Join Lisa Takahashi in South Somerset for a studio visit with printmaker Lucy Rodgers, exploring how personal stories, everyday objects, and the reduction linocut process shape Lucy’s colourful, expressive prints. Lucy discusses her journey from sculpture to screen printing to relief printmaking, how painting and sketchbook drawings help her develop ideas, and the challenges and creative possibilities of reduction linocut. She shares how sentimental objects, family memories, and the South Dow...
Nov 4
37 min
Four women a year were accepted into the Académie in the late 18th century, and in 1783 they admitted two of the most sought-after painters in Paris. They were portrayed as rivals to a captive public, but who pitted these artists against each other? In this episode, we discuss the lives and careers of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. We delve into their contributions to Rococo and Neoclassicism, the context of their era for women artists in France, and their proximi...
Oct 28
41 min
An accidental discovery in a Berlin laboratory found its way into Rococo paintings and Japanese woodblock prints. How did this colour travel so far, and what made it different from earlier blues? Evie Hatch traces the story of Prussian Blue, from eighteenth-century Europe to Japan’s nineteenth-century “blue revolution”. She explores its unusual chemistry, remarkably modern marketing campaign and early problems with fading, and asks why it is often called the first modern synthetic pigment. Th...
Oct 21
21 min
What does it take to get a printmaker’s work from the studio to a busy art fair? Lisa Takahashi takes listeners behind the scenes, from planning and preparation to setting up a stand and hearing from fellow exhibitors. In this episode, Lisa shares the realities of preparing for an art fair as a printmaker, including selecting and transporting original prints, framing and presentation, setting up a display, pricing artwork, and talking to visitors. Recorded at the Spike Print Fair at Spi...
Oct 14
44 min
The Jackson’s Art Podcast explores what it means to make art through the voices of established artists and the materials they use. Every month, we share stories and expertise from those who create, be they contemporary artists or historical figures. To encourage curiosity and invite dialogue, we take listeners out of the gallery and into the spaces where art is made, shaped, and brought to life. In this first episode of Jackson’s Art Podcast, hosts Lisa Takahashi, Evie Hatch, and Louise Reyno...
Oct 7
20 min
Welcome back to the podcast! We have had a few months "off-air" and in that time we have been busy working on a new direction for the podcast. Ask An Artist was founded in 2019, by artist friends and colleagues, Laura Boswell and Peter Keegan. In 2022, Laura stepped down as co-host to concentrate on other projects and Tom Shepherd has been keeping Peter company behind the microphone ever since. Now, 4 years on, it's time for a new chapter for Ask An Artist... We are delighted that Lisa Takaha...
Jul 17
1 hr
For this special compilation episode of the podcast, we look back at Season 7 and share some of our favourite moments, from our most popular episodes, from the past year. If this compilation whets your appetite, and you would like to listen to the full episodes, they are: Finding the Balance (ep. 6) How do you juggle it all? Interview with Hashim Akib (ep. 3) 6 Tips for Putting on an Exhibition (ep. 10) Interview with Claudia Kennaugh: commercial pricing and cultivating the gallery rela...
Dec 26, 2025
1 hr 9 min
In this special episode of the podcast, and the final recorded one for 2025, Peter and Tom reflect on the year just gone. They discuss some of their favourite podcast guests, their favourite podcast chats and look back to the planning episode right at the start of the year, to evaluate whether some of the goals and targets they set themselves, have been achieved. The podcast will be back on Boxing Day with a "Best Bits" compilation. This Podcast is sponsored by Rosemary & Co Brushes, Jack...
Dec 12, 2025
53 min
In this episode, Peter and Tom dive into something that sounds a bit grand and serious, but actually sits right at the heart of what Artists do — creating a body of work. Whilst it might sound like something that happens after twenty years and a few gallery retrospectives, really, it’s just about building a thread of consistency and intent in what you make. Whether you’re a painter, sculptor, printmaker or photographer, having a body of work isn’t about quantity — it’s about connection. Peter...
Nov 28, 2025
42 min
In this episode, Tom and Peter answer some of your questions. Firstly they discuss knowing when to raise your prices, followed by a question about the value of art fairs and finally, how much time to spend on social media. If you have a question you’d like to put to us and would be happy for us to answer it here on the podcast please send it to us via our website here or alternatively you can send it to us via Instagram. This Podcast is sponsored by Rosemary & Co Brushes, Jackson’s Art ...
Nov 14, 2025
51 min
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