In this episode, James Hart Dyke talks about how landscape painting caught his imagination from an early age, how he studied architecture before going to art school, how he made his name painting country houses, being the accompanying artist on four royal tours with the then Prince of Wales, his attraction to dramatic landscapes in particular climbing mountains such as Everest to capture the views, being a war artist in Iraq and Afghanistan, his experience of drawing and painting with the British Secret Intelligence Service, his portrait painting and his recent ascent of Mont Blanc to paint summit pictures.

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Guest Looking at Lemon Sorbet, Royal Tour 2008. A Quiet Moment, Royal Tour 2008

Medic Sleeping in Hercules, Afghanistan 2007. Rocket Launcher, 2007

Waiting in the Hotel Room, 2013 from British Secret Intelligence Service Project

Judy Dench as M, 2013 and Duchess of Cornwall, 2008

Grandes Jorasse from the summit of Mont Blanc, 2022

James Hart Dyke painting on the summit of Mont Blanc, 2022

All images are © James Hart Dyke

The exhibition MONT BLANC: The Summit Paintings is showing at Cromwell Place, South Kensington, SW7 2JE 27th September – 8th October 2023

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Nicola Anthony talks about her swirling metal textual sculptures that are distillations of the testimonies of people who have often suffered personal trauma. She then converts them into abstract contemporary sculptural works that have been shown all over the world. Nicola talks about her background, her feelings of “otherness” and explains the process of collecting these confessions and memories, gives examples, and how she believes they offer insights into the human condition.

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Remembering Our Fathers Words, at USC Shoah Foundation, 2018

Human Archive Project, 2017. Photo courtesy Singapore Art Museum

On the Edge, 2023 Photo: Paul Bonomimi

Maze Fragment, a burnt paper assemblage, 2019 courtesy of the Ingram Collection of British Art

When You Meet the One from the Unexpected Happiness series, 2023

Moon Goddess, 2023, from exhibition I was Here: Un)told Stories, Long Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis,

Indiana, USA, running until 30 September 2023

All images are © Nicola Anthony

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In this episode, award-winning designer Matthew Hilton talks about how furniture became his chosen subject, how he set up his own studio at a time when design in the UK had little status, how he developed classic designs such as the Balzac chair and the Antelope and Cross Extending Tables and how he has now realised a long-standing desire to become a sculptor.

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Antelope Table

Balzac Chair

Cross- Extending Table

One-Tree sculpture

Container 1, 2023 Crux, 2023

Big Standing, 2023

Balance Block, Steel 2023

Matthew Hilton’ debut solo exhibition, Tough Moment, is showing at Paul Smith’s gallery space, 9 Albemarle Street, London until 31 October 2023

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In this episode, landscape painter Henrietta Hoyer Millar talks about why she has two studios, amusing tales of her eccentric great-aunt, the importance of keenly observing her landscapes prior to painting, her obsessions with the weather and the seasons, and her ‘playful’ process.

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Valley of the Stones

All Lined Up

A Gathering on the Hill at Dusk

Last Light on the Water Morning Across the Valley

Hothouse

All images are © Henrietta Hoyer Millar

You can see more of Henrietta’s works here

See details of Henrietta’s current group show here

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Kay Gasei is an emerging artist from London who recently won the Kate Bryan Soho House Prize. In this episode, he talks about his Zambian heritage, his thoughts on “cultural capital” and elitism, the symbolism, recurring motifs and invented characters in his works, and his decision to anchor himself to a gallery.

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They Came in White Suits from the Cultural Capital series

Power to the People: We Back to do Maintenance

Window Pains

Malcolm X

Where Do We Go From Here

The Rhythm of Maa

All images are © Kay Gasei

Kay Gasei has a current “playful collaborative” show with Craig Keenan at East Art Gallery in London

He has a forthcoming solo show with Chilli Art Projects in August 2023

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In this episode, celebrated British abstract artist and Royal Academician Ian McKeever talks about how he first engaged with art, his travels and early landscapes, how he seeks to give his works a presence through the use of light and space, his views on portraiture and how his current exhibition is a love-letter to his wife.

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Glacier I, Lapland 1986

Siberian Watercolour, 1996

Temple Painting, 2005-6

Ian McKeever Paintings 2002 – 2007, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark

Henge Painting II, 2017-19

Portrait of a Woman, 2015-16

Gerlinde No. 5, 2022

All art images are © Ian McKeever

Top photo courtesy Stephen Haberland, Hamburg

Gerlinde is showing at Hackelbury Fine Art until 5 August 2023

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Mila Furstova creates magical, dreamlike works mostly through the medium of etching. Now UK-based, she talks about her childhood in the Czech Republic and how she spent two years working with Coldplay on the artwork for their Ghost Stories album and four subsequent singles. She explains the influence of motherhood on her work, her use of symbols and metaphor, how she has visually interpreted a famous Czech poem and about some of the celebrities who have collected her art.

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Portrait with Gun IV

Anunciation I

Other Journeys I

Two of Mila Furstova’s collectors, HM Queen Elizabeth II and former Czech President, Vaclav Havel

Coldplay’s Ghost Stories album cover design

All images are © Mila Furstova

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

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In this episode, British artist Kate Montgomery talks about the influences on her style including post-impressionism, architecture, medieval art and children’s book illustrations. Her themes include landscape and narratives inspired by personal memories and experience, and she mentions to her obsession with patterns.

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Picture Window, 2023

Girl from the Village, 2019

Roof Top, 2023

Railway Cottage, 2022

A Dream of the Downs, 2022

Close the Door, 2016

Autumn Equinox, 2023

All images are © Kate Montgomery

Her current exhibition Pattern Book is showing at Long and Ryle from 29 June – 26 July 2023

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Nick Hornby is one of Britain’s leading sculptors of his generation, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors at the age of 34. In this episode, he talks about meeting Nick Hornby the novelist, why his early sculptures referenced important works from art history, why he began introducing personal elements into his oeuvre and about his three public sculptures that are soon to be unveiled in London.

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Twofold

From Zygotes and Confessions

Power over Others is Weakness Disguised as Strength. Installation, Westminster June 2023. Photos © Peter Mallet

All other images are © Nick Hornby studios

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

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In this episode, David Remfry tells how a nude portrait helped him land a plush London studio, his attraction to painting dancers, his experiences of living at the Hotel Chelsea in New York City, how he came to paint dogs and their owners, his commission for Stella McCartney’s first fashion brand launch and his task of co-ordinating the Royal Academy’s 2023 Summer Exhibition.

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Club Élite, 1997

Dancers, 2002

Swing Dance, 2001

Sir John Gielgud, courtesy National Portrait Gallery

Alan Cumming and Honey, 2004

Untitled, drawing for Stella McCartney

All images are © David Remfry

You can see and hear more from David Remfry on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Iky5paBdCYkSVVRCicAvQ

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