎
Episode Cover
Photo credit: insung.yoon on https://unsplash.com
Links:
https://www.thedesigntrust.co.uk
Karen George
www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques
www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music:
‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BnJ845vPByXFhCJX6
Editing: (with thanks always)
Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artchatter/id1577548411?uo=4
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1577548411
40 min
March 03, 2022 19 - olympian goals and mentorship
Ever get stuck in the mud…too much thinking, too little thinking, frozen or frantic? We’ve all been there. We need a way to break the cycle before it becomes a spiral. Find a path out, seek a guide, stand back up. You know all the clichés. We have some ideas that could help.
46 min
February 16, 2022 18 - challenges and inspiration
What inspires you? People, artists, workshops, landscape…all of the above? Hopefully some of what gets us painting inspires you too. Stepping out of our comfort zones definitely helps, and we find other people doing well gives us something to smile about.

Image credit : Yannis Papanastasopoulos on Unsplash.com.
Links:
Art2Life free workshop (Nicholas Wilton)
Bron Jones
The 100 Day Project
Felicity Bowers
Clare Wood
Image Transfer Tips
Your artchatter hosts, Karen and Gaynor are working artists who live in the English West Country. You can find out more about them and their work on their websites. Links below
Karen George www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music: ‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques
Editing: (with thanks always) Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artchatter/id1577548411?uo=4 *
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1577548411
43 min
February 02, 2022 17 - money matters
Money. We LOVE it, but we all too often squirm when the subject comes up. Ohhh the discomfort of talking prices with clients, asking for the true value of a piece, or just making it easier to buy. *sigh* Let's face it, most of us need a rethink. We've got some ideas.
Cover image credit: Fabian Blank on Unsplash
Links:
Stratton-on-the-Fosse
Karen George Worshops
Klarna
Your co-hosts of artchatter are Karen George and Gaynor Leverett-Jaques, two living, breathing, and happily working artists in south west England. If you'd like to know more about them, see what they look like or take a peek at their work, then feel free to browse their websites. They're also on social media - mainly instagram, but also facebook and pinterest; @karengeorgeart @gaynorljart everywhere.
Karen George
www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques
www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music:
‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BnJ845vPByXFhCJX6
Editing: (with thanks always)
Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter
46 min
January 19, 2022 16 - visibility
Stop hiding? Noooo. We’re artists, darling. Hmm, time to be brave, come out of our caves, um, I mean studios and interact with the big wide world! Luckily we have been inspired by a whole host of wonderful people who can show us how. Gently does it, maybe, but there’re lots of lovely people out there to discover.
Okay, put on your dancing shoes and sing it with me… 🎵🎶🎼 Let’s get visible, visible, let’s get visible… 🎶🎵🎼🎤 (it’s bad when you need a youtube ref for young ‘uns to get the joke!)
The Man in the Arena
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
April 23 1910, Theodore Roosevelt
Episode Links:
Brené Brown Ted Talk
Kate Marshall Ceramics
Pinterest
Sam Ball Serendipity Happens
anorakcat
Virginia Kerr
Episode image credit: Taylor Simpson on Unsplash.com
Karen George
www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques
www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music:
‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BnJ845vPByXFhCJX6
Editing: (with thanks always)
Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter
artchatter.blog
  • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artchatter/id1577548411?uo=4
  • Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1577548411
39 min
January 05, 2022 15 - new year's juicy targets
New year new… nope. No dreaming here! We’re on a (moveable) track based on plans and baby steps forward. Keep on truckin’ etc ;)
Some reflection and looking to our best year yet. 2022, bring it on!
Episode Cover
Photo credit: Markus Winkler on Unsplash
Links:
Susan McCreevy Artist
Karen George
www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques
www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music:
‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BnJ845vPByXFhCJX6
Editing: (with thanks always)
Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter
•     Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artchatter/id1577548411?uo=4
•    Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1577548411
37 min
December 22, 2021 14 - value and evaluation
What did we learn this year? Somethiiiiiinggg… maybe?! In reality, more than we all think. Time to take stock and celebrate every little thing.
Links:
Virginia Kerr - Instagram Expert
https://instagram.com/thisisvirginiakerr?utm_medium=copy_link
Gareth Edwards Artist

Róisín O’Farrell
https://roisinofarrell.com

Episode Cover Photo credit: Nick Page on Unsplash
Karen George www.karengeorgeart.co.uk
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques www.gaynorljart.com
Original Music:
‘Strangler Fig’ Ben Leverett-Jaques https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/BnJ845vPByXFhCJX6
Editing: (with thanks always)
Ben Leverett-Jaques @low_cinnabar on Twitter

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artchatter/id1577548411?uo=4
• Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1577548411
37 min

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Welcome to the artchatter podcast, a fortnightly window into the working lives of two artists, Karen George and Gaynor Leverett-Jaques. Join us for our chats as we mix up friendship and art; an…