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 of poetry and why portrayals of girls reading are a recurring feature in several of her paintings.

Lottie Cole talking with Bob Chaundy

Accompanying images on consideringart.com

Interior with Kathleen Guthrie Painting and Elisabeth Frink Head, 2017

Home of the Paleoethnobotanist

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Yeats Long-Legged Fly, 2024

AE Houseman The Loveliest of Trees, 2023

Interior with Young Girl Reading I, 2024

Stephen Spender From the Truly Great, 2024

TS Eliot Four Quartets, 2023

All images are © Lottie Cole

Lotties’s exhibition A Commonplace Exhibition of Paintings is showing at Long and Ryle 3 July – 9 August 2024

Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial