Considering Art Podcast – Emma Richardson, painting psychological landscapes

Emma Richardson paints large-scale abstract works full of emotion and drama. In this episode, she talks about balancing art with music, co-founding the rock group Band of Skulls while at art school, why she left it to concentrate on an art career, how her art took an abstract direction that was refined by a TURPS course, how she came to join the American band Pixies, how she expresses raw emotions such as desire, sexuality and transcendent experiences and the process with which she paints them. Emma Richardson talking with Bob Chaundy Accompanying images on consideringart.com Screenshot " data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/seductress.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/seductress.jpg?w=800" alt="Abstract painting featuring swirling colors in blues, pinks, and hints of yellow, creating an atmospheric and vibrant composition." class="wp-image-12690" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/seductress.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/seductress.jpg?w=150 150w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/seductress.jpg?w=300 300w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/seductress.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> Seductress <img loading="lazy" width="800" height="905" data-attachment-id="12692" data-permalink="https://consideringart.com/2026/09/21/considering-art-podcast-emma-richardson-painting-psychological-landscapes/warm-flood-2025-oil-on-canvas-162-5x180cm-emma-richardson-lores/" data-orig-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/warm-flood-2025-oil-on-canvas-162.5x180cm-emma-richardson-lores.jpg" data-orig-size="800,905" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Rob Luckins","camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":"1755450105","copyright":"Rob Luckins","focal_length":"48","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.008","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Warm Flood, 2025, oil on canvas, 162.5x180cm, Emma Richardson, LoRes" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/warm-flood-2025-oil-on-canvas-162.5x180cm-emma-richardson-lores.jpg?w=736" src="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/warm-flood-2025-oil-on-canvas-162.5x180cm-emma-richardson-lores.jpg?w=800" alt="An abstract painting featuring warm hues of orange, yellow, and blue with fluid shapes and brush strokes." class="wp-image-12692" srcset="https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/warm-flood-2025-oil-on-canvas-162.5x180cm-emma-richardson-lores.jpg 800w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/warm-flood-2025-oil-on-canvas-162.5x180cm-emma-richardson-lores.jpg?w=133 133w, https://consideringart.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/warm-flood-2025-oil-on-