Benny Bing talks about his career to date and his most recent exhibition, Bloom which celebrates Black female beauty and power.

The mindset you have for selling your work or taking it into the marketplace is going to affect the results you get. In this series of short podcasts, I talk to Vicky Ross about developing confidence, self belief, and resilience for artists

Matthew Burrows, the founder of #artistsupportpledge joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk about the growth of the movement two weeks after it started. We discuss empowering artists to sell work directly, and to buy work from other artists when they reach £1000 in sales.

Danielle North talks about coming to peace with the new circumstances of self isolation and social distancing due to Covid-19 . She talks about finding the gold in this new situation and we discuss how people can manage their response to it through rhythms and practices.

Sam Peacock returns as my guest on the podcast and we talk about the effect of coronavirus on the art world this last week as fairs are cancelling and postponing their Spring 2020 editions. We go on to discuss what artists can be doing at this time to connect with others and work on their art.

Hynek Martinec is a figurative painter based in South London. In this episode he talks about having a museum show at the National Gallery in Prague in 2018, his immersive research process and referencing history.

German artists, Reiner Heidorn talks about developing his style as an artist, his interest in botanical subjects, and working on every painting with the pointillism of microscope images from plants and freshwater.

Chloe McCarrick is an artist working dominantly with cyanotype and in this episode of the podcast talks about her career to date and how she sold at art markets and pop ups to save towards her first art fair in 2019.

Hastings Contemporary starts of 2020 with new exhibitions and in this episode of the podcast, gallery director Liz Gilmore talks about the three exhibitions .

Earthly Delites is a solo show by Anne Ryan. The Age of Turmoil is a painting exhibition with works by Edward Burra, Graham Sutherland and Stanley Spencer. The Studio at 4am is a group show with 8 artists curated by Anne Ryan

Ryan Stanier answers questions from listeners and covers topics including the investment of taking part, what to do before the fair and how artists are selected.

Gita Joshi talks to Ryan Stanier the founder of The Other Art Fair. The artists fair started in 2011 in London and how hosts fairs in 12 cities around the world.

Sarah Jane Moon is my guest on this episode of the podcast. She talks about her move from New Zealand to Japan to London and taking a short course in life drawing that started her career as an artist. She talks about her work as a portrait painter and managing commissions with her own work and her art business.

The designer-maker’s favourite photographer, Yeshen Venema is my guest on this episode of the podcast. He talks about preparing for a professional photo shoot so that you can get your art and products looking their best.

Rebecca Wilson is the head curator at Saatchi Art and with her team reviews every submission to one of the worlds largest online galleries. In this episode she talks about the various aspects of her work and what goes on behind the scenes to support artists.

Desha Peacock is the founder of Sweet Spot Style and in this episode of the podcast she talks about working with artists, designers and stylists and helping them grow their businesses. We go on to talk about the power of the email list in your business and Desha shares some valuable tips.

I talk to artist and sculptor Alasdair Thomson about his career as a stone carver. We talk about his atelier training and how his art history background informs his work, and we go on to discuss how the artist how eschews galleries in favour of seeking his own commissions directly.

The second Coventry BIennial opens in October 2019. In this episode I talk to the Artistic Director, Ryan Hughes about how the Biennial started and how he has been preparing for the event this Autumn

LA based artist Alexandra Dillon talks about her career and her work on this episode of the podcast. She talks about how she came to paint on hardware such as shovels, paintbrushes and saws. And continues to discuss being in a state of flow when she is painting and managing that with the practicalities of being an independent artist.

Roy Tyrson returns to the podcast to talk about the next fair taking place 3-6 October 2019 at the Truman Brewery.

He talks about the growth of the fair, the plans for the coming year as well as the opportunities that an artists fair offers artists including selling directly and meeting their audience including gallerists, curators and press, often jumpstarting the careers of those who have limited exhibiting experience.

I met up with Liz Gilmore, the director of the Hastings Contemporary to talk about the new gallery on Hastings seafront, the transition from the Jerwood foundation to an independent gallery and the plans for its’ future. We discussed the fabulous new exhibitions as well which run til October 2019