Ask An Artist
Professional artists Peter Keegan and Tom Shepherd discuss the practical issues of making art your career. Drawing on their own experiences they offer candid advice for artists who want to make a living from their work. Peter is a portrait painter working predominantly to commission for both private and public clients and he also teaches in-person and online. Tom is a watercolour artist with a passion for wildlife and conservation and he also teaches in-person and online. Both Tom and Peter treat their art as a business, always practicing what they preach! Throughout season 1 and 2, renowned printmaker, Laura Boswell was the co-host. Laura is a printmaker working in Linocut and Japanese woodblock, with work is in several public collections. She writes a monthly advice column for Artists and Illustrators Magazine.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 177
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Ask an Artist - Developing Different Styles
If you make your living as an artist then having a style that people recognise can help in several ways, it's easier to deal with galleries if they know what to expect, your customer base too likes t…
Ask an Artist - Titling Your work
In this episode Peter and Laura discuss some of the issues that arise from putting a title on the masterpiece you have just created. Is it necessary, will it make a difference to whether it will sel…
Ask an Artist - Other People's Podcasts
Strange as it may seem when Laura and Peter are not recording this podcast they are not sat in their studios listening over and over to previous episodes! However they both like to listen to podcast…
Ask an Artist - Listener Questions 6
This episode of Ask an Artist is another opportunity for listeners to pose questions to Perter and Laura. Today the questions cover some of the tricky things that you need to consider if you are a p…
Ask an Artist - Stamina
Becoming a successful artist is not a sprint, it's a marathon. Laura and Peter chat in this episode about the various things that you need a bit of stamina for is for want to make it as an artist.
Ask an Artist - Interview with Dr Robert Travers
In this episode Laura and Peter are delighted to welcome Dr Robert Travers whose gallery in Holland Park in London is currently hosting - Online - a Ben Nicholson exhibition.
However, the main topic…
Ask an Artist - COVID-19 , How it has affected Peter and Laura
Making a podcast about the business of being an artist we did not imagine having to make episodes about global pandemics, but here we are, 10 months on - How has the pandemic affected us and how have…
Ask an Artist - Interview with Jurgita Galbraith of Birchtree Gallery in Edinburgh
This is the second part of Peter and Laura's discussion with Jurgita Galbraith whose Gallery: Birchtree Gallery, in Dundas Street Edinburgh specialises in work on paper alongside applied craft. This…
Ask an Artist - Interview with Jurgita Galbraith of Birchtree Gallery
In this episode Laura and Peter are talking to Jurgita Galbraith who has a gallery in Dundas Street in Edinburgh. There was so much good material in the interview that we have split this into two epi…
Ask an Artist - Thankfulness and New Year's Resolutions
In this episode of Ask an Artist Peter and Laura talk about some of the things that they feel thankful for, and what their New Year's resolutions are.
Ask an Artist - Christmas greetings 2020
No real advice this week, other than that you should take the day off!
Please note we recorded this episode at a time when both the Keegans and the Boswells had expected to be getting together with se…
Ask an Artist - Listener Questions 5
Have you ever struggled to find inspiration? Have you had anxiety trying to figure out what kind of printing press to buy? Have you wandered if the degree you worked so hard to get will be respecte…
Ask an Artist - Interview with Keith Brymer Jones - Part 2
In this second part of our interview with potter Keith Brymer Jones Laura and Peter are focussing more on Keith's role as a judge on Channel Four's 'Great Pottery Throwdown' and also on his involveme…
Ask an Artist - Interview with Keith Brymer Jones - Part 1
In this episode of Ask an Artist Laura and Peter talk to Keith Brymer Jones. Keith is probably best known as a judge on The Channel Four programme on TV: The Great Pottery Throwdown, but that will h…
Ask an Artist - Time Management
Fitting in all the stuff you need to do as an artist is something you might not think about when you are starting out. Initially you just want to 'do art!' and who wouldn't. However being organised…
Ask an Artist - Interview with Sarah James
In this epoisod of Ask an Artist Laura and Peter have the great pleasure of interviewing Sarah James. Sarah is the driving force behind Bovey Tracey Craft Festival and various other festivals that h…
Ask an Artist - Creating a Marketing Plan (During a Pandemic)
If you hope to make a living as an artist, even if you hope only to supplement your income, then it is a good idea to plan how you are going to market yourself by creating - oddly enough - a marketin…
Ask an Artist -Listener Questions 4
In this episode Laura and Peter answer some more of the questions that have been sent by our listeners. If you have a question please do send it, either via our Social Media: Instagram and Facebook:…
Ask an Artist - Halloween Horrors...
In this episode of Ask an Artist Peter and Laura are talking about some of the awful things that have happened during their careers as artists, things that have gone wrong for them, things that have …
Ask an Artist - Maximising your Creative Content
As an artist or maker your primary function is to make things. However the things you make and the things you do can often be used in ways other than just for their appreciation! In this episode Pe…