Ralph joins us to discuss being a gallerist, his journey into the business and the passion that underlies it. From how he began after being inspired in a Cardiff gallery to how Ffin y Parc was created, Ralph shares important insights into how a gallery works and what they look for in artists. A great listen for both artists and those interested in Art. View more here

Andrew Tischler is an accomplished and internationally celebrated painter and teacher. In this first part, Andrew shares important insights into his creative journey, how he begun his painting career and where he is now. We explore the subjects of creative psychology, Art education, the power of the internet to both lean and teach and how the worlds of Art and business intersect in the modern world. Find more about Andrew here

Linda Mann’s dramatic still life paintings evoke an ordered, stylized reality. Mann paints with an understanding of how people see and know the world, not by recording every detail, as a camera or computer would, but rather by observing the essential, and editing out the unimportant and distracting. Working exclusively from life with no reference to photographs, she observes the ephemeral effects of light and how they appear to the human eye, re-creating the experience in oil paint. Through...

Tim Benson is an oil painter specializing in figurative and landscape work. As well as working on commissioned pieces, he seek’s to tell the stories of people around the world whose voices are rarely heard. Learn more about Tim here

Daniel Shadbolt is painter based in London. A member of NEAC, his work captures the familiar of domestic scenes, in a unique and highly skilled painterly language. Daniel joins us to talk about his creative journey, training and artistic influences. He shares important insights into his practice, from still life to portrait and landscape painting. We discuss style and the development of a painting, the many challenges of perception and how intuition and the unknown are very much part of the...

Sonia was born in 1996 in Florence, Italy. She is half Scottish-Canadian and half Ukrainian. As a young child she was able to experience the beautiful renaissance city of Florence and the incredible artistic ability of its historic master artists. Through her mother's artisan studio she learned many ancient techniques such as gilding and fresco from a young age, then proceeded to earn her bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 2019. After...

Saint Louis based artist, Gino Santa Maria, is a representational oil painter with a passion for exploring the transformative effects of light and color in the world around us. Born in Peru, he showed a strong inclination for painting since childhood. Though later trained as an engineer, he knew that pursuing art was his true passion. His work reflects the beauty found in the breathtaking views of nature as well as in the small, mundane things. His paintings consist primarily of landscapes,...

This week we are joined by Ukrainian painter, Yulia Klishina. Yulia talks to us about her painting practice, her creative journey and how the war in Ukraine has affected Art, artists and painting. Yulia’s insights help show that the power and importance of Art is still alive even in the most desperate of situations.See Yulia’s work here

Sarah Manolescue is an observational artist with an unrelenting fascination for light and its effects.Working in oil and predominantly plein air, Sarah prefers to work on small boards and in one session, so to preserve a freshness and immediacy in her work. Rarely does she have a subject or composition in mind, instead she waits for inspiration to strike, first placing large planes of colour, before working into the wet paint to add more information where she deems necessary.Sarah’s intention...

This episode is with the very talented Tad Retz.Tad Retz resides in upstate New York and embarked on his artistic career directly upon graduating from high school. In those eight years, his drive and daily focus on his craft has resulted in a precipitous rise in national art circles. In 2021, Tad was listed as one of the top plein air painters to collect by PleinAir Magazine and his work continues to evolve with a sophistication well beyond his years.Retz travels widely and paints alongside...

Rod Major is a plein air painter from the UK. His unique, post impressionist style of painting is immediately recognisable. In this episode, Rod shares his important and fascinating insights with us, not only on plein air painting but also style and Art history.View Rod’s work here

Jocelyn Roberts is a painter from North Wales, specialising in still life painting of found objects.

Our interview with Rhode Island based, plein air painter, Erin Spencer. Erin shares insights into her process, inspirations and creative journey. Erin’s website can be found here

Our interview with London based, plein air painter, Tushar Sabale. Tushar shares insights into his process, inspirations and creative journey. Tushar’s website can be found here