A conversation with Lucy Stopford, a portrait painter currently practicing in Oxford, England. Stopford explores the relationship between marks and likeness; surpassing the obvious and rejecting the safety and repetition of a reliable method to find a new language for each subject.

*ref, lucystopford.com

@lucystopford_artist

A conversation with Jotham Malave', a figurative painter whose practice, in part, aims to rediscover and sustain Puerto Rican heritage and culture despite opposing forces.

*ref, mapr.org

@jotham.malave

A conversation with Amy Scherer, a figurative painter currently living and working in Washington state. Schere's current practice is base subjectively on 'perceptual misunderstanding'.

*ref, theflyingfuritbowl.co.uk

@a_scherer_

A conversation with Lada Vinogradova, a student at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Vinogradova is a figurative artist whose recent work has focused on capturing 'the soul' of traditional Russian pastoral life.

*The conversation is translated in real time by fellow artist & peer, Nicolas Olivazzi. The recording begins with roughly 2 minutes of raw translation chatter before editing engages and the conversation becomes common pace.

@vinogradovalada

A conversation with Austin Hayman, a newly practicing figurative painter, and founding member of rock band Dear Boy. As of January 2024, Hayman is roughly 1 year into exploring his practice of painting, and over a decade invested in his musical endeavor - on the cusp of finishing a second album. 

@austinhayman

@dearboyofficial

A conversation with Karim B Hamid, a figurative painter who combines tradition and innovation, reminiscent of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, resulting in a product coined "psychic archaeology".

*ref, megumiogita.com

@hbhamid_art

A conversation with Shannon Vaught, a representational realist painter currently living and working out of Columbus, Ohio.

*ref, shannonvaught.com

@shannonvaughtart