Podcast - Kate McGwire and Sarah Stone's Watercolour Birds
Kate McGwire, a British abstract sculptor who works with the feathers of native British birds. She discusses on the podcast how a single feather being out of place would negatively impact both her own and Stone's work. But apart from a keenness of observation and skillful technique, the similarity in their art ends there.
The Queen's Gambit - Sofonisba Anguissola
Sofonisba Anguissola, one of the first known female painters to achieve international recognition in her own lifetime during the late Renaissance.
Vitreography - 1993 Harvey Littleton interview by Mildred Thompson
In 1993, Mildred Thompson worked as a guest artist in the Spruce Pine, North Carolina studio of glass artist Harvey Littleton. Her interview with him was published in in Art Papers, January/February 1994, Vol. 18, p2-5, 4p.
Gallery Visit - Huma Bhabha: Against Time
Reflections on a virtual visit (due to lockdown) to an exhibition of the monumental work of Huma Bhabha, is a mixed media artist and self-taught sculptor.
Gallery visit - the De Morgans at the Laing
In September 2021 in a brief, enchanted interval between lockdowns I saw William and Evelyn De Morgan at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle. It was a pleasant surprise to learn that Evelyn Pickering De Morgan was a professional artist, and a jolly good one at that.
