Considering Art Podcast

Bristol-based abstract painter Stewart Geddes has enjoyed a successful career both as a painter and an educator. In this episode, he talks about childhood encounters with art, when abstraction first attracted him, the influence of French modernist painting and the St Ives artists, the concept of the Modern Ruin, different ways of learning, his process of painting, collaborating with Radiohead and about his latest exhibition.

Stewart Geddes talking with Bob Chaundy

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Inossa

Raner

Typor

Salsune

All images are © Stewart Geddes

Top shot courtesy David Owens

Stewart’s exhibition Kairos is showing at TM Gallery

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Melanie Miller is a Cornwall-based still life painter of nature. In this episode, she talks about her suburban background, how nostalgia, memory and legend influence her works, how she used to paint detritus and everyday items, how she collects objects from nature as part of her practice, how she is fascinated by moths, why she paints nocturnal scenes and how she has developed a ceramic practice mainly using the Raku process.

Melanie Miller talking with Bob Chaundy

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Moths 14 and 21

All images are © Melanie Miller

Melanie’s current show Eclipse is showing at Long and Ryle

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Jason Michael Bentley is an American fine artist based in Scotland. In this episode, he talks about how a love of drawing cartoon characters as a child led to portrait painting in later life, how learning Tae Kwon Do as a child gave him a sense of community and discipline, how this led to an interest in Korean and Japanese culture, moving from Chicago to Scotland, what painting means for him, how he sets up certain portrait scenarios, the importance of drawing and his artistic heroes.

Jason Michael Bentley talking with Bob Chaundy

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A Reminder of Korea and Japan

Joanne with a Guitar

Portrait of Isabella with Flowers

All images are © Jason Michael Bentley

You can see more of Jason’s work on his website

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Scottish painter Lewis Deeney’s work combines geometry, philosophy and modern technology. In this episode, he talks about how geometry has always obsessed him especially the mandala that contains elements of eastern philosophy that his passion for yoga had already piqued his interest, how he began as a tattooist, how abstract art was highly influential at art school, how Celtic culture inspired him, how he came to use a laser cutter in his practice and how one of his works will be stored on the moon.

Lewis Deeney talking with Bob Chaundy

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Destruction and Creation and Below and Above

To Know the Knower 2 and The Inner Witness

The Sky is Dreaming (at the peak of Ben Nevis)

All images are © Lewis Deeney

You can see more of Lewis’s work on his website

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London-based Czech painter Hynek Martinec is a multi award-winning, classically-trained painter. In this episode, he talks about his early art education in Czechoslovakia, how he felt the need to give the symbols of old master paintings a modern interpretation, his time in Paris perfecting the art of painting human hair before moving to London, how he changed from hyper-realism to monochrome works for a time, how sea creatures have been an inspiration, the appeal of unexpected combinations that form a bridge from the past, the importance of titles, his artistic influences, using AI, and the legacy of the Czech martyr, Jan Palach.

Hynek Martinec talking with Bob Chaundy

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Suzana in Paris studio

All images are © Hynek Martinec

You can see more of Hynek’s works on his website

Top photo courtesy Paul Neiman

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His exhibition Applecore is showing at  Varvara Roza Galleries, Duke Street, St James, London 

30th September – 20th October 

Emma Richardson paints large-scale abstract works full of emotion and drama. In this episode, she talks about balancing art with music, co-founding the rock group Band of Skulls while at art school, why she left it to concentrate on an art career, how her art took an abstract direction that was refined by a TURPS course, how she came to join the American band Pixies, how she expresses raw emotions such as desire, sexuality and transcendent experiences and the process with which she paints them.

Emma Richardson talking with Bob Chaundy

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Warm Flood

All images are © Emma Richardson

You can see more of Emma’s work on her website

For information about viewing Hotwire My Heart exhibition contact [email protected].

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Nick Williams is a Cornwall-based artist whose figurative oil paintings are rich in colour, texture and narrative. In this episode, he talks about his tropical-style garden, his difficult education, what drew him back to painting after a succession of interim jobs, the tale of his successive studios and their toll on his mental health, the themes of his artworks and what inspires them, the importance of narrative and mystery in his paintings and the way he processes them. 

Nick Williams talking with Bob Chaundy

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Hitchcock Blond

Happy Hour

All images are © Nick Williams

You can see more of Nick’s work on his website

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Sarah Kogan is an abstract painter whose swirling and multi-textured works have earned her an international reputation. In this episode, she talks about her family background in north London, training in abstract expressionist techniques, her installation Changing the Landscape based on letters sent home by her great uncle from the trenches in World War I, and how subsequent exhibitions have centred on the body both in terms of her process, and the connection between art and science. 

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The Supple

Craters

Extract from one of Sarah’s Great Uncle’s letters

Exhibition box from Changing the Landscape

Medusa

Sunshine and Shadows

Soma

All images are © Sarah Kogan

You can see more of Sarah’s work on her website

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For decades Michael Porter has been painting landscapes with innovatory techniques. In this episode, he talks about his upbringing in Derbyshire, how he developed a three-dimensional approach to painting, his use of photography in his practice, the process he uses and what inspires his landscape paintings.

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All images are © Michael Porter

You can see more of Michael’s work on his website

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In this episode, London-based abstract painter Zahura Hossain talks about her early background in Bangladesh, how a self-revelation explained the emotion in her recent paintings, how a course in art psychotherapy helped her understand herself more, her abstract expressionist process, the reasons for painting flower motifs, and the feedback she has received including from a poet.

Zahura Sultana Hossain talking with Bob Chaundy

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All images are © Zahura Sultana Hossein

You can see more of Zahura’s work on her website

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My thanks to Annette Abraminko for her poem, Naked on the Canvas