In this episode, British sculptor Rebecca Stevenson talks about her love of wax as a material, how studying anatomical dissection influenced her work, how she has updated Baroque Vanitas paintings for the 21st century, how feminism underpins her oeuvre and how a recent artist residency at the Victoria and Albert Museum has altered the perspective of herself as an artist.

Rebecca Stevenson talking with Bob Chaundy

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Heathen, 2019

Melancholia, 2020 with detail

Objects for a Wunderkammer No. 6, 2019

Rapture, 2018

Trumpettes, 2023

Goliath, 2023

All images are © Rebecca Stevenson

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

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In this episode, James Mortimer talks about the reasons behind his works that depict strange, primeval and dramatic landscapes whose inhabitants have cast aside moral constraints and where humans and animals share equal status. James talks about how a dull, industrial town fed his imagination from early childhood, his travels in eastern Europe including Ukraine, the importance of humour in art, his elaborate process and how his influences range from Renaissance paintings to children’s books.

James Mortimer talking with Bob Chaundy

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Mountains Island, 2023

Wrestlers, 2022

Crocodile Head, 2018

Volcano Crocodile, 2020

Shark Garden, 2018

Garden of Eden, 2016

All images are © James Mortimer.

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

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One of Britain’s leading stone sculptors, Paul Vanstone talks about his fascination with stone and how he loves the openness and risk-taking involved in carving it, the feeling of vibrancy that it gives him in particular marble for its variety of colours and texture, how he honed his carving skills in Italy and India, the challenge that AI robots are beginning to pose for sculptors and the influences both classical and modern that one can see in his heads, torsos and reclining figures.

Paul Vanstone talking with Bob Chaundy

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Bolivian Blue Head

Crouched Figure, Portuguese marble

Giant Carrara Head and Back to Black (Belgian marble)

Folding Torso, Vietnamese marble

Pale Green Onyx Head

All images are © Paul Vanstone

You can see more of Paul’s images on his website

Paul will be exhibiting two works at the London Art Fair this week on the Thompson Gallery stand G23

In this episode, Kristian Evju talks about his background in a remote part of Norway, the influence of psychology on his art, his time at Chelsea College of Art in London, how historical archive photos and research form the basis of many of his series including those of old technology and prisoner mugshots, and how all his works have a personal connection.

Kristian Evju talking with Bob Chaundy

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Velvet Bloom XII, 2014

Velvet Bloom XIII, 2015

Punchcard V, 2015

Machinations III, 2016

Rasputin’s Hand, 2016

Morst 11033, 2017

The Rose Window III, 2020

Interventions IV, 2021, winner of the Figurative Art Prize by the Federation of British Artists

The Other II, 2023 acquired by the British Museum

All images are © Kristian Evju

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

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In this episode, HSWD talks about her aristocratic heritage, her philandering gambling father with whom she lived in Soho in the 1970s, how she encountered artists such as Francis Bacon and various other famous and infamous characters, how she decries the changing character of the area, how she discovered art and the inspirations for her paintings.

Henrietta Sophia Wallace-Dunlop talking with Bob Chaundy

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The French House

Shadia

Hand in Hand

Hanging on to Belief

Potato Farmer and Alcoholic

Rome

All images are © Henrietta Sophia Wallace-Dunlop

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Top photo taken at L’Escargot is courtesy Charlie Birchmore

In this episode, Joanne talks about how being brought up as a working class girl in the rural north of England has given her a unique perspective for delving beneath the surface of the rural idyll to reveal hidden histories and issues of class, power, identity and poverty. She talks about her own experience of class prejudice and describes the ideas behind her photographic series North Sea Swells, Daughters of the Soil and Lie of the Land.

Joanne Coates talking with Bob Chaundy

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From North Sea Swells, 2012-18

From Daughters of the Soil, 2019-2022

From Daughters of the Soil, 2019-2022

Lynne and Lauren from Lie of the Land, 2022

Grouse Moor Heather Burning, from Lie of the Land, 2022

All images are © Joanne Coates

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

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In this episode, Ant talks about not being a stereotypical street artist, his experience of living in South Africa during the end of apartheid, studying graphic design and animation there, how he has fostered community relations with his street art since returning to the UK, conducting workshops as part of his art residency at St Albans Cathedral, about his exhibition there called Graffiti and Grace that depicts stages of his life, and about projects in Mexico, China and California.

Ant Steel talking with Bob Chaundy

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Queen Elizabeth II

Stand with Ukraine

Sovereign Way where electors were paid a sovereign for voting for Jacob Bell (right)

Stormzy

Wednesday Addams and Ant’s wife Maria

Aztec Warrior and Nelson Mandela

Cherub

All images are © Ant Steel

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

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In this episode, the Austrian-born UK-based potter talks about her family background in ceramics, the influence of her compatriot Lucie Rie on her works, the importance of shape, colour and integrity of her pieces, how she makes her own pastels and glazes, how a recent trip to Japan inspired many ideas, and her process of making.

Katharina Klug talking with Bob Chaundy

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Tulip Vase and Bowl

Teapot

Wax Works

Bulbous

Friends Dark

With a Viewpoint

You can see more of Katharina’s ceramics on her website

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In this episode, photographer Oli Kellett talks about how he discovered Paradise early in his career, how the idea emerged for his award-winning series Cross Road Blues, the concept behind it and how he photographed it, how ice-cream and eastern philosophy combined to inspire his Life Drawing Series, and how his current obsession is something of a soap opera.

Oli Kellett talking with Bob Chaundy

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Paradise Industrial Estate

Grand Avenue, Chicago, 2017

Cornhill, London, 2019

Illinois St, Chicago 2017

Great Eastern Road, London 2019

Ave Almirante, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2019

Life Drawing No. 3, 2020

Soap Drawing No. 25, 2022

All images are © Oli Kellett

Oli’s latest exhibition Waiting for a Sign, from his Cross Road Blues series, is showing at Hackelbury Fine Art 24 November 2023 – 2 March 2024

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In this episode, Michael Pemberton talks about his career as an abstract painter in which he has investigated the relationship between our inner and outer selves, how a certain restlessness and thirst for new experiences has seen him live in different parts of the world, how concern for the environment has continued to inspire his works, and why he has turned to featuring the human form in his paintings including in his latest exhibition entitled The Age of Water.

Michael Pemberton talking with Bob Chaundy

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Toxic Series No.3, 2006

Uninhabitable Land, 2015

Form of Ambiguity 5, 2016

Inner Human 5, 2019

Qu’est-ce que L’influence Humaine 2, 2021

The Last Splash, 2023

All images are © Michael Pemberton

His exhibition, The Age of Water is showing at JC Gallery 10 November – 22 December 2023

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