Painting Insights

This is the End of Season 3 Review

Currently based in Indianapolis, C.W. Mundy is a Master Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America, he holds Master Status with the American Impressionist Society, and regularly sells out artist workshops nationwide. However, this true renaissance man is also a member of the Disco Mountain Boys, a popular Indy-based bluegrass band consisting of other highly-skilled musicians committed to their current professions, yet in need of a musical outlet.

Kimball is a realist landscape painter from the USA. His paintings capture the splendour and majesty of the American Landscape.

Kimball explains

“I experimented with Plein Air painting and found that the more time I spent outdoors, the more I wanted landscape to be a part of my life. I made a decision to devote my career to the study of nature through painting.

Spending time out in nature is a necessity for me, both as an artist and as a human being. I think John Muir said it best when writing about the Sierra Nevada Mountain passes, “They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action. Even the sick should try these so-called dangerous passes, because for every unfortunate they kill, they cure a thousand.” Going forward in my career as an artist, I want my work to capture nature and its idiosyncrasies. I hope that by doing so I can remind people about the real world that surrounds them.”

Born in 1965, and raised in Yokohama. Itaru’s paintings draw deep from the imagination and create an uncanny sense of both realism and fantasy. This is a fascinating interview with the contemporary Japanese Artist.

Dan Marshall is a nationally renowned watercolor artist, demonstrator and instructor located in Denver, CO. He is an avid plein air painter, producing the majority of his work on location. He has been featured in and written articles for Watercolor Artist, Southwestern Art, Plein Air Magazine and OutdoorPainter.com and has received multiple awards from juried shows and invitational events including. He has previously served as a juror for The National Watercolor Society, The Colorado Watercolor Society and The Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.

Jack Hewitt is a self taught British oil painter based in East London, primarily focused on figurative, portrait and still life painting. Jack joins Simon in this episode to talk about his work and his journey to becoming a painter.

Ken Nwadiogbu is a Nigerian multidisciplinary artist who lives and works between London, United Kingdom and Lagos, Nigeria. Initially trained as a civil engineer, Nwadiogbu pivoted to fine art, where he first gained acclaim for his hyperrealistic charcoal drawings. His artistic journey has since evolved into more conceptual works that engage a diverse array of techniques. He now holds an MA from the Royal College of Art, London.

Ken's work is known for addressing critical themes such as identity, displacement, and socio-political control. His unique approach merges intellectual rigor with playful ingenuity, creating visually arresting compositions that challenge viewers to reconsider their perspectives.

Adam Taylor is a British contemporary artist. His paintings are abstract, minimalist compositions depicting dreamlike worlds. Working predominantly in oils and using a limited pallette, he often plays with the use of grids to divide his work and create discord. He trained and obtained his degree in Fine Art in 2004 at Cardiff School of Art. In 2022, Adam was selected by the artist Sean Scully to exhibit alongside him at a group show in London.

This week we are joined by Hannah Ivory Baker

“I am a self-taught artist based in North London painting flora, seascapes and landscapes. I work predominantly in oil paint explores the dynamic interplay between texture, light, and form. I am deeply inspired by the natural world, particularly the rugged Cornish coastline and the serene Somerset Levels. These landscapes provide a wealth of artistic opportunities, each possessing the essential elements necessary for creative interpretation and expression.”

Maria Rose ROI is a British oil painter, with a contemporary take on the great British landscape painting tradition. Maria works mostly outside, from life, letting nature and the seasons guide her, attempting to capture the essence of a place or moment in time. Maria understands the quiet beauty of the English landscape and celebrates the subtle shifts in light through our unique and ever-changing seasons.

"When you work in tune with nature you realise how fleeting these precious moments are; every light situation, every sky, every change in the weather are all completely unique and painting is my attempt to try and record this transience."

Maria has exhibited with the South West Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil painters, the Chelsea Art Society, the Royal Society of Marine Artists and the New English Art Club and is a member of the British Plein Air Painters. Prizes include the Julian Barrow Award for a Painting (CaS 2017) and Windsor and Newton Young Artist 2nd Prize (ROI 2017).

Maria was a contestant on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2018.

Maria was elected a Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI) in 2023.

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