Considering Art Podcast

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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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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