How did you become an artist? I was always interested in art. My first degree at the University of Cincinnati (DDA) was Fine Art: Painting. But two thirds through I changed to an Architectural Design course. After graduation, I worked in Boston and NYC for a while. When I decided to do a master’s degree I applied to different schools in the US and Europe, and the AA (Architecture Association) in London took me. I always wanted to live in Europe, so I accepted the offer and I

I visited Clive in his studio in Lambeth sometime ago, we chatted about his journey as an artist, his workflow and complex ideas behind his vibrant paintings! I am now happy to share Clive's story with you! How did you start your career as an artist? Well, that was a long time ago. I went to the art school, and then I just became an artist. (Giggle) You mentioned that you are from Australia. When did you move to London? I moved to London a long time ago, around 30 years ago.

I visited Brad a while back in his studio in Surrey. When I saw Brad's work for the first time, I was mesmerised by his abstract portraits, which had so much character in them! Hence, I was determined to find out more about Brad's work! How did you start your career as an artist? These are two different questions. Number one, I am dyslexic, so art has always been natural to me. Even during primary school and secondary school, I would get told off for doodling while the teache

Naomi is a founder of Survival Techniques - optimistic and colourful street art project that you might have spotted across London. Naomi went from being a professional skier to an award winning artists. Here is her story! As far as I know, you went from being a professional skier to now being an artist. Can you please tell me about your journey? I decided to stop skiing because I had a lot of injuries at the end of the season. Several in a row and that changed what skiing was

I came to Wimbledon Art Studios for the first time a few weeks ago to meet cubist abstract artist Pedro Sousa Louro, to talk about his work and get an inside view of his creative process and techniques that he has developed over the years. When did you realize that you want to be an artist? I have been an artist since I was very young! In fact, as a child, I wasn’t very lucky! At Christmas, I would always get pencils! *giggles My brother and my cousins would always get toys,

A couple of Saturdays ago, I was visiting a few galleries for my 'Weekend Wonders' series. When I got to the first gallery on my list, which was Fitzrovia Gallery, a lovely lady greeted me. As we started talking, I realised, that she was the artist, whose solo show it was! Our conversation (over a lovely peppermint tea) quickly turned into an unexpected interview about Fiona's work and life and I am very happy to be able to share it with you! Fiona Marron is an established ar

I saw Giacomo's work at the Brick Lane gallery a few weeks ago and was very excited to meet him in person to talk about his beautiful wire sculptures! I was luck enough to try some of them on! What brought you to London? I moved here two and a half years ago because I wanted to change my life. I was an architect in Italy, I worked in architectural practice for 6 months and after that time understood that it wasn’t for me. On the other hand, I have always had a passion for mak

My guest today is a lovely lady, who runs Dolly Birds Art Studio in Belfast! We had a great Skype interview and she ‘walked’ me around her studio! I really hope, I will be able to visit Eimear’s studio in the future, but for now, enjoy her story and incredibly intricate work! Can you please tell me about your journey of becoming an artist? I was very lucky, as I come from a very creative family. I suppose, for me becoming an artist was all I ever wanted to be and all I ever w

Make Space Studios house a lot of talented artists and, as my previous guest, Tom is also a resident of the Make Space Studios. I met Tom to chat about, what is it like to be an artist in London. Tom, can you please tell me about your self and how you became an artist? Sure. I am 27 and I am an artist and a curator. I started a company called Focus London in 2016. I organize art shows and write features of artists as well as paint. I didn’t always think I wanted to be an arti

I met Laurence in her studio in Make Space studios one Saturday morning. We spoke about her incredible journey and how her art has been shaped by her everyday reality. Can you please tell me a little bit about your self? As you can hear I am French. I first came to London to do an MA in Political Science (nothing to do with art), where I met my husband, who is British. Then we moved to Paris, where I started working. I worked in a consultancy and marketing, again nothing to d

Ellie Maran is a talented interior designer and a painter based in South London. I was delighted to visit her new working space and talk about her work and how she manages to combine her passion for art with a full time job. Lets start from the beginning. Growing up were you always interested in art? It actually started later on, because for most of my life I was an athlete and in my first year of university I did physical education. However something then changed in my mind