S1 E8: Sara Pope – Taking inspiration from a career in the fashion industry to become a successful (self taught) artist.

Jo welcomes the incredible artist, Sara Pope, to the Good Girls Eat Dinner podcast.Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from a successful career in the fashion industry as a shoe designer for brands such as Paul Smith, and also her work in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the sensuality and seductive power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Interested in questions of beauty, communication, and the notion of perfection, Sara uses the perspective of her commercial experience to explore these themes.Sara is the first British female artist in over 70 years to have a piece of work accepted into the Vatican collection.Topics covered:- Creativity and its impact on anxiety and isolation.- Art and connection.- Why lips?- Having a portrait of the Pope hanging in the Vatican collection.- Being a self-taught, successful artist. Yes self-taught!- From studying math, to shoe design, to now.- Inspiration and naming pieces of art.- Being commissioned by the English National Opera.- Will lips ever go out of fashion?- Icons, Marylin Monroe, that dress, and Kim Kardashian.- The 3 people Sara would choose to have dinner with.- Sara’s Doggy Bag of Advice, including. Sara’s website: https://sarapopeart.com/Send us Fan MailFind out more about Good Girls Eat Dinner: http://www.goodgirlseatdinner.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgirlseatdinner/Get in touch: [email protected], Jo Wallace: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wallacejo/Thank you for listening!Please like, follow, and / or share with your friends, family and dinner dates.