{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0b720a00-b61a-45f1-9579-dff8c86c9a79/9ebc859f-20f2-4a5f-acd5-3eb392e56c16?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 86 - Mary Jane Ansell : Impress Yourself First","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62f26a31ca2a723f52f6e859/62f26a3e267f6700128583e5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>I had a lovely chat with artist Mary Jane Ansell in the U.K. Mary paints pristine paintings of modern subjects in a style she describes as, “contemporary romanticism.” She has been a finalist in the BP Portrait Award in 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2012. Her work features on the covers of a number of novels, and an Adam Ant album cover. She has shown her work in numerous group and solo exhibitions around the world.</p><p>\n\nWe talk about Leonard Cohen, baking, baths, kebabs, and of course art, lots of art and painting . . .</p><p>\n\nHere are the main points of what we talk about:</p><p>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Adam Ant,</li>\n \t<li>Influences,</li>\n \t<li>Idea origins,</li>\n \t<li>Dreams,</li>\n \t<li>Choosing models,</li>\n \t<li>Photo shoots,</li>\n \t<li>Fixing charcoal layers,</li>\n \t<li>Aluminum panels,</li>\n \t<li>Color palette,</li>\n \t<li>Lint,</li>\n \t<li>Mediums,</li>\n \t<li>Varnish,</li>\n \t<li>Action painting,</li>\n \t<li>Painting women,</li>\n \t<li>Artistic dreams,</li>\n \t<li>Underlying themes,</li>\n \t<li>BP portrait...","author_name":"John Dalton"}