Art Seeker Stories

Today, on the Art Seeker Stories podcast 8th Episode I’m delighted to chat with London based artist Evelyn Jean, a visual artist whose career began after 12 years in the music industry, where he became increasingly frustrated at the limits of the medium and began practicing visual art as a method for a new way of performance and true expression of his real feelings.​

In doing this Evelyn seeks to create art that speaks to the soul and to attract a different kind of audience to his work.​

His work covers many mediums including, painting; filmmaking; literature; music; performance, and installation.​

Of his work he says,

"I am distracted by human behaviour and how we really feel about ourselves underneath the veil.

I see life and art being played out like a film script with more control over it than we realise. The ability to rewrite every scene."

I met Evelyn briefly in early 2020 just before our first lockdown at a show we were both exhibiting in, ironically called 'Fake News', and virtually more recently at the exhibition, 'The Shape of the New'.

​ Today I have cut Evelyn’s episode in two, and this is his part 2 of his artist residency on Art Seeker Island. Wow, we had such great fun and our imaginations ran wild, if not a little bit crazy. This is a real journey weaving in and out of time, into a metropolis melting pot of culture, in and out of reality and the imaginary.

We start off with a spark of change, like a lightning bolt, a true awakening- from the music scene switching to film and performance and ultimately to painting. We visit the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and then move on to Lufi’s book swap.

Evelyn borrows my Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera and he swaps it for Down and Out in London and Paris by George Orwell.

If you haven’t heard Evelyn’s first part one, it is definitely worth a catch up - it's on episode 7, and we talk about Evelyn’s 3 Artworks for company on Art Seeker Island.

The Juniper Tree by Joan Jonas, Street Scene Chicago Archibald Motley and Atlantic Civilization by Andre Fougeron.

You can find more about Evelyn:
Website: www.evelynjean.com
Instagram: @evelynjean_art
Youtube: Evelyn Jean Europe

Today, on the Art Seeker Stories podcast 7th Episode I’m delighted to chat with artist Evelyn Jean, a visual artist whose career began after 12 years in the music industry, where he became increasingly frustrated by the limits of the medium and began practicing visual art as a method for a new way of performance and true expression of his real feelings.​

In doing this Evelyn seeks to create art that speaks to the soul and to attract a different kind of audience to his work.​

His work covers many mediums including, painting; filmmaking; literature; music; performance, and installation.​

Of his work He says

"I am distracted by human behaviour and how we really feel about ourselves underneath the veil.

I see life and art being played out like a film script with more control over it than we realise. The ability to rewrite every scene.

I met Evelyn briefly in early 2020 just before our first Lockdown at a show we were both exhibiting in ironically called Fake News, and virtually more recently with The Shape of the New.

​ Evelyn’s 3 Artworks for company on Art Seeker Island are :
( One by a woman another of cultural significance and a free choice)

The Juniper Tree by Joan Jonas

Street Scene Chicago Archibald Motley

Atlantic Civilization by Andre Fougeron

Once again I’m cutting this episode in half, putting it out as a part 1 & 2. Wow, We had such great fun and our imaginations ran wild, if not a little bit crazy. This is a real journey weaving in and out of time, into a metropolis melting pot of culture, in and out of reality and the imaginary.

Please come back next week where we continue with Evie’s art at the Royal Acadamy and Lufi’s book club.
You can find more about Evelyn:
Website: www.evelynjean.com
Instagram: @evelynjean_art
Youtube: Evelyn Jean Europe

Today, on the Art Seeker Stories podcast 6th Episode I’m delighted to chat with artist Lucy Chapman, a London based artist whose primarily a print maker exploring themes within photography and recreated objects. Lucy is a teacher specialising in Inclusion and has recently founded the Unity Art Project, raising money for the Trussel Trust.

Lucy is such a great kind soul, I first met Lucy online when she asked me for an artist interview as I was one of the artists who were adding their own work on top of her print ‘Peace Unity Love and Having Fun’ for the Unity Art Project.

We connected so well that I ended up with almost 3 hours of recording. I have taken the liberty then, of cutting the episode in half as I felt everything she shares is so deep and meaningful, it wouldn’t be fair to select and cut bits out, where would I start?

In this 6th episode, part 2, on Lucy's Art Seeker Island art residency we go straight into Lufi’s questions. Lucy talks about illness, a near death experience and the fragility of life and death. She shares with us her artwork that documents and explores these themes. Books swapped in Lufi’s book club are "Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire" by Akala and Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. We also talk dyslexia.
If you missed it do check out the Art Seeker Stories 5th Episode in part 1 of our chat, where we talk about her Art Seeker Island, a blend of London and Wales, and her chosen artist artworks for company: Rachel Whiteread’s House in London and Holocaust memorial, in Vienna. Mark Bradford’ 150 portrait tone and Wild Wild West : A Beautiful Rant & Julie Cockburn’s Nirvana 1, featured in her book Sticky Beak. We also talk about dyslexia, Lucy's discussions with her dad are featured in the Listening Project for Chanel 4.
The Unity Art Project Lucy founded raised over £3,000 for The Trussell Trust
@trusseltrust | www.trusseltrust.org
Working to stop UK hunger and poverty.
Auction and an online exhibition, with @gowithyomo

You can find more on Lucy:
Website: www.lucychapman.org www.unityartproject.com
Instagram: @luceprints @unityartproject

Today, on the Art Seeker Stories podcast 5th Episode I’m delighted to chat with artist Lucy Chapman, a London based artist, who is primarily a print maker whose themes explore avenues within photography and recreated objects. Lucy is a teacher specialising in Inclusion and has recently founded the Unity Art Project, raising money for The Trussell Trust.

Lucy is such a great kind soul, I first met Lucy online when she asked me for an artist interview as I was one of the artists who were adding their own work on top of her print ‘Peace Unity Love and Having Fun’ for the Unity Art Project.

We connected so well that I ended up with almost 3 hours of recording. I have taken the liberty then, of cutting the episode in half as I felt everything she shares is so deep and meaningful, it wouldn’t be fair to select and cut bits out, where would I start?

In this 5th episode, part 1, we chat about her Art Seeker Island, a blend of London and Wales, and her chosen artist artworks for company: Rachel Whiteread’s House in London and Holocaust memorial, in Vienna. Mark Bradford’ 150 portrait tone and Wild Wild West : A Beautiful Rant & Julie Cockburn’s Nirvana 1, featured in her book Sticky Beak. We also talk about dyslexia, Lucy's discussions with her dad are featured in the Listening Project for Chanel 4.
The Unity Art Project Lucy founded raised over £3,000 for The Trussell Trust
@trusseltrust | www.trusseltrust.org
Working to stop UK hunger and poverty.
Auction and an online exhibition, with @gowithyomo

You can find more on Lucy:
Website: www.lucychapman.org www.unityartproject.com
Instagram: @luceprints @unityartproject

Part two will be released Wednesday next week

Including: Answers to Lufi’s questions, Lucy’s concept for her Shape of Hope and her dream collaboration. Not forgetting her book for Lufi and Quote of Hope.

Today on the Art Seeker Stories 13th episode I invite Laura Parker to Art Seeker Island. Of her Art she says: Art is like a strand of her life that has developed as she’s grown older (She’ll be 70 in 6 months’ time!). For many years, art was something she loved and studied, gaining a degree in History of Art & Architecture at 45, but it had never occurred to her to try to create her own work.

At fifty, Laura began painting portraits and the human figure in oils. She explored landscape painting, going outside to paint ‘en plein air’.

Currently Laura finds greater self expression in working more abstractly, capturing a sense of ‘landscape’ that is less representational but more emotional, expressive and authentic to her artistic vision.

Laura’s use of colour and mark-making is vibrant, creating an energy and vitality to her paintings, offering the viewer a personal interpretation of the world where our individual sensibilities might meet.

Laura takes us on wonderful magical journey beneath the sea,

The 3 artist artworks Laura takes with her for company on Art seeker Island are;

1. By a woman: Jenny Saville – the visceral impact of her Reverse at the RA Summer Exhibition
2. Of cultural significance: We are going to Australia with Brett Whiteley, looking at Rembrandt's portrait, an 18 panel painting: Alchemy and paintings of Sydney Harbour
3. Free choice: Going to Norway with Ludvig Karsten's Blue Kitchen and Reclining Nude.

Lufi’s Library Book Swap:
Borrowing: Robot & Boo, The beach cleaning crew by Leeanne Splatt @castawaycolor
Swapping: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki https://www.instagram.com/ozekiland/
You can find more about Laura and her work here:
Website: www.lauraparkerart.com
Twitter : @lauraparker_uk
Instagram : @lauraparker_uk
Laura is also a member of @artcanorg