A conversation with Amy Erickson, an Oklahoman figurative painter practicing in Seattle, Washington. Erickson's work spans media from oil paint, to colored pencil, to collage. Her deep and lifelong attention to subject and multi-iterative method result in a "compression of multiple dimensions into one object”. Erickson's work seeks to illustrates the profound within familiar moments and settings.  *ref, paraphrase, canvasrebel.com @amyericksn

A conversation with Ben Hope, an Oxonian figurative painter currently practicing in London. Hope utilizes various procedures, but iconically, his plein air work captures a frenzy of observations spanning scales and dimensions - from the hue of a particular seasonal lighting that must be returned to the following year, to the impression of a darting passer-by. Hope, inspired by great English artists, such as JMW Turner, has developed an application of kineticism and abrasion - ransacking his surfaces with marks.

A conversation with Jerry Weiss, a figurative painter and author, raised in Miami, Florida, currently practicing in Connecticut, and teaching at the Art Students League of New York. Weiss has spent his life obsessed with the "sacred subjects" of the portrait and landscape. Weiss' influence of early 20th century illustrators has permeated his portraiture with a graphic quality that combined likeness & chromatic realism with bold outlines and compress dimensionality.

A conversation with Tom Mead, a figurative painter practicing in Essex, England. Mead's work explores "the visuals and ideology from childhood including toys, naïvely constructed environments, ambiguous narratives, and an undercurrent of existentialism." *ref, paraphrased, tommead.co.uk @tommeadmead

A conversation with Jon Hingston, an English figurative painter currently practicing in New York City, New York. Hingston paints landscapes, still lifes, figures, and portraits - adapting to the seasons and circumstance, his format and subjects lend to opportunity. Hingston's work explores chromatic honesty and the deconstruction of figurative representation.

A conversation with Aaron Nagel, a portrait painter currently practicing in Portland, Oregon. Nagel applies his reverence for renaissance aesthetics, and interest in antique religious imagery to produce classically inspired portraiture, some with playful Catholic nods. @aaronnagel

A conversation with Kirsten Valentine, a figurative painter currently practicing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Valentine utilizes found vintage photography as references - peering into the moments of strange people in strange times. Valentine combines mediums, graphics, and sober figurative representation, often suspended in a stark white void. @kirstenvalentine

A conversation with Daria Troshkina, a Russian figurative painter practicing in Berlin, Germany. Troshkina recently approached oil painting from a background in tattoo art and its greater general culture. Fandom of horror, metal music, classic Russian love stories, and the Baroque aesthetic intersect in her experimental subject matter. @dariatroshkina

A conversation with Juliano Mazzuchini, a Brazilian figurative painter currently practicing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mazzuchini, with an extensive background in theater, translates the full-body kineticism of stage acting to the composition of his paintings. Combined with the aesthetic of vintage flash photograph, Mazzuchini's work balances between eerie and familiar. @mazzuchini

A conversation with David Shevlino, a figurative painter currently practicing in Raleigh, North Carolina. Shevlino, with a foundation of classical appreciation and traditional technique, liberated by the rhythms of plein air, and ambition to discover a unique and self-expressive voice, had developed a style of figurative render that has inspired a generation of painters. @davidshevlino