Considering Art Podcast – Brian Sayers, painter
Brian Sayers paints remarkable still life paintings that are often cluttered with all manner of everyday objects and implements. In this episode, he talks about how he got into The Slade art school and meeting Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, the difficulties of finding a “style”, teaching at Eton College to help earn a living, what influenced his well-known table-top still life works, how he plans them, what they mean to him and in what direction his paintings might be heading. Brian Sayers talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Spiritualized , 2010 Diana , 1987 Camouflage Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/still-life-with-duck.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/still-life-with-duck.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-10409" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/still-life-with-duck.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/still-life-with-duck.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/still-life-with-duck.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Still Life with Duck , 2024 Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dark-still-life.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dark-still-life.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-10410" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dark-still-life.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dark-still-life.jpg?w=148 148w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dark-still-life.jpg?w=296 296w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dark-still-life.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Dark Still Life , 2022 All images are © Brian Sayers In Plain Sight is showing at Long and Ryle until 20th June 2025 Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial