Painting Insights Richard K Blades & Simon Renshaw

We have come to the end of season II. Thank you to all our viewers, listeners and supporters. In this episode Simon and Richard catch up and share some news and look back on season II.
We look forward to seeing you all soon

This week we are joined by the wonderful Heather Jeanne Chontos. Heather’s dynamic and idiosyncratic style is immediately recognisable. She joins us to discuss her work and share insights from her creative journey.
“As a painter, I work impulsively, harnessing the power of gestures to create instinctive compositions that combine bold colours, dynamic marks and organic forms. Rather than using brushes or other traditional tools, I apply paint with scraps of plastic, such as hotel-room key cards, or draw and scratch at the surface using the paint tube itself. The fine edges of my chosen instruments allow me to draw long, penetrating lines and create large, highly saturated fields of colour.”
Heather Jeanne Chontos

This week we are joined by Pete Monaghan. Living and working in North Wales, Pete’s idiosyncratic approach to mark making and composition result in fascinating paintings that are concerned with both landscape and architecture. Pete says of his work “Most of my work is concerned with vernacular architecture, especially of the “celtic fringes” of Wales, Ireland and Scotland but also the higher slopes of the Alps”.
Learn more about Pete here

This week we are joined by Zoey Frank, a representational oil painter whose work includes perceptual painting, narrative, and formal investigations. Zoey shares insights from her creative journey along with thoughts on painting, passion for representing the figure and working on a large scale.
Find out more about Zoey Frank here

This week we are joined by Gavin Glakas. Gavin is a painter and teacher whose draftsmanship and technical skills result in brilliant paintings, capturing the life and soul of the scene. From plein air landscapes to portraiture, Gavin shares insights into his creative journey and development as a painter.
Learn more about Gavin here

This week we are joined by painter and teacher, Bhavani Krishnan
Born in Switzerland and raised in India, Bhavani Krishnan currently lives and paints in beautiful Oregon, USA. After pursuing a career in engineering, she picked up the brush again in 2012 and rediscovered her passion for art. She has always found tremendous inspiration in nature, expressed by her love for art, hiking, and travel.
Bhavani strives for painterly realism in the various subjects that she paints in oils. Her paintings are built upon abstract shapes of colors, yet they are representational. Painting from life is the ultimate thrill for her. She is inspired by patterns of light and shadow, evocative passages of color and exciting variety of shapes. Her vision as an artist is to convey this spark in her painting in hopes of transcending her visual experience to the viewer.
Learn more about Bhavani here