Etc. Artist Talk: Meg Buick

In this artist's talk, recorded from a live Zoom on the 25th October 2024, I spoke to artist Meg Buick about the role that drawing plays in her work. This talk formed part of our Autumn 'Graphite' term, where we are focusing on artists who work in different graphite media and is the second of a 9-part series running over the year ahead.

• You can follow Meg's on Instagram HERE

• You can find Meg's website HERE

• Yuo can find Meg's Patreon HERE

About
Meg is a Scottish-based printmaker and painter whose work explores representations of the natural world. For Meg, printmaking and painting are not separate, but two interconnected forms of image-making that inform each other. Both disciplines are deeply rooted in a daily practice of drawing from life.  Through motifs of landscape and the animal/human form, and landscapes which are at once real and imagined,  her work explores collective memory and subconscious. Her paintings are informed from drawings made from life, dreams, and a deep connection with the timeless human act of painting. Stylistic references include ancient frescos, prehistoric cave art, paintings from the early Italian Gothic and Renaissance eras, folk art, and 20th-century European paintings.

Meg completed a Post-Graduate in Drawing at The Royal Drawing School in 2013. She has also lectured in various art schools and universities including the RWA Drawing School and the University of West England. In 2022 she was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers. Her work has been selected for the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, and most recently for an exhibition at Christies celebrating the legacy of Picasso. She has recently been awarded funding from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust to develop her work in Etching and complete an MA in Contemporary Art Practice at Edinburgh College of Art.

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Upcoming talks

All Draw Patreon followers and supporters will receive links to all of these upcoming talks without needing to sign up - please feel free to share links to the talks as widely as you like. Thank you to our paid supporters who help us to fund the Zoom account and artist's fee for these talks.

• 6th Dec '24 / 7-8pm / Sena Adjovi (Graphite term)

• 17th Jan '25 / 7-8pm / Alvin Kofi (Oil paint term)

• 31st Jan '25 / 7-8pm / Wendy Barratt (Oil paint term)

• 28th Feb '25 / 7-8pm / Laura Smith (Oil paint term)

• 28th March '25 / 7-8pm / Jemma Gunning (Planographic print term)

• 25th April '25 / 7-8pm / Brian Wagner (Planographic print term)

• 23rd May '25 / 7-8pm / Scarlett Rebecca (Planographic print term)

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Past ETC Talks

We have a whole series of 1-hour ETC talks on our YouTube Channel HERE, from our Art/Work series where we explored the working lives and career progressions of 6 very different artists to our broader ETC series of artist interviews. These talks are great if you are looking for a little inspiration, need to hear more about how other artists have navigated a career in the artist or if you want something to listen to while you draw! You can find links below - I've added a few extra notes on the themes to help you pick between them.

2024/25 ETC Artist Talks:

•  Leggy Gordon (Graphite term)

ETC Art/Work series:

• Anita Taylor (Fine art drawing, The trinity Buoy Warf Drawing Prize)

• Peter James Field (Illustration, portrait painting, career transitions)

• Wuon-Gean Ho (Fine art printmaking, artists residencies)

• Chris Riddell (Illustration, includes live drawing!)

• Simon Martin (Director of Pallant House Gallery, curation)

• Eleanor Crook (Sculpture, studying & teaching human anatomy)

ETC Artist talks:

• Chloe Briggs (Drawing)

• Roy Eastland (Drawing)

• Amy Dury (Painting)

• Jeanette Barnes (City sketching)

• Caragh Savage  (Portrait drawing, charcoal & teaching)

• Philip Tyler (Sky Portrait Artist, painting, printmaking & teaching)

• Hattie Malcomson (Painting, printmaking, feminism in art, body taboos)

• This is Where We Meet (art collective, figure painting, exhibiting together)

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If you have suggestions of artists you'd like to here speak next year, let us know in the comments below!

All the best,

Jake