illustrator and animator Yasmeen Ismail
Yasmeen Ismail, animator and award-winning children’s book author and illustrator, chats about Specs for Rex, working with the National Portrait Gallery and Amnesty International, and offers us a...
View Articleartist Bill Traylor
Artist Bill Traylor didn’t pick up a pencil until he was 85, but went on to produce over 1,500 pieces of art… His drawings now rank amongst the greatest artworks of the 20th century. Below: BLUE CAT...
View Articlethe puppets of Paul Klee
I’m such a huge fan of Paul Klee and his recent exhibition at Tate Modern was amazing, but what I really love are his puppets. Klee made his first, not as an artwork, but for his son, Felix’s 9th...
View Articleknitwear fashion designer Matty Bovan
Award winning knitwear designer, Matty Bovan, chats about his latest collection and life after London Fashion Week where he was announced joint winner of the prestigious £5,000 L’Oréal Professionnel...
View ArticleAgnes Martin 1912 – 2004
Agnes Martin is one of my favourite artists. Her work is simple, beautiful, sometimes soft of palette, sometimes vibrant sea-blue, and at other times stark and black. Always spare, the majority of her...
View Articlethe studios and homes of Agnes Martin
The fabulous photo above is of Agnes Martin on the rooftop of her New York studio with Ellsworth Kelly (left) and Jack Youngerman. But she began her career in Taos, New Mexico. Here she is in her...
View Articlepainter Matt Sesow
Painter Matt Sesow’s work is raw, exciting and for the most part emotionally charged. Selected by the UN for their postal stamp, self taught Matt works prolifically. He has been artist in residence in...
View Articlethe studio/home/sketches of painter Matt Sesow
Matt Sesow lives and works in Washington, DC. If you haven’t read my interview with him you may want to do that first here. He paints prolifically and spends half his week in his studio, working and...
View Articlethe home and work of urban street artist + endangered species campaigner...
Louis Masai Michel is an urban artist, DJ and environmentalist living in London. He is passionate about endangered animals and highlights their cause on the streets of London, Bristol and Capetown…...
View Articlelarge scale raw artist Joyce Pensato
I LOVE JOYCE PENSATO! She’s not only an amazing painter, she is fabulous in every sense, her character being just as enormous as her work. Full of fun and always laughing, her sense of humour and...
View ArticleThe New York home of Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois lived and worked in a brownstone townhouse in Chelsea, New York, West 22nd Street. She moved to New York from Paris with her husband, the art historian Robert Goldwater, in 1962....
View ArticleDanish artist Magnus Hvidtfeldt Andersen
Above is the raw art and self-portrait of Magnus Hvidtfeldt Andersen. Magnus joins me to chat about his life as a young emerging artist in Copenhagen… Hi Magnus, thanks for joining us here at Om...
View ArticleSustainable fashion designer and ceramacist Lilah Horwitz
Designer Lilah Horwitz chats about her love of sustainability, her fashion design and ceramics, wanderlust, and the wooden cabin she built with her partner, Nick… Hi Lilah, thanks so much for...
View Articlethe art and fashion of Pacha Ibiza Flower Power
I love Ibiza! It’s the most magical island and from the moment you land and head off in your taxi you know you’re somewhere special. Huge billboards hit you with the most amazing art, advertising the...
View ArticleBrazillian artist and musician Arthur Ricardo
I chat to artist and musician Arthur Ricardo. His English is limited but I’ve left things just as he wrote them and let his amazing and wonderful pictures do the talking! Hey Arthur, it’s...
View ArticleUK artist ANTHONY STEVENS
Brighton outsider artist Anthony Stevens chats about working with embroidery and textiles, being a peer support in mental health, and shares an insight into his thoughts and day…...
View Articlethe wooden cabin of Lilah Horwitz and Nick Olson
This is the wonderful eco cabin built by sustainable fashion designer and ceramicist, Lilah Horwitz and her partner, photographer Nick Olson. If you missed my chat with Lilah about her life and...
View Articleartist Marie-Cecile Aptel
French artist Marie-Cecile Aptel talks about the process and her thoughts behind her wonderful large scale paintings… Bonjour, Marie-Cecile. I love colour. It has the biggest impact on me over...
View ArticleArtist Mic Linder
Finnish born artist Mic Linder now lives in Sweden. He chats about his life and the thoughts that shape his work… Hi Mic, and welcome to Om Pom Happy. Finland is such a fascinating country… Hey...
View Articlefashion designer, jewellery designer and artist Alice Waese
New York fashion designer, jeweller and artist, Alice Waese, chats about her collection and hand dying with natural ingredients… Hi Alice, and welcome to Om Pom Happy. I love your work and that you...
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