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artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George

Welcome to the artchatter podcast, a fortnightly window into the working lives of two artists, Karen George and Gaynor Leverett-Jaques. Join us for our chats as we mix up friendship and art; an inspiration for artists and art lovers alike.

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00:43:11

115 - how do you find your way back?

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/12/03

Ugh. Are you people pleasing in your art? Do you do what YOU love or do what you think others will love and approve of? Karen and Gaynor explore coming back to themselves and the work they want to create. Maybe you feel the same way about your work too. It’s time to stop playing safe, find our way to ourselves. Let’s start working as we want to, showing up how we want to and really enjoying it! Now, as always, we invite you to tell us what your plan for your next year is, there’s lots more to chat

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00:45:22

114 - repeating patterns

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/11/19

Hands up who’s created a pattern to their year that’s become a dull routine of “but I always do this”? When do we need just stop our old routines of turning up at the same place and hoping this time it’s different? Have we created our own annual merry-go-round, showing up out of habit without purpose? Is it time for a change where we jump off the ride and make positive changes rather than repeating the same journey again and again?Let’s actually consider why we do the things we do, and do The

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00:50:14

113 - procrastination

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/11/05

Well, holy heck… our cheeky little podcast, artchatter, hasbeen nominated for a Women’s Business Club Award https://womensbusiness.club/awardsWHAT? We are so very grateful to the listener(s) who nominated us. Unfortunately we can’t attend the awards ceremony in person on 3rd December, but we’ll be live online…holding our breath, obviously! This is a big deal for us. We’re not famous, we don’t have a gazillion followers, but we are more delighted than Jennifer Lawrence on Oscar night.Although the

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00:43:33

112 - silly season

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/10/23

It’s that time again! Prepping for the selling season, getting everything planned, staying up late to ensure our organisation is tip top. Packing boxes, unpacking boxes, hanging work, wrapping work. Is your payment machine up to date and charged? ;) That’s all well and good, but let’s calm down for a second and remember why we’re doing this, and where we need to be. Let’s get a plan (of sorts) so a post event collapse isn’t on the cards. A gentle reminder to focus on what’s important and how we get

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00:53:39

111 - dealing with disappointment

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/10/08

Humans and artists alike face many disappointments. Things don’t go as we’d hoped. Rejection. Lack of sales. Paintings not behaving. However, it’s not the event that defines us, it’s how we deal with it. Yeah, sounds great, right? Sounds easy too. But hoooooow? Wellllll we could journal (@karengeorgeart pales at this idea) or talk it through (now she’s slightly green) or we could face it, relegate it to where it belongs and move on to the next thing (@gaynorljart frowns as we could always analyse a

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00:48:13

110 - bravery

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/09/24

It’s all been done before. There’s nothing new. We just can’t find anything original to present to the world. Everyone else has got a great offering. Everyone else has got it sussed. They’re doing all the things. Are we just copying? Are we offering the same old, same old? So why do it at all? Hang on though, let’s consider this, maybe doing it our way IS the original part. We’ve seen a million reels on Instagram, a gazillionty million paintings, landscapes, abstracts, workshops, courses, we berate

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00:46:56

109 - resetting

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/09/10

Righty-ho, we’ve reviewed allllll the things we’ve been doing. What do we work on now? What are we carrying forward and what are we gently expelling from our lives? Let’s get specific, grab some details and prioritise how we move forward. Break steps down rather than plunging in to the deep end and make sure we’re aligned with big ideas we’re swimming towards. Do you have small and large rewards for each stage? Now let’s get some cheerleaders in place. Who’s in your team? How will you keep on

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00:46:01

108 - in review

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/08/27

We often overlook appreciating how far we have developed, but in order to consider what we want to take forward it’s a good idea to think about how much we have achieved, what we want to progress and what to let go. Which habits just aren’t cutting it any more. What did you commit to, but didn’t do-is that because it was someone else’s idea and just doesn’t fit you? Who distracted you? Why did you let them?! What’s been great? What worked? This week we’re taking a pulse. Taking a moment to figure

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00:47:26

107 - keeping your hand in

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/08/13

Summer is lovely; blissful long days and warm evenings, holidays, playing on the beach, in the park, visiting places and visitors making memories. But what about our art? How can we integrate the absolute need to create with fully living, engaging and making the most of the welcome distractions we face daily? What can we do that provides a creative fix while still meeting the needs of the people around us (who we’re obviously very glad to see!).As artists, Karen and Gaynor have some solutions, ideas

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00:50:58

106 - moving forward

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/07/30

Artists. Let’s free up our brains and shake off the constraints of painting or producing work for a reason. Developing our work, our skills and our practices comes in so many forms. @gaynorljart is finding freedom in actually using a sketchbook after years of envy and frustration-and @karengeorgeart is sharing her love of outdoor sketching with others, which is fun and freeing too. Same, Same But Different. We make the rules. We get to do what works for us. Over to you! We invite you to tell us how

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00:48:45

105 - why do people buy art?

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/07/16

Recently several instagram posts sparked a conversation between @karengeorgeart and @gaynorljart - all around the reasons why people buy art. @emuplops @carriescottcurates @iamfrancebrunel and @lorimirabelli fired our chat (specific posts linked below) and gave us pause for thought. We asked listeners if they’d like a chat around the subject and received an overwhelming yes. How do we want to live? Why do certain artists or paintings jump out at us? Why do we covet a certain art style? Is it because

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00:51:38

104 - how do you see yourself?

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/07/02

Episode 104Are we who we show up as on social media? What does authentic really mean… what do we care about what people think of us? Does it matter?As we’ve grown older and into ourselves, we find it easier to accept who we are and why we do what we do. Maybe it’s partly because we know what doesn’t work and we don’t want to just fit in any more.Authenticity may be an overused word in social media AND art, but it could be time to consider what it means for us and why it matters.Thank you, too, to

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00:52:24

103 - marketing: let's flail together!

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/06/18

What is the simple definition of marketing?“Marketing, in its simplest form, is about letting people know about a product or service that might meet their needs or wants. It's the process of communicating the value of a product or service to potential customers and persuading them to buy.”Do we have answers? Not necessarily, but we do have thoughts and we’re trying to make sense of it all too. Thank you, too, to all who listen, DM, send messages and have made the last nearly four years so much

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00:45:52

102 - what we learn if we listen!

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/06/04

Chatting with other artists can teach us so much. Not just about them and the way they work, but also how we are, how we work, the way we speak to ourselves and manage expectations and pressure. Listening to ourselves-our needs-has a direct impact on the way we create, appreciating what we do and that we CAN is important too. Thank you, too, to all who listen, DM, send messages and have made the last nearly four years so much fun with #artchatterpodcastSign up to receive Karen’s Studio News

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00:48:30

101 - get ready with us

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/05/21

Way back when in 2024 we took a trip to Cheltenham to check out galleries for a joint exhibition… the planning began. ‘Journey’ came from an idea of Karen’s to show how we work, from sketching in the wild (Karen) to splashing paint and navel gazing (Gaynor) to fully fledged and framed paintings. It’s been fascinating to see the differences in how we create, but it’s also fun to exhibit together. This week we share the successes and mishaps along the route from booking the gallery to hanging the

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00:51:26

100 - pivotal moments

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/04/23

Gahhhhh it’s the 100th episode of artchatter. Who knew? So here we are doing something a little different in celebration. Three-ish years, two artists and one question for four (technically five, but for aesthetics) people who inspire us… What’s the question? Simple. Did you have a pivotal moment in your career?A significant moment where something clicked, you grabbed an opportunity or had a realisation that you were on to something. Conversely, when you finally decided things had to change

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00:41:34

99 - attitude and approach

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/04/09

The idea that "we are the sum of the five people we spend the most time with" is a commonly attributed quote, often associated with motivational speaker Jim Rohn, highlighting the significant influence our social circle has on our lives.This begs the question… who do we turn to when we feel stuck? what makes the difference between a good day and a bad day when we’re constantly facing challenges or our work is frustrating us? Oftentimes, it’s attitude, but sometimes the people we turn to can lift us,

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00:47:47

98 - trying new things

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/03/26

We talk about pushing ourselves and stepping out of comfort zones, but how does that look, in reality? How do we know it’s a success and use what we learn from each new experience? No matter what we try, it’s a win. We get to learn or we get to grow, right? Episode 98 brings the joy of exhibiting somewhere new, and the win of realising it’s all a bit much! Sign up to receive Karen’s Studio News https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/ and Gaynor’s emails https://gaynorljart.com/pages/contactLinks and

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00:45:28

97 - seasonal inspiration

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/03/16

The sun is shining-we are energised! Woo hoo… let’s get sorted, find our sketchbooks and get painting. We are emerging from hibernation and ready to have inspiration land on us. Now the season is turning we’re topping up the vitamin D, getting with the season and flourishing. You ready? Come join us, let’s do this! Sign up to receive Karen’s Studio News https://www.karengeorgeart.co.uk/ and Gaynor’s emails https://gaynorljart.com/pages/contactLinks and mentions:Photo by

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00:41:50

96 - springing forward!

artchatter with Gaynor Leverett-Jaques & Karen George ·

2025/02/26

The beginning of 2025 feels like three years ago. We wrote plans, set intentions, made lists and away we all went. Now it’s edging toward spring and we’re plodding on and wondering why we’re doing what we’re doing. Erm, what’s the point again? Now’s the time to have a little reset, reread the plans and decide if we were having a mad moment or we need to tweak and realign. Need some inspiration to get your mojo back? We’ve got you. Sign up to receive Karen’s Studio

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