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

Ukraine-born photographer Anastasia Blackman has built a reputation here and in the United States for helping industry leaders develop powerful personal brands. In this podcast, she talks about her background in children’s theatre in Ukraine, moving into film documentary, establishing herself as a photographer in San Francisco, the stories behind some of her branding work, how lockdown spawned a series she calls Phototeleportation, her love for Leica cameras, and her passion for personal work.

Anastasia Blackman talking with Bob Chaundy

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Chris Tabish from Faces series

Antoine Grant from Faces series

Olena Koval from Photoeleportation

All images are © Anastasia Blackman

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

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In this episode, the multi-award winning Indian painter talks about her informal art education, how studying history has impacted her art, how her paintings possess a spiritual nature, how symbols and metaphors can simplify complex ideas, how she combines art with entrepreneurship and how she aims to empower women through her art.

Archana Srivastava talking with Bob Chaundy

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The Five Senses and the Soul

Equanimity

Life’s Perpetual Cycle

The Precious Cord

The Strength of Inner Light

All images are © Archana Svristava

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

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Andrew Tyzack is a painter of mammals, insects and fish. In this episode, he talks about his creative family heritage, keeping bees and his meticulous process in painting them, how he endeavours to give character to animals such as foxes and badgers, how he learnt to give life to his paintings of fish, and his occasional portraiture.

Andrew Tyzack talking with Bob Chaundy

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King and Queen and Tree Bees

Fox Portrait

Fox and Cat and Fox and Badger

Grayling and Neon Tetra Shoal

Beekeeper with Death’s-Head Hawkmoth and Bumblebee Rex

Lurcher

The Beekeeper’s Wife

All images are © Andrew Tyzack

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

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Sandy Mallet paints aerial views of people’s gardens, farms and estates which he transforms into abstract works. In this episode, he talks about how he personalises each painting, how they show how land has been used down the centuries, how his knowledge of post-war British painters about whom he’s written several books feeds into his complex painting process that combines planning with instinct.

Sandy Mallet talking with Bob Chaundy

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Square Dancing

Tyneham, the village given to the army for a training ground during World War II and never returned.

Brooms – Askerswell

Derbyshire

Hampshire

All images are © Sandy Mallet

Top shot courtesy Anne-Katrin Purkiss

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

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In this episode, award-winning photographer Drew Forsyth gives many stories behind his photographic series and ventures. He talks about how he first got into photography, working on high achievers in many walks of life, the thrill of photographing ballet dancers, a shoot with a female rancher in Texas, the experience of working in a team of creatives, the importance of patience and efficiency to his craft, and how working with film changed his approach to his art.

Drew Forsyth speaking with Bob Chaundy

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Bethany Kingsley Garner on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh

Rancher Joan Marie from the series Breaking Ground

Portrait of a Toucan

All images are © Drew Forsyth

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

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John Balsdon photographs the extraordinary patterns and shapes of the world’s terrain as seen from the air. In this episode, he talks about the challenges and highlights of a recent 20,000 km expedition achieved in record time, his travels around the world in a previous career as a lawyer, the physicality required for aerial photography, his artistic influences, his self-imposed rules for his practice, examples of his work that illustrate the wonders of natural topography, and the technicalities involved in photographing them.

John Balsdon talking with Bob Chaundy

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Day 26, Angola from John’s Cape to Cape challenge

Tree of Life, Australia

Serpentine, Iceland

All images are ©John Balsdon

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

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In this episode, sculptor Clare Burnett talks about her upbringing abroad, studying law and social sciences before turning to art, starting as a painter before turning to sculpture, the modern issues her sculptures reference, how cities inspire her, the found materials she scavenges, her views on plastic as a material, learning new techniques, her use of glass tiles and the health of sculpture today.

Clare Burnett talking with Bob Chaundy

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Secret Sentinels on view at Bo Lee Gallery, Bruton, Somerset until end of August 2026

The Gathering from The Objects are Watching exhibition, Cyprus, until 27 May 2026

Seedlinks, permanent artwork at Timber Yard, London SE1

All images are © Clare Burnett

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

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For nearly a decade, Harriet Mena Hill has been drawing and painting on concrete images of the Aylesbury estate in south-west London. In this episode, she talks about how architecture has always been an artistic theme for her, the influence of surrealism on her early work, her fear of infinity, the Aylesbury estate history and community, how and why she came to use concrete as her ‘canvas’, the political aspect to her work and how it is progressing.

Harriet Mena Hill talking with Bob Chaundy

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Found Branch (after Grunewald)

Missenden Undercroft

Lights Out on 6, Aylesbury Nocturne

All images are © Harriet Mena Hill

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

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In this episode, the Eswatini born artist discusses his Artist Creators Academy which aims to restore the enthusiasm for drawing for people who have given up on art. He talks about his personal experience of returning to drawing after a long lapse, the many reasons why people give up both practical and psychological, and the framework and strategies he has devised for helping people to rediscover their artistic potential.

Ndzaba Mngomezulu talking with Bob Chaundy

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You can learn more about the Artist Creators Academy here

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