Living Too Late

We have been artists making art for decades, and we've learnt a thing or two about what artists should avoid or be aware of. It still seems impossible to get recognised for your art these days. But we have to keep going. It would be amazing if someone would come along and support what we do. So, don't give up. Keep making great art and being the artist you were born to be. We hope this lis...

We're back to discuss our art snobbery and try to come to terms with why we struggle with the commercial art world's status quo. We discuss the sad and untimely passing of the daytime TV genius that was Paul Reubens. Lastly, we look at the gorilla public art posters that appeared all over London that rightly or wrongly condemned the Tory party leaders.

We're back with Podcast 13. We chat about the art studio practice, beer, introduce a silly game of British slang, Carl Jung's Birthday, open calls, and the Turner Prize 2023. Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/living_too_late/ Browse our art: www.livingtoolate.co.uk/ Get in touch: ollie@livingtoolate.co.uk

We freestyle once again on art and being artists. There is conversation on such topics as the cost of Open Calls for art exhibition applications, my new shades, a recent FREE art opportunity and the Judges involved, and finally, a little update on us, the Artists.

Hello Everyone, we hope you are doing fine, We are back with another Podcast even though we are not getting any new subscribers. I feel there is worse content on Youtube. We do this because we need to. I guess it's a form of therapy. We love art and cannot tap into the ideal position of making a living from our passion. It is an extremely frustrating experience. We catch up with our latest end...

Well, in this episode we discuss our trip over to Hauser & Wirth Gallery in Somerset. We learnt more about the gallery's history and discussed the two exhibitions that were on when we were visiting, we saw work by Rodney Graham and experienced the curated group show titled The New Bend.

We openly discuss Op art and artists George Westren, Bridget Riley, and Gerhard Richter.   Check out the Living Too Late website for new paintings for sale and more Podcasts.   https://www.livingtoolate.co.uk/ #opart #bridgetriley #georgewestren #artpodcast #mentoring #tatemodern

This podcast was our best one yet, sadly the video didn't work this time. Also, it took my crappy computer 10 hours to render...  If anyone would like to sponsor us with a new kick-arse computer, that would be nice #nvidia.   So we kicked off setting up the studio space wall with a couple of chosen art pieces, and a bit of banter whilst adjusting the kit. A very affordable print by Mark...

We look at some of our latest work, some art news and fairs going on and a few artists picked directly off of Instagram.

We got together in the studio for Living Too Late #6, an impromptu chat on being artists and where we are in the current social, political climate. We live our lives as artists, we are not smart, we are not hustlers, we make art because we must and we are not afraid. Our conversation is completely spontaneous and things play out according to our current state of mind, which is built on decades of...

Hello, welcome to our 5th Podcasts for the Living Too Late Collective. In this episode me and Mark talk about our recent joint exhibition, Dream Jams Fuel. We try to get a bit relaxed with the introduction of some ambient music, however, it did get a bit sleepy at times. We discuss how the exhibition went and how the police came to the rescue over an assault on myself (sorry, it wasn't Mark). Exhi...

Hey listeners, here we are again talking about art and our upcoming exhibition 'DREAM JAMS FUEL' in Bristol on the 25th of Feb 2022, private view will start 6pm. Mark joins me Ollie Smith and we discuss one of his new paintings that he finished for the exhibition at Centrespace Gallery.

We have a discussion on art NFTs and how I bit the bullet and went ahead and published my first time based NFT titled 'Thinking on Thinking #1'. We managed to get through the conversation without Mark's head imploding and I find that I'm beginning to sound like an advocate of the crypto based, digital art craze. Both Mark and myself agreed that time based NFT art had more to offer than an 8 bit gr...

Sitting down with artist Mark Elloitt Smith to discuss his latest painting 'The Fixed But Fluid Pattern Of Absolute Suggestion'. I've been working alongside Mark for about 10 years and it wasn't until the first Covid lockdown in 2020 that we first started talking about our art practices and how we could start to work together to create more opportunities. I came up with the idea of an artist colle...

After a long break in recording podcasts (almost 1yr), due to the global pandemic, lockdowns and exhibitions we are back with a casual discussion on everything Living Too Late. I have a chat with Mark Smith, he is my studio mate, friend and fellow Living Too Late artist, we talk about our previous exhibition, titled Reap Bliss Speeds and what it meant to us. We talk a little bit about our history...

Another Living Too Late artist interview by Ollie Smith, I get to chat with the very talented artist Melanie Berman.  Her work is characterised by luscious use of colour and bold shapes set against a either large brush marks or flat surfaces, forming multi layered abstract landscapes of time. Within these forms she explores connotations of home, identity, rural land and th...

We got together via phone call and Zoom to discuss the recent Damien Hirst Q&A on his Instagram channel. Well, to be honest we were more interested in discussing Covid19 lockdown and capitalism... We eventually got onto Mr Hirst's Q&A and found that we couldn't ignore the fact that it was a bit of a conundrum coming to terms with one of the world's wealthiest living artists today and the n...

We find out about the British artist Rachel Camilleri and her studio practice, what makes her motivated and how she is coping with the "lockdown" situation. I was impressed with how Rachel Camilleri has taken to social media marketing and used it to super-charge her professional studio practice, it seems that there is not much that is going to be able to hold her back, even the kids, sorry kids (s...

We learn about Mark Elliott Smith's studio practice and what make him tick. I discover a new method of engaging with my subjects using the "Desert Island Discs" approach which peels away a few more layers to reveal the true character... Mark's choices really make sense if you look at his amazing paintings, listen till the end to find out what his "Desert Island White Cube" will look like. Thanks f...

I interview artist MIchael Falzoni and discover he's always been a bit of an outsider... We called those people hippies back in the day. We learn about what India means to him and how art college probably saved his life (I'm exaggerating but it might not be too far from the truth). Thanks for listening and check out Michaels work over on livingtoolate.co.uk Also contact me if you want to take part...

There are many other films but these are my first 3 films that I feel every artist should watch. Of course there are artist that are just not into films but who cares about those type anyway they are obviously rubbish! (lol... there is a chance that some people have an equally poor sense of humour and need to be explained that I'm not serious). There will be many more films to come and film histor...

First off, my apologies for poor audio recorded from Zoom, it really is shocking that a free service can be so bad at this...  We are back talking about surviving as artists during the UK lockdown, while we touch base with one another we are here to talk about whether we as artists are in fact ever satisfied with our art. Thanks for listening and I promise this will get better and more intere...

What do artist do when they can't get to their studios whilst in a pandemic lock down. It's not terribly exciting or entertaining but it is what it is. Living Too Late is now a slightly more motivated group of artists working together to win at being full time artists.