In this episode, British painter Victoria Crowe talks about how her paintings reflect both her external and inner life, how she was attracted to the landscape of the Pentland Hills in Scotland that she made her home, the influence of Russian icons, how she responded artistically to the death of her son, the inspiration of Venice, her portrait work and her collaborations with poets, musicians and tapestry weavers.

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All images are ©Victoria Crowe

Top image courtesy of Kenneth Gray

You can see more of Victoria Crowe’s work on her website

Her exhibition Resonance of Time is showing at Flowers Gallery until 21 May 2022

In this episode, Marie-Thérèse Ross talks about how her sculptural skills developed from collages, how she developed the idea for anthropomorphic furniture, how fragmentation expresses the sense of movement in her work, her fascination with birds and animals through which she can sometimes express anger and her recent collaboration with a composer.

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All images are ©Marie-Thérèse Ross

You can see more of her images on her website

In this episode, British artist Marcus Dove talks about how art saved him from a prison sentence, how he came to use explosives as his way of mark making in what he calls “creation through destruction”, how he adapted a missile launcher to blast paint on to his canvas, how his process once put him in hospital, how he used figurative narrative to examine human relationships and how he has recently tended towards complete abstraction.

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Two works from Marcus’s current exhibition, Raw Language at Karnik Gallery until 6 May 2022

All images are © Marcus Dove

You can see more of Marcus Dove’s work on his website

In this latest episode, prize-winning British painter Andrea Tyrimos talks about how art has been a way for channelling stress, how she began her career mixing street art with fine art, how public art has always been close to her heart, and how in solo exhibitions such as Bipolar Picasso and Resilient, she came to combine large-scale portraits with immersive audio recordings that focus on mental health.

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All images are © Andrea Tyrimos

You can see more of Andrea’s works on her website

Andrea’s current exhibition, Resilient, is showing at ING, 8-10 Moorgate, London EC2R 6DA until 31 March 2022

In this episode, British artist Mandy Payne talks about how she gave up dentistry for art, how she is attracted to Brutalist architecture in particular the Grade II listed Park Hill estate in Sheffield, why she paints on concrete and what advice she’d give to others thinking of changing career to become an artist.

Top image courtesy Isy+Leigh Anderson

All other images are ©Mandy Payne

Mandy is currently part of the exhibition Where We Live, showing at Millennium Gallery, Sheffield until 5th June 2022

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In this episode, American artist Deborah Kruger talks about her textile creations consisting of “feathers” made from recycled plastic in her studio in Mexico, how she learnt to use textiles growing up, how she is highlighting the extinction of bird species as well as the death of many of the world’s languages as she seeks to make work which is both decorative and thought-provoking.

You can see more of Deborah Kruger’s works on her website

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In this podcast, Northern Irish artist Claire Morgan talks about how an early trauma has had a profound impact on her life, how she was drawn to taxidermy for her installations, how concern for the environment is a key component of her works and how her art has been a journey of self-discovery.

Top photo by Nicolas Brasseur

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

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In this episode, Indo-Caribbean artist Suchitra Mattai talks about how her family history of indentured labour informs her art, how textiles are her main focus including saris that hold a symbolic significance, how her work gives a voice to those who have traditionally been silenced including labourers, migrants and those with mental illness, and how her personal experiences are reflected throughout.

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All images are © Suchitra Mattai

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

Her current exhibition, Monster is showing at Unit London until 12 February 2022

In this episode, this internationally acclaimed British painter talks about his recent peripatetic life, why he favours painting bleak and barren landscapes, how his works are derived and evolved from personal memories and how his needing to make sense of the world through his work is a lonely but satisfying process.

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All images are © Mark Thompson

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In this episode, British painter Jo Holdsworth tells how she developed her style of elongated, anonymous figures with long shadows, how she became a professional artist after a corporate career, how she achieves a psychological depth to her work and how commissions stretch her.

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All images are ©Jo Holdsworth

You can see more of Jo’s works on her website

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