Considering Art Podcast – Graham Crowley, painter
Graham Crowley has had a long and distinguished career as a painter and teacher, won the John Moores Painting Prize in 2023 and holds strong views on what he believes painting is and should be. In this episode, he talks about his lack of cultural beginnings, his experience of conceptualism at art school and how it strengthened his belief in painting, the influence of the French painter Fernand Leger, his views on illustration, why he painted landscapes in the 1990s, how he’s attracted by luminosity in paintings, why he dislikes being called an artist, and about his prize-winning work Light Industry. Graham Crowley talking with Bob Chaundy Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tug.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tug.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-11145" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tug.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tug.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tug.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/tug.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Tug So and Sew Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spider-with-mushroom-soup.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spider-with-mushroom-soup.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-11146" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spider-with-mushroom-soup.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spider-with-mushroom-soup.jpg?w=120 120w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spider-with-mushroom-soup.jpg?w=241 241w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/spider-with-mushroom-soup.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Spider with Mushroom Soup Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/flower-arranging-no.8.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/flower-arranging-no.8.jpg?w=776" alt="" class="wp-image-11148" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/flower-arranging-no.8.jpg?w=776 776w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/flower-arranging-no.8.jpg?w=114 114w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/flower-arranging-no.8.jpg?w=227 227w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/flower-arranging-no.8.jpg?w=768 768w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/flower-arranging-no.8.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px" /> Flower Arranging No.8 Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/red-reflection.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/red-reflection.jpg?w=800" alt="" class="wp-image-11149" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/red-reflection.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/red-reflection.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/red-reflection.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/red-reflection.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Red Reflection Light Industry Top photo of Graham courtesy of Bill Jackson All other images are © Graham Crowley You can see more of Graham’s work on his website Music: Ibiza by MBB | https://soundcloud.com/mbbofficial