What happens before the brush meets the canvas? What stories lie hidden beneath the final layer of paint?
Welcome to ArtTox: Behind the Scenes, the space where art isn’t just shown—it’s uncovered. I'm your host, Shahina Jaffer and co-host Kiah Burgess, and in this episode, we step away from finished pieces and gallery walls to step into the heart of the creative process.
Today, I'm delighted to be joined by two incredible artists to pull back the curtain on their studios. We have Galina Hristova, a London-based artist specialising in drawing, painting, and performance art, and Andrew Sales, a painter whose work delves deep into iconography and philosophy.
Together, we’ll explore the moments no one usually sees: the thoughts and doubts they navigate, the personal symbols like snakes and foxes they embed, and the raw, emotional journey of bringing something new into the world.
This is a deep dive into the challenges of creation, the tension between making art for its own sake and how it’s perceived, and the profound questions of identity that every artist confronts. From the first spark of an idea to the final, difficult decision to call a piece complete, we’re going behind the canvas to discover where the real action happens.
Because every piece of art you see is just the final page of a much longer story. Let’s begin.
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