As part of our Artist Insights film series, KoreanBritish painter Kayoon Anderson visits Jackson’s studio to discuss how pattern underpins her work, her technique for planning the compositions of her paintings, and how Italian Gothic art and Korean Munbangdo painting have influenced her practice.

0:00 Introduction
0:26 “Some Painters Are Like Architects, and Others Are Like Gardeners”
0:59 Kayoon’s Background in Architecture
1:22 Pursuing Painting in Italy
1:50 Bringing a Sense of Quiet and Calm in Painting
2:43 Choosing Which Figures to Bring into a Painting
3:05 Using Photoshop as a Compositional Tool
3:44 Projecting the Composition Onto Canvas
4:15 Being Open to the Character of Paint
4:37 Finding a Balance Between ThreeDimensional and TwoDimensional
5:17 The Versatility of Oil Paint
5:29 How Kayoon Selects Her Colour Palette
6:09 Her Relationship With the Colour Blue
6:43 Kayoon’s Preferred Mediums, Brushes, and Surfaces
7:57 “Both Figurative and Abstract Works Have To Answer the Same Questions”
8:27 Depth and Space in Korean Munbangdo Painting
9:10 Stillness and Pattern in Italian Gothic Art
10:44 How Mindset Sets the Tone for Painting
11:07 Kayoon’s Perfect Painting Environment
11:46 “I Don’t Like To Be Hungry When I’m Painting!”
12:11 Kayoon’s Guilty Pleasure
12:37 Credits

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