artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George artchatter

Busy! Busy! Busy! Rushing to all the art events, open houses, open studios, art trails, Christmas things: prep, selling, posting out, updating the website, posting on insta (reels… carousels… oh and heck did I do story thing?) 



…and then… Post Event Collapse Syndrome (it’s a thing) PECS or a blinking great SLUMP… 



Let’s get through this together!! 



Episode Links:

@studio44AD







About the podcast

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques and Karen George are both full time artists, living and working in South West of the UK, sharing experiences and the ups and downs of living the painting life.



You can find more about them on their websites or by following them on instagram where they share their work and practice on a regular basis. 



Karen George Art https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/

@karengeorgeart on instagram



Gaynor Leverett-Jaques https://www.gaynorljart.com/

@gaynorljart on instagram



Thanks always to our wonderful sound editor, Ben Leverett-Jaques, who also wrote and performs the opening song 'Strangler Fig'



Ben's IMBD page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7425880/

Ben's Music - Low Cinnabar: https://low-cinnabar.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs-from-the-tree

“You DID NOT say yes to THAT” seems to be on repeat in our heads… is it just us that can’t say no?!

While it’s lovely to step in to help, sometimes priorities have to be acknowledged, work needs to get done and “not today” “no thank you” and “I’m busy” become well rehearsed mantras!

If you enjoy artchatter, please give us a like and share 💕



Episode links:

Photo by Camylla Battani on Unsplash

Anna F MacDonald - 30 day challenge

Virginia Kerr - People Pleaser



About the podcast

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques and Karen George are both full time artists, living and working in South West of the UK, sharing experiences and the ups and downs of living the painting life.



You can find more about them on their websites or by following them on instagram where they share their work and practice on a regular basis. 



Karen George Art https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/

@karengeorgeart on instagram



Gaynor Leverett-Jaques https://www.gaynorljart.com/

@gaynorljart on instagram



Thanks always to our wonderful sound editor, Ben Leverett-Jaques, who also wrote and performs the opening song 'Strangler Fig'



Ben's IMBD page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7425880/ 

Ben's Music - Low Cinnabar: https://low-cinnabar.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs-from-the-tree

The guilt of success. It’s a real thing…like survivors’ guilt but the whole doing well when someone else in the room isn’t. Do you cringe either when an arts trail is going great for you, or when it isn’t…
Veering off track a little and giving tips on engagement, being present and generally having fun at real in-person events, because, let’s face it, it’s That Season!

Episode links: Photo by Fotos on Unsplash

@peacockartstrail 
@abigail.leachceramics
@littlespearfineart
@clareduguidart
@karengeorgeart
@gaynorljart
@galleryno56


About the podcast
Gaynor Leverett-Jaques and Karen George are both full time artists, living and working in South West of the UK, sharing experiences and the ups and downs of living the painting life.

You can find more about them on their websites or by following them on instagram where they share their work and practice on a regular basis. 

Karen George Art https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/
@karengeorgeart on instagram

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques https://www.gaynorljart.com/
@gaynorljart on instagram

Thanks always to our wonderful sound editor, Ben Leverett-Jaques, who also wrote and performs the opening song 'Strangler Fig'
Ben's IMBD page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7425880/ 
Ben's Music - Low Cinnabar: https://low-cinnabar.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs-from-the-tree

There’s a chronic condition many artists suffer from-and it’s contagious. Do you, or someone you know suffer from comparisonitis?  Do you have insta-fatigue, art trail alarm, everyone’s-doing-better-than-me-attack, or I-can’t-do-this malaise?

Here at the artchatter podcast emergency room we may not have a cure, but we do have some great ideas to prevent it and some tips to help assuage the rising panic. Mainly because both Karen and Gaynor (mainly Gaynor, let’s face it) have had moments of all of the above. 

Together we can beat it… or at least give it a go! If you enjoy #artchatter do share it with your friends and follow us for updates.

Episode links: 

Episode Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash



@peacockartstrail 

@abigail.leachceramics

@littlespearfineart

@clareduguidart

@karengeorgeart

@gaynorljart

@galleryno56

About the podcast

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques and Karen George are both full time artists, living and working in South West of the UK, sharing experiences and the ups and downs of living the painting life.

You can find more about them on their websites or by following them on instagram where they share their work and practice on a regular basis.

Karen George Art https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/

@karengeorgeart on instagram

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques https://www.gaynorljart.com/

@gaynorljart on instagram

Thanks always to our wonderful sound editor, Ben Leverett-Jaques, who also wrote and performs the opening song 'Strangler Fig'

Ben's IMBD page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7425880/ 

Ben's Music - Low Cinnabar: https://low-cinnabar.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs-from-the-tree

Let’s talk collabs. 

Working together, working together but apart, sharing space, exhibiting with friends, inspiring each other… can it work? Why does it work? …and would you risk your arty friendships to stretch yourself? 



We’ve watched our lovely friend artist Bron Jones collaborate with more than one other artist…all hands on engagement and sky high talent. She’s kindly shared her thoughts on the process. 



Then good friends of the artchatter podcast, inspirational Sue Bulmer and Sam Waters share sketch books across the miles… so we thought we’d give it a go and coerced our accountability darling @ginabelfordart. We discovered things - about ourselves and each other! 





Episode Links: 



@bronjonesart

@SueBulmer

 @samwatersartist

@susannahcrookart

@ginabelford 

@artistintheshed Mary Price  

@rachael.johnson20art 

@combedownarttrail

@camvalleyarttrail



About the podcast

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques and Karen George are both full time artists, living and working in South West of the UK, sharing experiences and the ups and downs of living the painting life.



You can find more about them on their websites or by following them on instagram where they share their work and practice on a regular basis. 



Karen George Art https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/

@karengeorgeart on instagram



Gaynor Leverett-Jaques https://www.gaynorljart.com/

@gaynorljart on instagram



Thanks always to our wonderful sound editor, Ben Leverett-Jaques, who also wrote and performs the opening song 'Strangler Fig'



Ben's IMBD page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7425880/

 

Ben's Music - Low Cinnabar: 

https://low-cinnabar.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs-from-the-tree

The life of an artist can be very complicated. It sounds like a breeze doesn’t it, happily painting, but reality is there’s lots to consider - not limited to health and safety! We also chat free courses, paid courses, online learning and when to just stop signing on to everything! (Maybe that’s just Gaynor). 



Episode Links:

Photo by Rob Wicks on Unsplash



Combe Down Arts Trail http://www.cdarttrail.com

Peacock Art Trail https://www.peacockartstrail.co.uk

Cam Valley Arts Trail https://www.camvalleyartstrail.co.uk

United Artspace https://www.unitedartspace.org

Find Your Joy https://www.louisefletcherart.com/find-your-joy-course



Big monthly planner



Susan McCreevy YouTube

Sue Bulmer 



About the podcast

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques and Karen George are both full time artists, living and working in South West of the UK, sharing experiences and the ups and downs of living the painting life. You can find more about them on their websites or by following them on instagram where they share their work and practice on a regular basis. 

Karen George Art https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/

@karengeorgeart on instagram

Gaynor Leverett-Jaques https://www.gaynorljart.com/

@gaynorljart on instagram

Thanks always to our wonderful sound editor, Ben Leverett-Jaques, who also wrote and performs the opening song 'Strangler Fig'

Ben's IMBD page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7425880/ 

Ben's Music - Low Cinnabar: https://low-cinnabar.bandcamp.com/album/four-songs-from-the-tree