In this episode, Gary Nicholls talks about steampunks, how he became one and the influence they have on his work, how he creates the images for his Imaginarium digital prints and book trilogy, the influence of Caravaggio, Dali and other Old Master painters on his images, the darker side of life for his themes, the stories behind his Fine Art pictures, and the advice he gives as to how artists should price their work. Gary Nicholls talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com The Conspiracy The Town I Have Crossed the Oceans of Time to Find You Chaos Life Begins ..read more

In this episode, British documentary photographer Polly Braden talks about some of her long-term projects. They include photographing a worker in a shoe factory in China, a group of people with autism and learning difficulties, single mothers facing challenges in an age of austerity, a flying eye hospital in Africa, the City of London both in and out of lockdown, about her current exhibition in which she follows a group of young women who have had to flee the war in Ukraine, and about her past experience of working in Gaza. Polly Braden talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consider ..read more

In this episode, Brussels-based Polish sculptor Tatiana Wolska talks about the sculptures she makes from found or recycled materials, particularly wood. She describes herself as a “junk artist” who is commenting on the wastefulness of western society and breathing new life into redundant waste products. She talks about how her fabricated shelters are a plea for society to slow down and contemplate life in these difficult times, and how drawing and sculpting, without much planning, are central to her life. Tatiana Wolska talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Sculp ..read more

In this episode, the remarkable Californian husband and wife team talk about assemblage art in which they make sculptures out of found and discarded objects. Spencer talks about how decades in the music business led him into this art form, Esther describes how her training as a psychotherapist has influenced some of her work. They explain how they acquire found material, how they work together, and they discuss individual artworks including Tesla Man, a homage to the Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla. Esther Siegel and Spencer Brewer talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart ..read more

In this episode, the London-based artist talks about living in Japan and its connection with her home country of New Zealand, why she chose to paint portraits and the responsibility this entails, the experience of coming out as a lesbian in her late twenties, how her paintings became largely autobiographical through painting others from the queer community, her obsession with shoes, and creating a mood in her works. Sarah Jane Moon talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Maybe Tomorrow Peter Tatchell Ursula Martinez Sadie Lee and Roxana Halls Lords and Ladi ..read more

In this episode, London-based Nigerian photographer Elizabeth Okoh talks about how she first began photographing in her childhood, why she left Nigeria to attend university in the UK, her initial difficulties in culturally acclimatising, how lots of her series and her commercial work focus on female empowerment, and how her current exhibition Women on the Frontlines celebrates the unsung heroes of the pandemic. Elizabeth Okoh talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com From the series Ileke Boudoir From Legacy From Union Elizabeth Okoh’s debut novel From Women on ..read more

In this episode, Attua talks about winning the Design Museum’s 2024 Ralph Saltzman Prize for design, how her work intersects design, craft and art, why she left Spain for the UK, the importance of sustainability in her process, her experiments in fusing borosilicate glass with clay to create sparkling ceramics, how a shelf-unit she made recalls memories of her childhood and how she is experimenting using ceramics with textiles. Attua Aparicio talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Wedgwood Plate with waste borosilicate glass (image credit: Sylvain Deleu) Solaris ..read more

In this episode, Caroline Burraway talks about why and how she has given voice to those disenfranchised and displaced on the margins of society, how she has focused recently on refugees like Tarik and Eden whom she has met in refugee camps and of whom she has made large-scale prize-winning drawings, about her Ungrievable Lives project in which she made children’s dresses out of lifejackets and her installations derived from the current war in Ukraine. Caroline Burraway talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Tarik triptych at John Ruskin Prize Kathleen from End o ..read more

In this episode, Romany talks about his upbringing during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, how he gave up practising as a lawyer to become an artist, how the death of a friend inspired his AIDS Memorial sculpture in Brighton, why he started painting, the influence of Francis Bacon, designing theatre sets and about his new monograph Sculpting Colour. Romany Mark Bruce talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com ‘Tay’ Brighton and Hove AIDS Memorial, New Steine Gardens. Why Why does the wind? Bremen One Lens Top photo credit: Edith Ackerman You can see more of R ..read more

In this episode, Jersey-based fine art photographer Connor Daly talks about how photography became his passion, his struggles at art school, the adventurous spirit he inherited from his mother, how his photographs responded to a serious illness, how a car park provided a career turning point, how his influences owe more to painters than photographers, and how church hall stages became a series theme. Connor Daly talking with Bob Chaundy A Moment of Sufficient Lucidity and I Feel Like I am Vanishing, from Schwarzschild Radius series, 2021 Pink, Grey, Yellow and Black, and Blue, Orange and G ..read more