Ann Thomson

Watch an edited version of this conversation (4 mins) on the YouTube channel here  Ann Thomson, one of Australia’s most important artists, might be in her 90th year but she shows no signs of putting down the brush. A powerful collection of works is currently hanging in a solo show at Sydney’s Defiance Gallery and Ann is looking forward to a busy 2024.  A major survey show to be curated by Terence Maloon will open at the S.H.Ervin Gallery in Sydney and travel to Orange Regional Art gallery in country NSW and solo shows at Messums in London and with Stephane Jacob in Paris are also in the calendar. Although Ann resists the label ‘abstract artist’, it’s her masterful use of colour and her superb mark making that will most likely catch your attention – those luscious brushstrokes and drips. But subjects often emerge; a landscape, tribal elements, creatures of the ocean. You’ll also see collaged passages. Ann is well known for using a textured ‘tarred paper’ which was used by builders. Although it’s in scarce supply (she believes she has bought up all remaining rolls in existence!) she doesn’t treat the material as a precious commodity. If you look closely at ‘Calypso’ for example, you’ll see the section of collaged paper is splattered with drips of paint. That’s because it had previously been lying on the floor of Ann’s studio like a drop sheet. She later pasted the paper onto the canvas where it exists surrounded by bright colours, its own history intact. It was wonderful to catch up with Ann to hear her thoughts on creativity and studio life. She has been a guest on the podcast twice previously – in 2018 talking about her life and art and in 2020 talking about her memories of meeting Ian Fairweather (links below). Ann is represented by Defiance Gallery in Sydney, Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane, Charles Nodrum Gallery in Melbourne, Messums in London and Stephane Jacob in Paris. To hear our conversation press ‘play’ beneath the above photo and scroll down for images of selected works included in the show. Latest Talking with Painters YouTube videos  Matthew Clarke Daniel Boyd Ruth Levine and Robyn Kinsela Ann Thomson  Other links  2018 Podcast conversation with Ann Thomson 2018 YouTube video in Ann Thomson’s studio Podcast conversation with Ann Thomson on Ian Fairweather Podcast conversation with Claire Roberts on Ian Fairweather Ann Thomson’s website Article on Artsy Website: 9 Overlooked Women Artists in Their Nineties    https://youtu.be/qLf00VQ3U6E  Transcending 2018 Acrylic on linen 153 x 122.5 cm  Shield, 2023 acrylic on tarred paper on canvas 120.5 x 81 cm This is one of the two works referred to at about 4mins in the episode.  Calypso, 2013 oil on linen 122 x 122cm

<a href="https://youtu.be/qLf00VQ3U6E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch an edited version of this conversation (4 mins) on the YouTube channel here </a> Ann Thomson, one of Australia’s most important artists, might be in her 90th year but she shows no signs of putting down the brush. A powerful collection of works is currently hanging in a solo show at Sydney’s Defiance Gallery and Ann is looking forward to a busy 2024.  A major survey show to be curated by Terence Maloon will open at the S.H.Ervin Gallery in Sydney and travel to Orange Regional Art gallery in country NSW and solo shows at Messums in London and with Stephane Jacob in Paris are also in the calendar. Although Ann resists the label ‘abstract artist’, it’s her masterful use of colour and her superb mark making that will most likely catch your attention – those luscious brushstrokes and drips. But subjects often emerge; a landscape, tribal elements, creatures of the ocean. You’ll also see collaged passages. Ann is well known for using a textured ‘tarred paper’ which was used by builders. Although it’s in scarce supply (she believes she has bought up all remaining rolls in existence!) she doesn’t treat the material as a precious commodity. If you look closely at ‘Calypso’ for example, you’ll see the section of collaged paper is splattered with drips of paint. That’s because it had previously been lying on the floor of Ann’s studio like a drop sheet. She later pasted the paper onto the canvas where it exists surrounded by bright colours, its own history intact. It was wonderful to catch up with Ann to hear her thoughts on creativity and studio life. She has been a guest on the podcast twice previously – in 2018 talking about her life and art and in 2020 talking about her memories of meeting Ian Fairweather (links below). Ann is represented by Defiance Gallery in Sydney, Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane, Charles Nodrum Gallery in Melbourne, Messums in London and Stephane Jacob in Paris. To hear our conversation press ‘play’ beneath the above photo and scroll down for images of selected works included in the show. <h4>Latest Talking with Painters YouTube videos</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/ZIshw4Hh1xE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matthew Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/IUlMxJOHjSY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/RkZr9gc6esA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruth Levine and Robyn Kinsela</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/qLf00VQ3U6E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ann Thomson</a></li> </ul> <h4>Other links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2018/09/09/ep-54-ann-thomson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2018 Podcast conversation with Ann Thomson</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/ubcRerANudU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2018 YouTube video in Ann Thomson’s studio</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2020/02/23/ep-86-fairweather-part-2-ann-thomson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast conversation with Ann Thomson on Ian Fairweather</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2020/02/22/ep-85-fairweather-part-1-claire-roberts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast conversation with Claire Roberts on Ian Fairweather</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.annthomson.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ann Thomson’s website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-9-overlooked-women-artists-nineties" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Article on Artsy Website: 9 Overlooked Women Artists in Their Nineties</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://youtu.be/qLf00VQ3U6E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qLf00VQ3U6E</a> Transcending 2018 Acrylic on linen 153 x 122.5 cm Shield, 2023 acrylic on tarred paper on canvas 120.5 x 81 cm This is one of the two works referred to at about 4mins in the episode. Calypso, 2013 oil on linen 122 x 122cm

Ep 147: Ann Thomson in her 90th year

Francis Giacco

Watch the edited video version of this podcast episode on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel The exhibition of Francis Giacco’s paintings now showing at Australian Galleries in Sydney has been a long time coming. Covid pushed back the scheduling but it was worth the wait! I met Francis at the gallery and we walked through the exhibition talking about several key works which cross portraiture, still life and landscape. Apart from the Archibald, Francis has won the Percival Portrait Painting prize (and other awards) and has been a People’s Choice winner in the S.H.Ervin’s Salon des Refuses.  Titled ‘Recent works: Pictures at an Exhibition (apologies to Mussorgsky)’, the show is a combination of recent work and major paintings from the 80s and 90s. It includes Francis’ enigmatic multi-figured portrait which won the Archibald prize in 1994. Several other works hanging in this first room were shortlisted in the Archibald and Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.  Influenced by Vermeer and the early Renaissance masters, his work exudes beauty and vitality. He’s a keen observer of the effects of light, whether it’s streaming from behind a still life or fracturing through a bamboo curtain and the way he depicts detail in the illuminated subject often pushes the real into the abstract. Francis (also known as Frank to those who know him) was my first podcast guest and in the past also taught at Julian Ashton Art School where I first met him. Many of his students have gone on to make paintings which have hung in the Archibald prize themselves and I can think of at least three who are finalists in this year’s exhibition.  The exhibition continues at Australian Galleries until 2 July 2023. To hear the episode click on ‘play’ above. Click here to watch the shorter 8 minute video version of this episode. Links  YouTube video of this episode My first podcast interview with Francis in 2016 Francis Giacco at Australian Galleries Francis Giacco on Instagram Francis Giacco on Facebook Johannes Vermeer Subscribe to the TWP newsletter  https://youtu.be/csBvbFfcwUc Homage to John Reichard (1994)egg emulsion on marine plywood, 202cm x 188cmArchibald Prize Winner, 1994Image courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesLee Lin Chin (1993)egg emulsion on marine plywood, 163cm x 127cm, Archibald Prize Finalist, 1993; Doug Moran Finalist, 1995.Image courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesWhite widow 1999-2000egg emulsion on marine plywood, 132cm x 119cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesThe piano 1984oil on canvas, 96cm x 89cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesJenny’s garden #25 – the altar 2020-23oil on marine plywood, 122cm x 128.5cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesJenny’s garden #20 – commotion 2020-23oil on marine plywood, 43cm x 88cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesBalthus’ cats 2020-23oil on marine plywood, 122cm x 126cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesThe audition 1990egg emulsion and oil on marine plywood, 60cm x 60cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesBondi Pavilion 1988oil on canvas, 76cm x 61cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesSelf portrait #3 – after Rembrandt c. 1980oil on canvas, 31cm x 27cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian GalleriesRushcutters Park – bushfire smoke c. 1990oil on canvas on board, 39cm x 35cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries

<a href="https://youtu.be/csBvbFfcwUc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch the edited video version of this podcast episode on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel</a> <h4>The exhibition of Francis Giacco’s paintings now showing at Australian Galleries in Sydney has been a long time coming. Covid pushed back the scheduling but it was worth the wait!</h4> I met Francis at the gallery and we walked through the exhibition talking about several key works which cross portraiture, still life and landscape. Apart from the Archibald, Francis has won the Percival Portrait Painting prize (and other awards) and has been a People’s Choice winner in the S.H.Ervin’s Salon des Refuses.  Titled ‘Recent works: Pictures at an Exhibition (apologies to Mussorgsky)’, the show is a combination of recent work and major paintings from the 80s and 90s. It includes Francis’ enigmatic multi-figured portrait which won the Archibald prize in 1994. Several other works hanging in this first room were shortlisted in the Archibald and Doug Moran National Portrait Prize.  Influenced by Vermeer and the early Renaissance masters, his work exudes beauty and vitality. He’s a keen observer of the effects of light, whether it’s streaming from behind a still life or fracturing through a bamboo curtain and the way he depicts detail in the illuminated subject often pushes the real into the abstract. Francis (also known as Frank to those who know him) was <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2016/06/17/francis-giacco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my first podcast guest</a> and in the past also taught at Julian Ashton Art School where I first met him. Many of his students have gone on to make paintings which have hung in the Archibald prize themselves and I can think of at least three who are finalists in this year’s exhibition.  The exhibition continues at <a href="https://australiangalleries.com.au/exhibitions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Australian Galleries</a> until 2 July 2023. To hear the episode click on ‘play’ above. Click here to watch the shorter 8 minute video version of this episode. <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/csBvbFfcwUc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube video of this episode</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2016/06/17/francis-giacco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My first podcast interview with Francis in 2016</a></li> <li><a href="https://australiangalleries.com.au/artists/francis-giacco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Francis Giacco at Australian Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/francis_john_giacco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Francis Giacco on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/frank.giacco.3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Francis Giacco on Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Vermeer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johannes Vermeer</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsletter-signup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the TWP newsletter</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://youtu.be/csBvbFfcwUc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/csBvbFfcwUc</a> Homage to John Reichard (1994) egg emulsion on marine plywood, 202cm x 188cm Archibald Prize Winner, 1994 Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries Lee Lin Chin (1993) egg emulsion on marine plywood, 163cm x 127cm, Archibald Prize Finalist, 1993; Doug Moran Finalist, 1995. Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries White widow 1999-2000 egg emulsion on marine plywood, 132cm x 119cm Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries The piano 1984 oil on canvas, 96cm x 89cm Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries Jenny’s garden #25 – the altar 2020-23 oil on marine plywood, 122cm x 128.5cm Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries Jenny’s garden #20 – commotion 2020-23 oil on marine plywood, 43cm x 88cm Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries Balthus’ cats 2020-23 oil on marine plywood, 122cm x 126cm Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries The audition 1990 egg emulsion and oil on marine plywood, 60cm x 60cmImage courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries Bondi Pavilion 1988 oil on canvas, 76cm x 61cm Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries Self portrait #3 – after Rembrandt c. 1980 oil on canvas, 31cm x 27cm Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries Rushcutters Park – bushfire smoke c. 1990 oil on canvas on board, 39cm x 35cm Image courtesy of the artist and Australian Galleries

Ep 146: Francis Giacco at his Australian Galleries exhibition

In the final episode of the series ‘When I won that art prize’ we go back to 2021 when a 27 year old Georgia Spain won the Sir John Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, the first time she had entered the prize.  In the same week she was announced the winner of the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania. These announcements were made less than 12 months after she was one of 5 artists to receive the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art scholarship.  Georgia’s recent work is currently hanging in the exhibition ‘Once more with feeling’ showing at Ngununggula, in the southern highlands of NSW. See below for links to Instagram videos about that exhibition. To hear this episode click on ‘play’ beneath the above photo. Links  Full Georgia Spain interview  Georgia Spain’s acceptance speech for the Sulman Prize at the AGNSW Episode 115 – ‘The Archibald Winners’ Sam Leach YouTube video (Part 1) Sam Leach YouTube video (Part 2) Tickets for Del Kathryn Barton live interview at the AGNSW ‘Artists in Conversation’ Subscribe to the TWP newsletter ‘Once More with Feeling’ at Ngununggula, Southern Highlands, 3 June – 13 August Instagram video – Megan Monte talks about ‘Once more with feeling’ Instagram video –  Maria Stoljar at Ngununggula Karen Black Ben Quilty  Solo exhibition by Francis Giacco at Australian Galleries, 15 June to 2 July 2023  ‘Getting down or falling up’, acrylic on canvas, 180.6 x 187.5 cm Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize, 2021 https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs73wXShsoy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs94XEbhR5e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

<h4>In the final episode of the series ‘When I won that art prize’ we go back to 2021 when a 27 year old Georgia Spain won the Sir John Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW, the first time she had entered the prize. </h4> In the same week she was announced the winner of the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania. These announcements were made less than 12 months after she was one of 5 artists to receive the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art scholarship. Georgia’s recent work is currently hanging in the exhibition ‘Once more with feeling’ showing at Ngununggula, in the southern highlands of NSW. See below for links to Instagram videos about that exhibition. To hear this episode click on ‘play’ beneath the above photo. <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2021/08/03/ep-113-georgia-spain/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Georgia Spain interview </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPrxaafj1zK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Georgia Spain’s acceptance speech for the Sulman Prize at the AGNSW</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2021/09/20/ep-115-the-archibald-winners/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 115 – ‘The Archibald Winners’</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/li3tAUhvrHY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Leach YouTube video (Part 1)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8bZlog0heM&amp;t=44s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Leach YouTube video (Part 2)</a></li> <li><a href="https://tickets.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/events/01878d81-380c-8c99-d43a-03de969c6863?tg=01878d81-3810-15b0-1fe6-d6d8a26b59ef" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tickets for Del Kathryn Barton live interview at the AGNSW ‘Artists in Conversation’</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsletter-signup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the TWP newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="https://ngununggula.com/program/once-more-with-feeling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Once More with Feeling’ at Ngununggula, Southern Highlands</a>, 3 June – 13 August</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs94XEbhR5e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram video – Megan Monte talks about ‘Once more with feeling’</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs73wXShsoy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram video –  Maria Stoljar at Ngununggula</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.karenblack.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karen Black</a></li> <li><a href="https://benquilty.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Quilty </a></li> <li><a href="https://australiangalleries.com.au/exhibitions/giacco-rs23-recent-work-pictures-at-an-exhibition-appologies-to-mussorgsky-with-selected-works-from-the-80s-and-90s/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solo exhibition by Francis Giacco at Australian Galleries, 15 June to 2 July 2023</a></li> </ul> ‘Getting down or falling up’, acrylic on canvas, 180.6 x 187.5 cm Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize, 2021 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs73wXShsoy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs73wXShsoy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs94XEbhR5e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cs94XEbhR5e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</a>

When I won that art prize (part 4) – Georgia Spain

Megan Seres

In this episode I’m taking you back to my interview with Megan Seres who won the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize in 2016.  Megan received the $150,000 in prize money for her stunning painting, ‘Scarlett as Colonial girl’, which depicted her daughter in 19th century dress against a golden landscape. Megan hadn’t planned on entering the competition, but was persuaded by a friend. When she heard her name announced as the winner, she was completely shocked. To hear the episode press play beneath the above photo. Central photo of Megan Seres supplied by the artist  Links  Megan Seres full Talking with Painters interview (ep 41) ‘The Archibald Winners’ (ep 115) Talking with Painters YouTube channel My YouTube video of Megan in her studio (2018) My 15 second video of the painting hanging in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize exhibition in 2016 Megan Seres’ website   ‘Scarlett as colonial girl’, 2016, winner of the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2016

<h4>In this episode I’m taking you back to my interview with Megan Seres who won the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize in 2016. </h4> Megan received the $150,000 in prize money for her stunning painting, ‘Scarlett as Colonial girl’, which depicted her daughter in 19th century dress against a golden landscape. Megan hadn’t planned on entering the competition, but was persuaded by a friend. When she heard her name announced as the winner, she was completely shocked. To hear the episode press play beneath the above photo. Central photo of Megan Seres supplied by the artist  <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2018/02/26/megan-seres/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Megan Seres full Talking with Painters interview (ep 41)</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2021/09/20/ep-115-the-archibald-winners/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘The Archibald Winners’ (ep 115)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrThrSazf3NYKK4ybC8CTjw?view_as=subscriber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking with Painters YouTube channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khunw7NjiLE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My YouTube video of Megan in her studio (2018)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjFciMAnB8I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My 15 second video of the painting hanging in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize exhibition in 2016</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.meganseres-art.gallery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Megan Seres’ website</a></li> </ul> ‘Scarlett as colonial girl’, 2016, winner of the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2016

When I won that art prize (part 3) – Megan Seres

Julia Gutman

Australia’s most famous art prize was awarded yesterday at the Art Gallery of NSW together with the Wynne and Sulman prizes. The $100,000 prize went to a shocked but happy 29 year old Julia Gutman for her fabulous portrait of singer/songwriter Montaigne. It’s titled ‘Head in the sky feet on the ground’, a beautiful mixed media work consisting of oils, found textiles and embroidery. I had a chance to talk with her shortly after the announcement and I’m bringing you today that conversation together with her acceptance speech. The Wynne prize for landscape painting or figure sculpture went to Zaachariaha Fielding for his painting ‘Inma’. Zaachariaha is primarily a singer, the lead vocalist of the band Electric Fields, and sings in Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara and English. Together with producer Michael Ross they have received 22 awards over the past 6 years for his music. In the winning work Zaachariaha aimed to visually depict sound, specifically the sounds of Mimili, a small community in the eastern part of the APY lands in South Australia and thrilled everyone at the announcement by singing with a few friends saying ‘this is what the canvas sounds like’ (see below for a link to a short video).  The Sulman Prize for genre painting which was judged by the artist Nell and went to Doris Bush Nangarrayi for her work ‘Mamunya ngalyananyi (Monster coming)’ which depicts several Mamus the ominous and malevolent spirits that terrify Anangu. These figures are typically seen to have large haunting eyes with straight hair standing upright and can shapeshift into many different forms, including the human figure. Doris lives in Papunya in the Northern Territory and paints vivid memories stories and dreams from her life.  See below for images of all winning works. Links  Julia Gutman’s website Video of Zaachariaha Fielding  https://youtu.be/GIF0LOntO2o https://youtu.be/eaTKIf6fBT4   Winner Archibald Prize 2023, Julia Gutman ‘Head in the sky, feet on the ground’, oil, found textiles and embroidery on canvas, 198 x 213.6 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter  Winner Wynne Prize 2023, Zaachariaha Fielding ‘Inma’, acrylic on linen, 306.2 x 198.5 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter  Winner Sulman Prize 2023, Doris Bush Nungarrayi ‘Mamunya ngalyananyi (Monster coming)’, acrylic on linen, 198 x 273.5 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter

<h4>Australia’s most famous art prize was awarded yesterday at the Art Gallery of NSW together with the Wynne and Sulman prizes.</h4> The $100,000 prize went to a shocked but happy 29 year old Julia Gutman for her fabulous portrait of singer/songwriter Montaigne. It’s titled ‘Head in the sky feet on the ground’, a beautiful mixed media work consisting of oils, found textiles and embroidery. I had a chance to talk with her shortly after the announcement and I’m bringing you today that conversation together with her acceptance speech. The Wynne prize for landscape painting or figure sculpture went to Zaachariaha Fielding for his painting ‘Inma’. Zaachariaha is primarily a singer, the lead vocalist of the band Electric Fields, and sings in Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara and English. Together with producer Michael Ross they have received 22 awards over the past 6 years for his music. In the winning work Zaachariaha aimed to visually depict sound, specifically the sounds of Mimili, a small community in the eastern part of the APY lands in South Australia and thrilled everyone at the announcement by singing with a few friends saying ‘this is what the canvas sounds like’ (see below for a link to a short video).  The Sulman Prize for genre painting which was judged by the artist Nell and went to Doris Bush Nangarrayi for her work ‘Mamunya ngalyananyi (Monster coming)’ which depicts several Mamus the ominous and malevolent spirits that terrify Anangu. These figures are typically seen to have large haunting eyes with straight hair standing upright and can shapeshift into many different forms, including the human figure. Doris lives in Papunya in the Northern Territory and paints vivid memories stories and dreams from her life. See below for images of all winning works. <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.juliagutman.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julia Gutman’s website</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/eaTKIf6fBT4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Video of Zaachariaha Fielding</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://youtu.be/GIF0LOntO2o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/GIF0LOntO2o</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/eaTKIf6fBT4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/eaTKIf6fBT4</a> Winner Archibald Prize 2023, Julia Gutman ‘Head in the sky, feet on the ground’, oil, found textiles and embroidery on canvas, 198 x 213.6 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter Winner Wynne Prize 2023, Zaachariaha Fielding ‘Inma’, acrylic on linen, 306.2 x 198.5 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter Winner Sulman Prize 2023, Doris Bush Nungarrayi ‘Mamunya ngalyananyi (Monster coming)’, acrylic on linen, 198 x 273.5 cm © the artist, image © Art Gallery of New South Wales, Jenni Carter

Archibald winner Julia Gutman

James Drinkwater

In part 2 of the series ‘When I won that art prize’ we go back to episode 29 when James Drinkwater recalled winning the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2014.   The award included a three month residency in Paris at the Cité Internationale des arts, a dream come true for any young painter. However, when he and his young family set off for France, not everything went according to plan. Upcoming show  Solo show at Edwina Corlette, ‘You could just make a painting and write it all in there – new paintings from the slip room’, 3 – 23 May, 2023  Links  Episode 29, James Drinkwater on Talking with Painters Episode 115, The Archibald Winners YouTube video of interview with Packing Room prize winner Andrea Huelin James Drinkwater on Instagram James Drinkwater at Nanda\Hobbs James Drinkwater at Edwina Collette James Drinkwater at Nicholas Thompson Gallery Lottie Consalvo   Photo of James Drinkwater by Maria Stoljar (2017)  ‘Encrusting the marvellous heart’, diptych, 2015, oil and collage on hardboard, 180 x 244cm Finalist Wynne Prize 2015

<h4>In part 2 of the series ‘When I won that art prize’ we go back to episode 29 when James Drinkwater recalled winning the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2014.  </h4> The award included a three month residency in Paris at the Cité Internationale des arts, a dream come true for any young painter. However, when he and his young family set off for France, not everything went according to plan. <h4>Upcoming show</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://edwinacorlette.com/exhibitions/76785_james-drinkwater-you-could-just-make-a-painting-and-write-it-all-in-there-new-paintings-from-the-slip-room" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solo show at Edwina Corlette</a>, ‘You could just make a painting and write it all in there – new paintings from the slip room’, 3 – 23 May, 2023</li> </ul> <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/08/21/ep-29-james-drinkwater/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 29, James Drinkwater on Talking with Painters</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2021/09/20/ep-115-the-archibald-winners/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 115, The Archibald Winners</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG9LLm4reZ0&amp;t=7s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube video of interview with Packing Room prize winner Andrea Huelin</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/drink_water_james/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Drinkwater on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://nandahobbs.com/artist/james-drinkwater" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Drinkwater at Nanda\Hobbs</a></li> <li><a href="https://edwinacorlette.com/artists/james-drinkwater" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Drinkwater at Edwina Collette</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nicholasthompsongallery.com.au/artists/james-drinkwater/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Drinkwater at Nicholas Thompson Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.lottieconsalvo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lottie Consalvo </a></li> </ul> Photo of James Drinkwater by Maria Stoljar (2017) ‘Encrusting the marvellous heart’, diptych, 2015, oil and collage on hardboard, 180 x 244cm Finalist Wynne Prize 2015

When I won that art prize (part 2)- James Drinkwater

Prudence Flint

Golden moments from the archives! While I’m busy updating my YouTube channel and taking a break from new interviews, I’m thrilled to bring you a new series featuring clips from past podcast guests. In my first series ‘When I won that art prize’ I look back at conversations I’ve had with painters about their experiences with winning awards. Although there are plenty of upsides (the prize money being one of the main ones) it’s not always a positive experience! In 2017 (ep 35), I chatted with the fabulous Prudence Flint. No stranger to art prizes, she has won the Portia Geach Memorial Award, the Len Fox Painting Award and has been shortlisted in the Archibald seven times. But when I asked her what it was like winning the Doug Moran National Portrait prize in 2004, with prize money of $100,000, her response was not what you might expect. Links  Full TWP Prudence Flint interview – episode 35 Prudence Flint website Prudence Flint on Instagram Prudence Flint’s studio on TWP YouTube channel Talking with Painters YouTube channel The Good Oil Podcast with Graeme Douglas Subscribe to the Talking with Painters newsletter   ‘A Fine Romance #9’, 2004, oil on linen, 117 x 82cm Winner of Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2004  ‘Baby’, 2015,  oil on linen, 105 x 90.5cm Finalist in Archibald Portrait Prize 2015

<h4>Golden moments from the archives! While I’m busy updating my YouTube channel and taking a break from new interviews, I’m thrilled to bring you a new series featuring clips from past podcast guests.</h4> In my first series ‘When I won that art prize’ I look back at conversations I’ve had with painters about their experiences with winning awards. Although there are plenty of upsides (the prize money being one of the main ones) it’s not always a positive experience! In 2017 (ep 35), I chatted with the fabulous Prudence Flint. No stranger to art prizes, she has won the Portia Geach Memorial Award, the Len Fox Painting Award and has been shortlisted in the Archibald seven times. But when I asked her what it was like winning the Doug Moran National Portrait prize in 2004, with prize money of $100,000, her response was not what you might expect. <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/11/12/ep-35-prudence-flint/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full TWP Prudence Flint interview – episode 35</a></li> <li><a href="https://prudenceflint.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prudence Flint website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/prudenceflint/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prudence Flint on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOTbvBR1fCM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prudence Flint’s studio on TWP YouTube channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingwithPaintersthepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking with Painters YouTube channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-good-oil/id1678059340" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Good Oil Podcast with Graeme Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsletter-signup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the Talking with Painters newsletter</a></li> </ul> ‘A Fine Romance #9’, 2004, oil on linen, 117 x 82cm Winner of Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2004 ‘Baby’, 2015,  oil on linen, 105 x 90.5cm Finalist in Archibald Portrait Prize 2015

When I won that art prize (part 1) – Prudence Flint

Idris Murphy

Last Thursday I was thrilled to speak with Idris Murphy, leading contemporary artist and a previous podcast guest, in front of a live audience at the S.H.Ervin Gallery in Sydney. It’s where the survey exhibition of his work, ‘Idris Murphy: Backblocks’ is now showing and continues until 26 March 2023. Curated by Terence Maloon, it features breathtaking work predominantly from the last two decades. Paintings which shimmer, glow, and transport the viewer.  Idris talked with me about his career including the stories behind several works, the influence indigenous culture has had on his approach and how he works in the studio. Although this exhibition is impressive in its quality and depth, this isn’t the first survey show of Idris’s work. The exhibition ‘I and Thou’ in 2009/2010 had highlighted the preceding 30 years of work.  He has exhibited in over 40 solo shows over the years with work in major public collections including  the National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of NSW. Thanks to everyone who came along!  I also filmed our conversation and will be uploading an edited version of this chat to the TWP YouTube channel in the coming months. Idris is represented by King Street Gallery in Sydney. Photo of Idris Murphy in his studio (2022) by Maria Stoljar  Current exhibition ‘Idris Murphy: Backblocks’, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, until 26 March 2023 Links  Idris Murphy’s website Idris Murphy at King Street Gallery Previous podcast interview with Idris Murphy: Episode 131 Henri Matisse Clip of the American writer I refer to in the episode at about 6:40 – Etel Adnan – on beauty  Susan Sontag – ‘On Photography’ Jeanette Winterson Annie Dillard Rose Wylie John Berger  The quote we refer to is from his book ‘and our faces, my heart, as brief as photos’ Bono – ‘Surrender’ Nick Cave Badger Bates Tickets to Artist Talk with Nick Stathopoulos at AGNSW Subscribe to the TWP monthly newsletter    Installation photo – S.H.Ervin Gallery (see below for individual works)  ‘Somewhere in France 1’, 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm ANU Art Collection  ‘Somewhere in France 2’, 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm ANU Art Collection  ‘Somewhere in France 3’, 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm ANU Art Collection  ‘Half Moon at the New’, 2015, acrylic on aluminium, 153 x 153cm Courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery  ‘Weipa Harbour Storm’, 2005, acrylic and collage on board, 120 x 120cm  ‘Low tide Boodery National Park’, 2015, acrylic and collage on board, 150 x 150cm Private collection

<h4>Last Thursday I was thrilled to speak with Idris Murphy, leading contemporary artist and a <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2022/08/25/ep-131-idris-murphy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previous podcast guest</a>, in front of a live audience at the S.H.Ervin Gallery in Sydney.</h4> It’s where the survey exhibition of his work, ‘Idris Murphy: Backblocks’ is now showing and continues until 26 March 2023. Curated by Terence Maloon, it features breathtaking work predominantly from the last two decades. Paintings which shimmer, glow, and transport the viewer.  Idris talked with me about his career including the stories behind several works, the influence indigenous culture has had on his approach and how he works in the studio. Although this exhibition is impressive in its quality and depth, this isn’t the first survey show of Idris’s work. The exhibition ‘I and Thou’ in 2009/2010 had highlighted the preceding 30 years of work. He has exhibited in over 40 solo shows over the years with work in major public collections including  the National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of NSW. Thanks to everyone who came along!  I also filmed our conversation and will be uploading an edited version of this chat to the TWP YouTube channel in the coming months. Idris is represented by King Street Gallery in Sydney. Photo of Idris Murphy in his studio (2022) by Maria Stoljar  <h4>Current exhibition</h4> <a href="https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/idris-murphy-backblocks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Idris Murphy: Backblocks’, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney, until 26 March 2023</a> <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.idrismurphy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Idris Murphy’s website</a></li> <li><a href="https://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/idris-murphy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Idris Murphy at King Street Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2022/08/25/ep-131-idris-murphy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Previous podcast interview with Idris Murphy: Episode 131</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Matisse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Henri Matisse</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpCxPKNoP9-/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clip of the American writer I refer to in the episode at about 6:40 – Etel Adnan – on beauty </a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Photography" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Susan Sontag – ‘On Photography’</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_Winterson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeanette Winterson</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Dillard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Annie Dillard</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Wylie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rose Wylie</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Berger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Berger</a>  The quote we refer to is from his book ‘and our faces, my heart, as brief as photos’</li> <li><a href="https://surrendermemoir.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bono – ‘Surrender’</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nickcave.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Cave</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/education/resources-educators/resources-educators-themed/world-environment-day/badger-bates/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Badger Bates</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/events/artists-in-conversation-nick-stathopoulos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tickets to Artist Talk with Nick Stathopoulos at AGNSW</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsletter-signup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the TWP monthly newsletter </a></li> </ul> Installation photo – S.H.Ervin Gallery (see below for individual works) ‘Somewhere in France 1’, 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm ANU Art Collection ‘Somewhere in France 2’, 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm ANU Art Collection ‘Somewhere in France 3’, 2017, acrylic and collage on aluminium, 151 x 141cm ANU Art Collection ‘Half Moon at the New’, 2015, acrylic on aluminium, 153 x 153cm Courtesy of the artist and King Street Gallery ‘Weipa Harbour Storm’, 2005, acrylic and collage on board, 120 x 120cm ‘Low tide Boodery National Park’, 2015, acrylic and collage on board, 150 x 150cm Private collection

Ep  140: Idris Murphy: Backblocks (live at the S.H.Ervin Gallery)

Yvette Coppersmith

For those of you interested in portraiture in Australia, Yvette Coppersmith needs no introduction.   She has painted dozens of portraits, including a collection of fascinating self-portraits, and is regularly shortlisted in the country’s most competitive portrait awards. In 2018 she was awarded the one that would place her in Australian art history – the Archibald Prize. What has captured my attention more recently, though, are Yvette’s abstract works, particularly a body of work I saw in her exhibition ‘Presage’ at Sullivan + Strumpf in Sydney last year. They were thickly textured, swirling abstractions and how she came to create that show is as interesting as the paintings themselves. Yvette has been painting for over 20 years and her work is held in many public and private collections. In addition to winning the Archibald Prize, she has won the Metro 5 Art Award and has been a finalist multiple times in nearly every prestigious portrait prize in Australia, including the Doug Moran, Portia Geach, and Darling Portrait prizes. In this episode we follow her career from her early photorealistic works to her present-day experimentation with paint and genre, encompassing still lifes and interiors along the way. To hear the conversation click ‘play’ below the above photo. See below for images of the works we talk about in the show. Photograph of Yvette Coppersmith by Mel Savage Links  Yvette Coppersmith’s website Yvette Coppersmith on Instagram Yvette Coppersmith at Sullivan + Strumpf ‘Presage’ exhibition at Sullivan + Strumpf Roger Kemp 2019/20 retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria Talking with Painters YouTube channel Sign up to the Talking with Painters newsletter   ‘Self-portrait after George Lambert’, oil and acrylic on linen, 122 x 101.5cm, 2018 Winner Archibald Prize 2018  ‘Nude Self-portrait after Rah Fizelle’, oil on linen, 91.5 x 66cm, 2016 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, 2016  ‘John Safran’, oil on plywood, 120cm x 90cm, 2009 Archibald Prize finalist 2009  ‘John Safran’, oil on plywood, 120cm x 90cm, 2009 Archibald Prize finalist 2009  ‘In the Garland, portrait of Paul Capsis’, oil on linen, 22.5 x 111.5cm, 2007 Finalist, Archibald Prize, 2008  ‘Untitled Movement (Scarlet Lake)’, oil on jute, 76.5 x 61cm, 2022 Photo: Matthew Stanton    ‘Untitled Movement (Triptych)’, oil on jute, 3 x 122.5cm x 91.5cm Photo: Simon Hewson  ‘Arrangement with Grey and Yellow’, oil on linen 61cm x 46cm , 2014  ‘Geranium and Succulents’, oil on linen, 80cm x 59.5cm, 2015  Posthumous Portrait of Edith Morris, oil on linen, 86.5cm x 63.5cm, 2020 Photo: Matthew Stanton Collection of Melbourne Girls Grammar School

<h4>For those of you interested in portraiture in Australia, Yvette Coppersmith needs no introduction.  </h4> She has painted dozens of portraits, including a collection of fascinating self-portraits, and is regularly shortlisted in the country’s most competitive portrait awards. In 2018 she was awarded the one that would place her in Australian art history – the Archibald Prize. What has captured my attention more recently, though, are Yvette’s abstract works, particularly a body of work I saw in her exhibition ‘Presage’ at Sullivan + Strumpf in Sydney last year. They were thickly textured, swirling abstractions and how she came to create that show is as interesting as the paintings themselves. Yvette has been painting for over 20 years and her work is held in many public and private collections. In addition to winning the Archibald Prize, she has won the Metro 5 Art Award and has been a finalist multiple times in nearly every prestigious portrait prize in Australia, including the Doug Moran, Portia Geach, and Darling Portrait prizes. In this episode we follow her career from her early photorealistic works to her present-day experimentation with paint and genre, encompassing still lifes and interiors along the way. To hear the conversation click ‘play’ below the above photo. See below for images of the works we talk about in the show. Photograph of Yvette Coppersmith by Mel Savage <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.yvettecoppersmith.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yvette Coppersmith’s website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/yvettecoppersmith/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yvette Coppersmith on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sullivanstrumpf.com/artists/yvette-coppersmith/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yvette Coppersmith at Sullivan + Strumpf</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sullivanstrumpf.com/index.php/artists/yvette-coppersmith/exhibitions/presage/works" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Presage’ exhibition at Sullivan + Strumpf</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/roger-kemp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roger Kemp 2019/20 retrospective at the National Gallery of Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrThrSazf3NYKK4ybC8CTjw?view_as=subscriber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking with Painters YouTube channel</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsletter-signup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up to the Talking with Painters newsletter</a></li> </ul> ‘Self-portrait after George Lambert’, oil and acrylic on linen, 122 x 101.5cm, 2018 Winner Archibald Prize 2018 ‘Nude Self-portrait after Rah Fizelle’, oil on linen, 91.5 x 66cm, 2016 Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award, 2016 ‘John Safran’, oil on plywood, 120cm x 90cm, 2009 Archibald Prize finalist 2009 ‘John Safran’, oil on plywood, 120cm x 90cm, 2009 Archibald Prize finalist 2009 ‘In the Garland, portrait of Paul Capsis’, oil on linen, 22.5 x 111.5cm, 2007 Finalist, Archibald Prize, 2008 ‘Untitled Movement (Scarlet Lake)’, oil on jute, 76.5 x 61cm, 2022 Photo: Matthew Stanton ‘Untitled Movement (Triptych)’, oil on jute, 3 x 122.5cm x 91.5cm Photo: Simon Hewson ‘Arrangement with Grey and Yellow’, oil on linen 61cm x 46cm , 2014 ‘Geranium and Succulents’, oil on linen, 80cm x 59.5cm, 2015 Posthumous Portrait of Edith Morris, oil on linen, 86.5cm x 63.5cm, 2020 Photo: Matthew Stanton Collection of Melbourne Girls Grammar School

Ep 139: Yvette Coppersmith

Anthony White

The gestural marks in Anthony White’s work are often bold and demanding of the viewer’s attention. These abstract works vary from swirling lines in saturated colour, to textured surfaces and more formal collaged constructions. What is not apparent on the surface of the canvas is the time the artist has spent reading, writing and researching in the lead-up to their creation. Newspapers and books play as much a role in his work as the paint itself and writing his own thoughts on social and political issues and current events are crucial to his creative process. In this podcast conversation we touch on those ideas but Anthony also makes many insightful observations about the creation itself. Born in Australia, Anthony is now Paris-based and is represented by several galleries in Europe and Australia. His first museum show, titled ‘Mobilising Material’, was held at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia in 2022. He also returned to Australia last year on a creative fellowship at the National Library of Australia where he researched Sidney Nolan‘s commissioned mural of the Eureka Stockade. (See below for a link to his presentation relating to that research) He has been awarded the Marten Bequest Travelling scholarship, amongst other residencies, and his work is held in public and private collections internationally. A video relating to this interview will be uploaded to the YouTube channel in the coming months. Click on ‘play’ below the above photo to hear the podcast episode. Photo supplied by the artist Links  Website Anthony White on Instagram Anthony White at Metro Gallery Anthony White at Boullier Fine Art Anthony White at Artscape Luxembourg Mobilising Material Exhibition at the Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia  National Library of Australia Creative Fellowship presentation 2022 (YouTube) Click here for my US highlights Instagram reel  Subscribe to the TWP newsletter    ‘Lampedusa’, 2019, oil and ripolin enamel on linen, 150 x 120cm  ‘The Landscape is never Innocent (after Mannalargenna)’, 2018, oil and ripolin on linen Finalist and Highly Commended in 2018 Glover Prize  ‘Sanctuary’ 2016, oil and shellac on linen, 120 x 100cm  ‘Federation Peak II’, 2020, oil on linen, 150 x 120cm Finalist 2021 Glover Prize  ‘Ghost series XIII’ 2022, acrylic and flash on linen, 90.5 x 90.5cm  ‘Proletariat’, 2017, 91.5 x 91.5cm

<h4>The gestural marks in Anthony White’s work are often bold and demanding of the viewer’s attention. These abstract works vary from swirling lines in saturated colour, to textured surfaces and more formal collaged constructions.</h4> What is not apparent on the surface of the canvas is the time the artist has spent reading, writing and researching in the lead-up to their creation. Newspapers and books play as much a role in his work as the paint itself and writing his own thoughts on social and political issues and current events are crucial to his creative process. In this podcast conversation we touch on those ideas but Anthony also makes many insightful observations about the creation itself. Born in Australia, Anthony is now Paris-based and is represented by several galleries in Europe and Australia. His first museum show, titled ‘Mobilising Material’, was held at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia in 2022. He also returned to Australia last year on a creative fellowship at the National Library of Australia where he researched Sidney Nolan‘s commissioned mural of the Eureka Stockade. (See below for a link to his presentation relating to that research) He has been awarded the Marten Bequest Travelling scholarship, amongst other residencies, and his work is held in public and private collections internationally. A video relating to this interview will be uploaded to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrThrSazf3NYKK4ybC8CTjw?view_as=subscriber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube channel</a> in the coming months. Click on ‘play’ below the above photo to hear the podcast episode. Photo supplied by the artist <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.anthonywhite.art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/anthony_white_paris/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony White on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.metrogallery.com.au/artists/anthony-white" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony White at Metro Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://boullierfineart.com/Anthony-White" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony White at Boullier Fine Art</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artscape.lu/anthony-white-works" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anthony White at Artscape Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rothkocenter.com/en/ekspozicija/mobilising-material/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mobilising Material Exhibition at the Mark Rothko Art Centre, Latvia </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkaEQlmaWpE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Library of Australia Creative Fellowship presentation 2022 (YouTube)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cn-mMNihkmI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for my US highlights Instagram reel </a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/newsletter-signup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the TWP newsletter </a></li> </ul> ‘Lampedusa’, 2019, oil and ripolin enamel on linen, 150 x 120cm ‘The Landscape is never Innocent (after Mannalargenna)’, 2018, oil and ripolin on linen Finalist and Highly Commended in 2018 Glover Prize ‘Sanctuary’ 2016, oil and shellac on linen, 120 x 100cm ‘Federation Peak II’, 2020, oil on linen, 150 x 120cm Finalist 2021 Glover Prize ‘Ghost series XIII’ 2022, acrylic and flash on linen, 90.5 x 90.5cm ‘Proletariat’, 2017, 91.5 x 91.5cm

Ep 138: Anthony White

Maria Stoljar talks with Australian painters about how they became an artist, their painting techniques, influences and current work.

This podcast has had a profound impact on my life as a US artist. I did not know much about AU art and artists before listening, and I’ve learned new techniques and developed healthy habits from this podcast. Thank you so much for your time in doing this, Maria!

Inspiring and Informative Podcast

I am an artist based in the U.S. who really enjoys listening to this podcast! Through it I have come to discover many talented Australian artists, that I did not know about before.The episodes are insightful, interesting, and explore both the technical aspect of the work as well as the personal life of the artists. It is one of my favorite podcasts to listen to while I walk my dog in the woods every morning. And Maria has a lovely sunny voice. She sounds as if she is smiling the whole time she speaks....I think she may be because it&#39;s clear that she loves the arts and conducting her interviews.

Wonderful podcast

Talking with Painters

Nicole Kelly

Nicole Kelly is one of Australia’s most interesting emerging artists. Her landscapes and portraits are filled with reminiscence and emotion.  She’s had 10 solo shows, has won the coveted Brett Whiteley travelling art scholarship, Hurford Hardwood portrait prize, as well as other prizes, and has been finalist in many others. I spoke with her in her studio in Sydney where she was creating work for her November show with Arthouse Gallery in Sydney. We also filmed some video on that day which will be uploaded to the website soon. Nicole grew up in the Sutherland Shire in southern Sydney and now lives in Thirroul, south of Sydney.  She didn’t paint or draw much as a child and in fact was more interested in photography in high school and particularly the work of Bill Henson.  After school, encouraged by photographer and academic Ella Dreyfus, she decided to apply for the National Art School. Press play beneath the feature photo above to hear us talk about her time at National Art School, in Paris and a lot more about her paintings and process. Upcoming exhibitions  Solo show, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, 7-23 November 2019 Group show, Portia Geach Memorial Award, SH Ervin Gallery Sydney, current until 15 September 2019 Group show, ‘Southern Swell’ Hazelhurst Regional Gallery,  Sydney, 23 November 2019 to 2 February 2020 Group show, ‘Love’, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillimbah, 6 September to 17 November 2019  Show Notes  Nicole Kelly Nicole Kelly on Instagram Nicole Kelly at Arthouse Gallery Nicole Kelly at This Is No Fantasy  Bill Henson Ella Dreyfus Willem De Kooning Chaim Soutine Alberto Giacometti Frank Auerbach Rembrandt El Greco Tom Carment  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yRDLvAeGA   ‘An Amorous field’ 2018, oil on polyester, 183 x 236cm ‘Jumaadi + Clouds + Rain’ , 2017, 150 x 130cm, oil on polyesterWinner of Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize 2018 ‘Studio nude (self portrait)’, 2019, oil on polyesterFinalist 2019 Portia Geach Memorial Award ‘Lauren’s song’, 2018, oil on polyester, 107 x 112cmFInalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize 2018 ‘The last of the day runs pink’ 2019, oil on polyester, 122 x 122cmSalon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, 2019 ‘Bedroom Window (Lauren and Poppy), oil on polyester, 122 x 123cmFinalist, Vincent Prize 2019

<h4>Nicole Kelly is one of Australia’s most interesting emerging artists. Her landscapes and portraits are filled with reminiscence and emotion. </h4> She’s had 10 solo shows, has won the coveted Brett Whiteley travelling art scholarship, Hurford Hardwood portrait prize, as well as other prizes, and has been finalist in many others. I spoke with her in her studio in Sydney where she was creating work for her November show with Arthouse Gallery in Sydney. We also filmed some video on that day which will be uploaded to the website soon. Nicole grew up in the Sutherland Shire in southern Sydney and now lives in Thirroul, south of Sydney.  She didn’t paint or draw much as a child and in fact was more interested in photography in high school and particularly the work of Bill Henson. After school, encouraged by photographer and academic Ella Dreyfus, she decided to apply for the National Art School. Press play beneath the feature photo above to hear us talk about her time at National Art School, in Paris and a lot more about her paintings and process. <h4>Upcoming exhibitions</h4> <ul> <li>Solo show, <a href="http://www.arthousegallery.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arthouse Gallery</a>, Sydney, 7-23 November 2019</li> <li>Group show, Portia Geach Memorial Award, <a href="https://www.shervingallery.com.au/event/portia-geach-memorial-award-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SH Ervin Gallery</a> Sydney, current until 15 September 2019</li> <li>Group show, ‘Southern Swell’ <a href="http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Community/Hazelhurst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, </a> Sydney, 23 November 2019 to 2 February 2020</li> <li>Group show, ‘Love’,<a href="https://artgallery.tweed.nsw.gov.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweed Regional Gallery</a>, Murwillimbah, 6 September to 17 November 2019</li> </ul> <h4>Show Notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.nicolerenaekelly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nk_nk_/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole Kelly on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.arthousegallery.com.au/artists/nicole_kelly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole Kelly at Arthouse Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://thisisnofantasy.com/artist/nicole-kelly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole Kelly at This Is No Fantasy </a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Henson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Henson</a></li> <li><a href="https://elladreyfus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ella Dreyfus</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_de_Kooning" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Willem De Kooning</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Soutine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chaim Soutine</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Giacometti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alberto Giacometti</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Auerbach" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rembrandt</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">El Greco</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.tomcarment.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Carment</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yRDLvAeGA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yRDLvAeGA</a> ‘An Amorous field’ 2018, oil on polyester, 183 x 236cm ‘Jumaadi + Clouds + Rain’ , 2017, 150 x 130cm, oil on polyester Winner of Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize 2018 ‘Studio nude (self portrait)’, 2019, oil on polyester Finalist 2019 Portia Geach Memorial Award ‘Lauren’s song’, 2018, oil on polyester, 107 x 112cm FInalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize 2018 ‘The last of the day runs pink’ 2019, oil on polyester, 122 x 122cm Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, 2019 ‘Bedroom Window (Lauren and Poppy), oil on polyester, 122 x 123cm Finalist, Vincent Prize 2019

Ep 75: Nicole Kelly

Kathrin Longhurst

During the Cold War, the Soviet Bloc and the West were separated in various ways but probably none so dramatically as the Berlin Wall. Erected in 1961, it separated East and West Germans for 28 years.   Kathrin Longhurst was born on the eastern side of that wall and experienced, first-hand, what life was like behind the Iron Curtain. It was a life that would influence the direction of her work as an artist many years later.   A figurative painter and a feminist, her work often parodies the Communist propaganda art which she would see in the streets in East Berlin – but instead of images of triumphant soldiers and workers, she would depict strong, defiant women using military imagery and female sexuality to brilliant effect.  She also paints larger-than-life head and shoulder paintings – from the intense portrayals of children going through tough times in her Forging of a Human Spirit series to her current incredible work focussing on female refugees which were lining the walls of her studio when I met her. Kathrin moved to Australia almost 20 years ago after meeting her Australian husband and became a full time artist in the early 2000s after a career in the corporate world.  She has exhibited in over 15 solo shows, has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize,  Portia Geach Memorial Award, the Doug Moran National Portrait prize and many other prizes and her work is held in major collections in Australia and overseas. To hear the podcast interview press ‘play’ beneath the above feature photo. You can also see a short video of Kathrin Longhurst below and on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel . Above feature Photo by Bernie Meyers @breeze.pics Upcoming shows  ‘Painting the Figure Now’ – Zhou B Art Centre, Chicago, current to November 13, 2019 30th Anniversary Curated Group Exhibition 30 x 30, Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne, 3 – 21 December 2019 Creator and Muse Group  Exhibition Zhou B Art Centre Chicago, May 2020 Solo Exhibition Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne, July 2020 ‘Woman’, group exhibition, James Baird Gallery Canada, October 2020  Show Notes  Kathrin Longhurst  Kathrin Longhurst with Nanda Hobbs Kathrin Longhurst with Flinders Lane Gallery Kathrin Longhurst with Gallery one Kathrin Longhurst on Instagram  Socialist realism Portrait Artists Australia Project 504 Nick Stathopoulos Michael Simms ‘Eat that Frog’ by Brian Tracy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CBr0XuIbm4&amp;t=11s   ‘Self: past present and future’, 2018,’ oil on canvas, 180 x 180cmFinalist Archibald Prize 2018 ‘Mariama’, 2019, oil on linen, 180x180cmFinalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, 2019 Poster Girl, 2011, oil on canvasFinalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, 2011  ‘Grenade girl’, 2015, oil on canvas, 92x122cm Finalist Sir John Sulman prize, 2015 ‘Ode to Feminism’, 2018, triptych, oil on canvas, 180 x 540cm (see below for individual panels)The Bennett Collection of Women Realists (USA) ‘Ode to Feminism’, 2018, panel 1 of triptych, oil on canvas, 180 x 180cm ‘Ode to Feminism’, 2018, panel 2 of triptych, oil on canvas, 180 x 180cm ‘Ode to Feminism’, 2018, panel 3 of triptych, oil on canvas, 180 x 180cm

<h4>During the Cold War, the Soviet Bloc and the West were separated in various ways but probably none so dramatically as the Berlin Wall. Erected in 1961, it separated East and West Germans for 28 years.  </h4> Kathrin Longhurst was born on the eastern side of that wall and experienced, first-hand, what life was like behind the Iron Curtain. It was a life that would influence the direction of her work as an artist many years later.   A figurative painter and a feminist, her work often parodies the Communist propaganda art which she would see in the streets in East Berlin – but instead of images of triumphant soldiers and workers, she would depict strong, defiant women using military imagery and female sexuality to brilliant effect.  She also paints larger-than-life head and shoulder paintings – from the intense portrayals of children going through tough times in her Forging of a Human Spirit series to her current incredible work focussing on female refugees which were lining the walls of her studio when I met her. Kathrin moved to Australia almost 20 years ago after meeting her Australian husband and became a full time artist in the early 2000s after a career in the corporate world. She has exhibited in over 15 solo shows, has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Award, the Doug Moran National Portrait prize and many other prizes and her work is held in major collections in Australia and overseas. To hear the podcast interview press ‘play’ beneath the above feature photo. You can also see a short video of Kathrin Longhurst below and on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrThrSazf3NYKK4ybC8CTjw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking with Painters YouTube channel </a>. Above feature Photo by Bernie Meyers @breeze.pics <h4>Upcoming shows</h4> <ul> <li>‘Painting the Figure Now’ –<a href="https://www.artsy.net/show/gallery-at-zhou-b-art-center-painting-the-figures-now" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Zhou B Art Centre</a>, Chicago, current to November 13, 2019</li> <li>30th Anniversary Curated Group Exhibition 30 x 30, <a href="https://www.flg.com.au/exhibition/30-x-30" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flinders Lane Gallery</a> Melbourne, 3 – 21 December 2019</li> <li>Creator and Muse Group  Exhibition<a href="http://www.zhoubartcenter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Zhou B Art Centre</a> Chicago, May 2020</li> <li>Solo Exhibition <a href="https://www.flg.com.au/artist/kathrin-longhurst/contemporary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flinders Lane Gallery</a> Melbourne, July 2020</li> <li>‘Woman’, group exhibition, <a href="https://jamesbaird.ca/exhibitions/woman-3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Baird Gallery </a>Canada, October 2020</li> </ul> <h4>Show Notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.kathrinlonghurst.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathrin Longhurst </a></li> <li><a href="https://nandahobbs.com/artist/kathrin-longhurst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathrin Longhurst with Nanda Hobbs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.flg.com.au/artist/kathrin-longhurst/contemporary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathrin Longhurst with Flinders Lane Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://gallery-one.com.au/artist/kathrin-longhurst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathrin Longhurst with Gallery one</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kathrinlonghurst/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathrin Longhurst on Instagram </a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_realism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Socialist realism</a></li> <li><a href="http://portraitartistsaustralia.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Portrait Artists Australia</a></li> <li><a href="http://project504.com.au/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project 504</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2016/09/15/ep-7-nick-stathopoulos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Stathopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/05/25/ep-23-michael-simms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Simms</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.booktopia.com.au/eat-that-frog--brian-tracy/book/9781444765427.html?source=pla&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1N654_7M5QIVzBErCh19vQwiEAQYAyABEgKRuPD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Eat that Frog’ by Brian Tracy</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CBr0XuIbm4&amp;t=11s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CBr0XuIbm4&amp;t=11s</a> ‘Self: past present and future’, 2018,’ oil on canvas, 180 x 180cm Finalist Archibald Prize 2018 ‘Mariama’, 2019, oil on linen, 180x180cm Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, 2019 Poster Girl, 2011, oil on canvas Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, 2011 ‘Grenade girl’, 2015, oil on canvas, 92x122cm  Finalist Sir John Sulman prize, 2015 ‘Ode to Feminism’, 2018, triptych, oil on canvas, 180 x 540cm (see below for individual panels) The Bennett Collection of Women Realists (USA) ‘Ode to Feminism’, 2018, panel 1 of triptych, oil on canvas, 180 x 180cm ‘Ode to Feminism’, 2018, panel 2 of triptych, oil on canvas, 180 x 180cm ‘Ode to Feminism’, 2018, panel 3 of triptych, oil on canvas, 180 x 180cm

Ep 79: Kathrin Longhurst

Luke Sciberras

If you’ve ever met Luke Sciberras you’ll know he’s larger than life. Full of joie de vivre and good humour, he attacks life with gusto from his fabulous garden to his renowned cooking skills so it’s no surprise that this life force is also manifested through his art. He’s known chiefly for his landscape paintings which are created with layers of glorious colour and a variety of marks. His drawings and plein air works have an immediacy which take us into his experience – whether it’s a boab tree a bird or a portrait. His art is always interpreted from life or from drawings made en plein air and brought back into the studio. But paradoxically what is most important to him as a landscape painter is in fact people. Those who are the custodians or owners of the landscape are just as important to him as the landscape itself and he needs to connect with them in order to create his work. He’s painted landscapes around the world from Europe to China but it’s in Australia that he’s spent most of his painting life – interpreting the landscapes of far northern Queensland to Bruny Island in Tasmania, from the Kimberley coast in Western Australia to the central desert areas where he’s created his art with the indigenous people of those lands. He’s had 40 solo shows, his work has been hung in the Art Gallery of NSW, is contained in the collections of many regional galleries, in corporate and major private collections and his upcoming show of paintings from Western Australia’s Kimberley coast opens at King Street Gallery on William in Sydney in March 2019. I spoke with Luke in historic Hill End about 4 hours from Sydney where he has his studio in the midst of a wonderful artists’ community. To hear the interview press ‘play’ beneath the feature photo above. See a short video of Luke in his studio below. Upcoming show  Solo show ‘Rose into view’ at King Street Gallery on WIlliam 19 March – 13 April 2019  Show notes  Luke Sciberras Luke Sciberras on Instagram Luke Sciberras at King Street Gallery on William Luke Sciberras at Scott Livesey Galleries Wedderburn artistic community Suzanne Archer David Fairbairn Elisabeth Cummings Al Poulet Giorgio Morandi John Peter Russell Belle Île Euan Macleod  Catherine Hunter Margaret Tuckson Garry Shead Martin Sharp Ann Thomson Guy Warren Gria Shead Tim Storrier Hill End Russell Drysdale Donald Friend Margaret Olley John Olsen Jeffrey Smart Bullecourt Charles Bean John Olsen Wendy Whiteley Brett Whiteley  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htLK3TzbUNo ‘Fireflies, Bullecourt’, 2017, oil on board, 160 x 360cm ‘Pinnacles Between, Belle Île’, 2018, oil on board, 160 x 240cm Sun up, WA, 2018, oil on board,120 x 160cm ‘Spring Sun – HIll End’, oil on board, 2016, 60 x 85cm                                          ‘Gallipoli Study 6, 2014, gouache and pastel on paper, 40 x 55cm ‘Goanna’, 2018, etching, 71 x 53cm   ‘Wedgie’ 2012, mixed media on paper, 76 x 56cm Ink on paper, Instagram, @luke_sciberras ‘Buffalo country, Katherine, NT’, 2016, oil on board, 124.5 x 162.5cm, finalist Wynne prize 2016

<h4>If you’ve ever met Luke Sciberras you’ll know he’s larger than life. Full of joie de vivre and good humour, he attacks life with gusto from his fabulous garden to his renowned cooking skills so it’s no surprise that this life force is also manifested through his art.</h4> He’s known chiefly for his landscape paintings which are created with layers of glorious colour and a variety of marks. His drawings and plein air works have an immediacy which take us into his experience – whether it’s a boab tree a bird or a portrait. His art is always interpreted from life or from drawings made en plein air and brought back into the studio. But paradoxically what is most important to him as a landscape painter is in fact people. Those who are the custodians or owners of the landscape are just as important to him as the landscape itself and he needs to connect with them in order to create his work. He’s painted landscapes around the world from Europe to China but it’s in Australia that he’s spent most of his painting life – interpreting the landscapes of far northern Queensland to Bruny Island in Tasmania, from the Kimberley coast in Western Australia to the central desert areas where he’s created his art with the indigenous people of those lands. He’s had 40 solo shows, his work has been hung in the Art Gallery of NSW, is contained in the collections of many regional galleries, in corporate and major private collections and his upcoming show of paintings from Western Australia’s Kimberley coast opens at King Street Gallery on William in Sydney in March 2019. I spoke with Luke in historic Hill End about 4 hours from Sydney where he has his studio in the midst of a wonderful artists’ community. To hear the interview press ‘play’ beneath the feature photo above. See a short video of Luke in his studio below. Upcoming show <ul> <li>Solo show ‘Rose into view’ at <a href="http://kingstreetgallery.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">King Street Gallery on WIlliam </a>19 March – 13 April 2019</li> </ul> Show notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.lukesciberras.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luke Sciberras</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/luke__sciberras/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luke Sciberras on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="http://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artist/thumbnail/#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luke Sciberras at King Street Gallery on William</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.scottliveseygalleries.com/artists.php?ar=1625" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luke Sciberras at Scott Livesey Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedderburn_artistic_community" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wedderburn artistic community</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/05/11/ep-22-suzanne-archer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suzanne Archer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.david-fairbairn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Fairbairn</a></li> <li><a href="http://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/elisabeth-cummings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elisabeth Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/alpoulet/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Al Poulet</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Morandi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Giorgio Morandi</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(Australian_painter)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Peter Russell</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_%C3%8Ele" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Belle Île</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2016/11/11/ep-11-euan-macleod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Euan Macleod </a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Hunter_(filmmaker)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catherine Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/margaret-tuckson-potter-author-torchbearer-remembered-20141029-11dgvk.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Margaret Tuckson</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Shead" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Garry Shead</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sharp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Sharp</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2018/09/09/ep-54-ann-thomson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ann Thomson</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Warren_(artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Guy Warren</a></li> <li><a href="https://nandahobbs.com/artist/gria-shead" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gria Shead</a></li> <li><a href="https://storrier.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Storrier</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_End,_New_South_Wales" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hill End</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Drysdale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russell Drysdale</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Friend" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donald Friend</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Olley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Margaret Olley</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Olsen_(Australian_artist)#Approach_to_painting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Smart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeffrey Smart</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullecourt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bullecourt</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bean" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Bean</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Olsen_(Australian_artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Whiteley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wendy Whiteley</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Whiteley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett Whiteley</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htLK3TzbUNo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htLK3TzbUNo</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Olsen_(Australian_artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>‘Fireflies, Bullecourt’, 2017, oil on board, 160 x 360cm ‘Pinnacles Between, Belle Île’, 2018, oil on board, 160 x 240cm Sun up, WA, 2018, oil on board,120 x 160cm ‘Spring Sun – HIll End’, oil on board, 2016, 60 x 85cm                                          ‘Gallipoli Study 6, 2014, gouache and pastel on paper, 40 x 55cm ‘Goanna’, 2018, etching, 71 x 53cm ‘Wedgie’ 2012, mixed media on paper, 76 x 56cm Ink on paper, Instagram, @luke_sciberras ‘Buffalo country, Katherine, NT’, 2016, oil on board, 124.5 x 162.5cm, finalist Wynne prize 2016

Ep 64: Luke Sciberras

Kathryn Barton

Del Kathryn Barton is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in Australian art today. Her work is hotly sought after internationally and, in Australia, she is probably best known for the rare achievement of having won the Archibald prize twice – no mean feat in a race where women have only won the award 12 times in close to 100 years. Her paintings are instantly recognizable. Figures with drawn hands and faces look out of the picture with mesmerising eyes, existing in an imaginary world. That world is filled with colour and exquisite detail. Barton has exhibited in over 20 solo shows including a 4-month major survey of her work at the National Gallery of Victoria last year and her work is held in many public institutions and private collections. However,  painting forms only part of her life’s work and, although we also talked about her film-making, we didn’t touch on her photo montages, sculptures and installations and her current New York show ‘sing blood-wings sing’  which includes a 10m long work in 5 panels of the same name. We met in one of her Sydney studios where I was lucky enough to see 10 or so works in mid-completion for her upcoming October show at Roslyn Oxley 9 in Sydney. She is warm and honest and openly speaks about dark times. However, as with her work, she seems to find a balance between the light and dark and laughter is always closeby. To hear our conversation press ‘play’ beneath the above feature photo. Current and upcoming shows  Albertz Benda, New York, NY, ‘sing blood-wings sing’  current to 13 April 2019 Roslyn Oxley9, solo show, October 2019  Show notes  Del Kathryn Barton at Roslyn Oxley9 Del Kathryn Barton at Albertz Benda Archibald prize Hugo Weaving Cate Blanchett Marc Etherington  The Nightingale and the Rose at ACMI (with short videos on the making of the film) The Nightingale and the Rose (book)  The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde Brendan Fletcher    ‘Self-portrait with studio wife’, 2018, acrylic on linen, 203 x 183cm (finalist Arhibald Prize 2018) ‘the preservation of the shimmer self’, 2018- 2019, 240 x 200cm ‘come of things’, 2010, synthetic polymer paint, gouache, watercolour and pen on polyester canvas , 240 x 360cm (permanent collection, Art Gallery of NSW) ‘you are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella’ 2008, synthetic polymer paint, watercolour, gouache and pen on polyester canvas, 280 x 180cm (winner Archibald Prize 2008) ‘hugo’, 2013, watercolour, gouache and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (winner Archibald Prize 2013) ‘Mother (a portrait of Cate)’, 2011, watercolour, gouache, acrylic and pen on polyester canvas, 240 x 180cm (finalist Archibald Prize 2011) ‘wilder grew her song’ 2011-2012 acrylic gouache watercolour and ink on polyester canvas ‘Weird Seed’ 2017, acrylic on french linen, 180 x 160cm

<h4>Del Kathryn Barton is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in Australian art today.</h4> Her work is hotly sought after internationally and, in Australia, she is probably best known for the rare achievement of having won the Archibald prize twice – no mean feat in a race where women have only won the award 12 times in close to 100 years. Her paintings are instantly recognizable. Figures with drawn hands and faces look out of the picture with mesmerising eyes, existing in an imaginary world. That world is filled with colour and exquisite detail. Barton has exhibited in over 20 solo shows including a 4-month major survey of her work at the National Gallery of Victoria last year and her work is held in many public institutions and private collections. However,  painting forms only part of her life’s work and, although we also talked about her film-making, we didn’t touch on her photo montages, sculptures and installations and her current New York show ‘sing blood-wings sing’  which includes a 10m long work in 5 panels of the same name. We met in one of her Sydney studios where I was lucky enough to see 10 or so works in mid-completion for her upcoming October show at Roslyn Oxley 9 in Sydney. She is warm and honest and openly speaks about dark times. However, as with her work, she seems to find a balance between the light and dark and laughter is always closeby. To hear our conversation press ‘play’ beneath the above feature photo. <h4>Current and upcoming shows</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.albertzbenda.com/exhibitions/upcoming/del-kathryn-barton-sing-blood-wings-sing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Albertz Benda</a>, New York, NY, ‘sing blood-wings sing’  current to 13 April 2019</li> <li><a href="https://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roslyn Oxley9,</a> solo show, October 2019</li> </ul> <h4>Show notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.roslynoxley9.com.au/artists/297/Del_Kathryn_Barton/profile/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Del Kathryn Barton at Roslyn Oxley9</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.albertzbenda.com/artists/del-kathryn-barton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Del Kathryn Barton at Albertz Benda</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archibald prize</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Weaving" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hugo Weaving</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cate Blanchett</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2018/07/29/ep-51-marc-etherington/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc Etherington </a></li> <li><a href="https://guides.acmi.net.au/nightingale/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nightingale and the Rose at ACMI (with short videos on the making of the film)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/shop/item/9780646576848/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nightingale and the Rose (book) </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/NigRos.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.barefoot.net.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brendan Fletcher</a></li> </ul> ‘Self-portrait with studio wife’, 2018, acrylic on linen, 203 x 183cm (finalist Arhibald Prize 2018) ‘the preservation of the shimmer self’, 2018- 2019, 240 x 200cm ‘come of things’, 2010, synthetic polymer paint, gouache, watercolour and pen on polyester canvas , 240 x 360cm (permanent collection, Art Gallery of NSW) ‘you are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arella’ 2008, synthetic polymer paint, watercolour, gouache and pen on polyester canvas, 280 x 180cm (winner Archibald Prize 2008) ‘hugo’, 2013, watercolour, gouache and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180cm (winner Archibald Prize 2013) ‘Mother (a portrait of Cate)’, 2011, watercolour, gouache, acrylic and pen on polyester canvas, 240 x 180cm (finalist Archibald Prize 2011) ‘wilder grew her song’ 2011-2012 acrylic gouache watercolour and ink on polyester canvas ‘Weird Seed’ 2017, acrylic on french linen, 180 x 160cm

Ep 67: Del Kathryn Barton

John Bokor

John Bokor is an award winning landscape and still life artist. He grew up in Sydney and lives in Bulli, NSW. He has had over a dozen solo exhibitions and his work is held in many public and private collections. Equally prolific in drawing and painting, Bokor’s art depicts everyday life and his environment with an emotion and vibrancy which makes the viewer take notice. He has won several art prizes including the NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize and Eutick Memorial Still Life Award and he has been finalist in many others. In our interview, Bokor talks about his education in Sydney and travels overseas where he was inspired by Bonnard’s bath paintings, we ponder over whether you can ever say what makes a piece of art ‘good’, he reveals much about his process and he explains his motivational ‘anti pep-talk’ which he gives his art students. John Bokor’s solo show at King Street Gallery opens on 8 November and continues until 3 December 2016. You can see a short video of Bokor’s sketchbooks below. Feature photo of John Bokor by Julianna Kolenberg                                         Photos of paintings (except Quiet Street Bulli) by Michael Bradfield Show Notes  (things and people we talk about in the show)  John Bokor  Aida Tomescu Elisabeth Cummings John Peart Bill Brown Vincent Van Gogh Paul Cezanne Pierre Bonnard at the Musee d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Arthur Streeton John Bokor on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel (below)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHdfYGxsNUc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kStPpQ96V_s Still life with Pen Jar Oil on canvas ‘Quiet Street Bulli’        Oil on Board ‘Hot Chocolate’        Oil on linen ‘Milk’        Oil on canvas ‘Kitchen Sink’         Charcoal, wash and collage on paper ‘Morning Interior’         Charcoal, wash and gesso on paper

<h4>John Bokor is an award winning landscape and still life artist. He grew up in Sydney and lives in Bulli, NSW. He has had over a dozen solo exhibitions and his work is held in many public and private collections.</h4> Equally prolific in drawing and painting, Bokor’s art depicts everyday life and his environment with an emotion and vibrancy which makes the viewer take notice. He has won several art prizes including the NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize and Eutick Memorial Still Life Award and he has been finalist in many others. In our interview, Bokor talks about his education in Sydney and travels overseas where he was inspired by Bonnard’s bath paintings, we ponder over whether you can ever say what makes a piece of art ‘good’, he reveals much about his process and he explains his motivational ‘anti pep-talk’ which he gives his art students. John Bokor’s solo show at <a href="http://kingstreetgallery.com.au/exhibition-diary-2016/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">King Street Gallery </a>opens on 8 November and continues until 3 December 2016. You can see a short video of Bokor’s sketchbooks below. Feature photo of John Bokor by Julianna Kolenberg                                         Photos of paintings (except Quiet Street Bulli) by Michael Bradfield Show Notes  (things and people we talk about in the show) <ul> <li><a href="http://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/john-bokor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Bokor </a></li> <li><a href="http://aidatomescu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aida Tomescu</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Cummings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elisabeth Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peart_(artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Peart</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.janetclaytongallery.com.au/brown-highlights/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Brown</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vincent Van Gogh</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_C%C3%A9zanne" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Cezanne</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mam.paris.fr/en/oeuvre/nu-dans-le-bain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pierre Bonnard at the Musee d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Streeton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Streeton</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kStPpQ96V_s&amp;index=25&amp;list=PL-maWk1IBBaFAE7dhKNxdu0Gl3wsHIeKH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Bokor on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel (below)</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHdfYGxsNUc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHdfYGxsNUc</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kStPpQ96V_s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kStPpQ96V_s</a> Still life with Pen Jar Oil on canvas ‘Quiet Street Bulli’        Oil on Board ‘Hot Chocolate’        Oil on linen ‘Milk’        Oil on canvas ‘Kitchen Sink’         Charcoal, wash and collage on paper ‘Morning Interior’         Charcoal, wash and gesso on paper

Ep 8: John Bokor

Looking back at the artists of 2019! Listen to this podcast episode for highlights of my conversations with the amazing Australian painters listed below. Click on the artist’s name to hear the full interview – and most have a video on their page too! Luke Sciberras Nicholas Harding Kiata Mason Del Kathryn Barton Blak Douglas Neil Frazer Tony Costa Nicole Kelly Tim Storrier Susan Baird Tom Carment Kathrin Longhurst Ben Quilty

Looking back at the artists of 2019! Listen to this podcast episode for highlights of my conversations with the amazing Australian painters listed below. Click on the artist’s name to hear the full interview – and most have a video on their page too! <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/02/24/ep-64-luke-sciberras/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luke Sciberras</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/03/10/ep-65-nicholas-harding/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Harding</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/03/24/ep-66-kiata-mason/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kiata Mason</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/04/14/ep-67-del-kathryn-barton/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Del Kathryn Barton</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/05/05/ep-68-blak-douglas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blak Douglas</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/05/26/ep-69-neil-frazer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neil Frazer</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/06/23/ep-70-tony-costa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Costa</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/08/04/ep-75-nicole-kelly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicole Kelly</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/08/25/ep-76-tim-storrier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Storrier</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/09/22/ep-77-susan-baird/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Susan Baird</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/10/14/ep-78-tom-carment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Carment</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/11/03/ep-79-kathrin-longhurst/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathrin Longhurst</a> <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/11/16/ep-80-ben-quilty/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Quilty</a>

Ep 82: Best of 2019

Nicholas Harding

Nicholas Harding is one of Australia’s most celebrated artists. He has been awarded the Archibald prize, the Archibald People’s Choice award, the Kilgour prize and the Dobell drawing prize amongst others. His work crosses portraiture, landscape and still life. Harding’s oil paintings are created with a glorious impasto technique, he uses gouache to capture the lifesize portraits of many a famous sitter and he is renowned for his magnificent ink drawings. He has had over 30 (often sell-out) solo shows, major survey shows of his work have been held at the S H Ervin Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery and his work is in the collections of many public institutions including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, and in private and corporate collections around the world. One of the major impacts on his work was coming to Australia after spending the first 8 years of his life in England and, in particular, his observation of the different light and how its glare created contrasts which were so different to the muted tones of England.  It was his time in the bush and the beaches as a child which caused him later to move further from the English influence to make Australia the subject of his work. In this episode we talk about his influences, painting from memory, the strengths and weaknesses of using photographic references, failing in order to succeed, making art during the dark times and much more. To hear the episode press ‘play’ under the feature photo above or listen however you get your podcasts. See short video of Harding in his studio below. Current Upcoming shows  Destination Sydney Re-Imagined (together with work by Wendy Sharpe and Jeffrey Smart)  at S H Ervin Gallery until 17 March 2019 Solo show at Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 20 August – 14 September 2019  Show Notes  Nicholas Harding Nicholas Harding on Instagram Nicholas Harding at Olsen Gallery Nicholas Harding at Philip Bacon Galleries Nicholas Harding at Sophie Gannon Gallery Simone de Beauvoir Memento mori Willem De Kooning Mark Rothko Howard Hodgkin JMW Turner Vincent van Gogh Henri de Toulouse Lautrec Russell Drysdale Brett Whiteley Lloyd Rees Arthur Boyd Sidney Nolan Francis Bacon Chuck Close Malcolm Morley Frank Auerbach Leon Kossoff Walter Sickert John Bell Robert Drewe Catherine Hunter Anna Volska John Olsen   John Singer Sargent Hugo Weaving  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWezJHrg9P4&amp;t=7s ‘Treatment, day 49, (sorbolene soak)’, 2018, (finalist Archibald prize 2018) ‘John Bell as King Lear’, 2001, oil on canvas on board, 177 x 105cm (winner Archibald Prize 2001) ‘Robert Drewe (in the swell)’ 2006, oil on linen, 138 x 123cm  (finalist Archibald Prize 2006) ‘Anna Volska and Georgia’, 2015, gouache and watercolour on paper, 168 x 76cm ‘John Olsen, AO, OBE’, 2017, oil on linen, 198 x 138cm (finalist, Archibald prize, 2017) ‘Estuary figures (swim-ring, towel and hat) 2013, oil on Belgian linen, 112 x 107cm ‘Lagoon (canoe)’ 2011 – 2012, oil on Belgian linen, 138 x 138cm ‘Wilpena wattle’, 2016, oil on linen, 172.5 x 172.5 cm (finalist Wynne prize 2016) ‘Wilpena eucalypt and wattle’, 2017, oil on linen, 183 x 245cm (finalist Wynne prize 2017) ‘Eddy Avenue 3’ , 2001, ink on paper, 132 x 149cm.  (Winner Dobell Prize for Drawing, collection of the Art Gallery of NSW) ‘Bunjalung Pandanus 2018’ ink on paper, in the studio (Instagram @nicholas0harding) Drawings, paintings and etchings from theatre rehearsals and performances (Instagram @nicholas0harding) Ink drawings created during period of chemotherapy treatment (instagram @nicholas0harding)

<h4>Nicholas Harding is one of Australia’s most celebrated artists. He has been awarded the Archibald prize, the Archibald People’s Choice award, the Kilgour prize and the Dobell drawing prize amongst others. His work crosses portraiture, landscape and still life.</h4> Harding’s oil paintings are created with a glorious impasto technique, he uses gouache to capture the lifesize portraits of many a famous sitter and he is renowned for his magnificent ink drawings. He has had over 30 (often sell-out) solo shows, major survey shows of his work have been held at the S H Ervin Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery and his work is in the collections of many public institutions including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, and in private and corporate collections around the world. One of the major impacts on his work was coming to Australia after spending the first 8 years of his life in England and, in particular, his observation of the different light and how its glare created contrasts which were so different to the muted tones of England.  It was his time in the bush and the beaches as a child which caused him later to move further from the English influence to make Australia the subject of his work. In this episode we talk about his influences, painting from memory, the strengths and weaknesses of using photographic references, failing in order to succeed, making art during the dark times and much more. To hear the episode press ‘play’ under the feature photo above or listen however you get your podcasts. See short video of Harding in his studio below. <h4>Current Upcoming shows</h4> <ul> <li>Destination Sydney Re-Imagined (together with work by Wendy Sharpe and Jeffrey Smart)  at<a href="https://www.shervingallery.com.au/current-exhibition/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> S H Ervin Gallery </a>until 17 March 2019</li> <li>Solo show at <a href="https://www.philipbacongalleries.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philip Bacon Galleries,</a> Brisbane, 20 August – 14 September 2019</li> </ul> <h4>Show Notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nicholasharding.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Harding</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nicholas0harding/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Harding on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.olsengallery.com/available.php?artist_id=431" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Harding at Olsen Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.philipbacongalleries.com.au/artists_and_stockroom?id=452554" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Harding at Philip Bacon Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="https://sophiegannongallery.com.au/artists/nicholas-harding-178" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Harding at Sophie Gannon Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_de_Beauvoir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simone de Beauvoir</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memento mori</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_de_Kooning" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Willem De Kooning</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rothko" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Rothko</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hodgkin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Howard Hodgkin</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JMW Turner</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vincent van Gogh</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Henri de Toulouse Lautrec</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Drysdale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russell Drysdale</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Whiteley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett Whiteley</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Rees" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lloyd Rees</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Boyd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Nolan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sidney Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Francis Bacon</a></li> <li><a href="http://chuckclose.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chuck Close</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Morley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Malcolm Morley</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Auerbach" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Kossoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leon Kossoff</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Sickert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walter Sickert</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bell_(Australian_actor)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Bell</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Drewe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Drewe</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artbrief.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catherine Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Volska" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anna Volska</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Olsen_(Australian_artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Olsen </a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singer_Sargent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Singer Sargent</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Weaving" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hugo Weaving</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWezJHrg9P4&amp;t=7s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWezJHrg9P4&amp;t=7s</a> ‘Treatment, day 49, (sorbolene soak)’, 2018, (finalist Archibald prize 2018) ‘John Bell as King Lear’, 2001, oil on canvas on board, 177 x 105cm (winner Archibald Prize 2001) ‘Robert Drewe (in the swell)’ 2006, oil on linen, 138 x 123cm  (finalist Archibald Prize 2006) ‘Anna Volska and Georgia’, 2015, gouache and watercolour on paper, 168 x 76cm ‘John Olsen, AO, OBE’, 2017, oil on linen, 198 x 138cm (finalist, Archibald prize, 2017) ‘Estuary figures (swim-ring, towel and hat) 2013, oil on Belgian linen, 112 x 107cm ‘Lagoon (canoe)’ 2011 – 2012, oil on Belgian linen, 138 x 138cm ‘Wilpena wattle’, 2016, oil on linen, 172.5 x 172.5 cm (finalist Wynne prize 2016) ‘Wilpena eucalypt and wattle’, 2017, oil on linen, 183 x 245cm (finalist Wynne prize 2017) ‘Eddy Avenue 3’ , 2001, ink on paper, 132 x 149cm.  (Winner Dobell Prize for Drawing, collection of the Art Gallery of NSW) ‘Bunjalung Pandanus 2018’ ink on paper, in the studio (Instagram @nicholas0harding) Drawings, paintings and etchings from theatre rehearsals and performances (Instagram @nicholas0harding) Ink drawings created during period of chemotherapy treatment (instagram @nicholas0harding)

Ep 65: Nicholas Harding

Marc Etherington

There’s the Archibald portraits but there’s also the other stuff; a painting of a home aquarium where a scuba diver is caught in the tentacles of an octopus, the cast of Seinfeld are looking for their car in that famous episode, Michael Jackson and Bubbles the chimp sit in a cloud while a jet skiier zooms along a lake below. There are also the stills from movies and TV shows from Jaws and Rambo to Magnum PI and the Dukes of Hazzard. Welcome to the wonderful world of Marc Etherington’s art. Etherington is a self-taught artist who took up painting when he was housebound one snowy winter in Canada 12 years ago. He’s been selected as a finalist in the Archibald Prize for the last four years in a row and twice for the Sulman Prize. His portraits of artists Del Kathryn Barton, Ken Done and Paul Williams stopped me in my tracks in the Art Gallery of NSW and the story behind this year’s self-portrait ‘Me and Granny’ reveals as much about his personality as his painting skill. His use of colour and composition combine with his imagination to take us into an alternate reality at times nostalgic, absurd or humorous but always tapping into something we can connect to. Pop culture references from 80s and 90s TV shows and movies are interpreted in his distinctive style and trigger memories for those who loved them. He’s been in over 20 group shows, has had 6 solo shows and his much awaited show ‘Couch Potato’ opens at Michael Reid in Sydney on 9 August 2018, about a week after this podcast goes online. This interview was recorded in Etherington’s home in Sydney where he had wooden sculptures he’d been working on on the bookcase nearby. He’s self-effacing, honest and committed to his art and it was a thoroughly enjoyable interview.  To hear it, press ‘play’ beneath the feature photo above. Upcoming events  Solo show ‘Couch Potato’ Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, 9 – 28 August 2018 Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, 13 – 16 September 2018  Show notes  Marc Etherington at Michael Reid Marc Etherington on Instagram Del Kathryn Barton Ken Done Ken Done video on Talking with Painters YouTube Channel Paul Williams Lynda Draper Idris Murphy Kate Etherington on Instagram  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL-4x7TEdeo ‘Del Kathryn Barton and Magic Dog’, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 89 x 120cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2015 ‘King Ken (Ken Done in his studio)’, 2016, acrylic on canvas 155.5 x 201cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2016 Paul (Paul Williams in his studio), 2017, acrylic on canvas, 144 x 164cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2017 ‘Me and Granny’, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 143 x 163.5cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2018 Seinfeld painting ‘The first time I met Michael Jackson was in the belly of a crocodile’ acrylic on plywood 2016 work ‘If I met Chuck Norris at Comic Con’ Instagram caption: ‘This is me and my future dog called Granny. I’m not gonna stop carving these until I find him. Which hopefully is soon because my hands hurt’ Painting of Robert Smith, singer of The Cure, with sculpture of his chewing gum collection ‘That’s life though’, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 140 x 160cm,  finalist in Sulman Prize, 2017 Selection of iPhone paintings for upcoming show ‘Couch Potato’ at Michael Reid Sydney (photo: Instagram page of Michael Reid @michaelreidart)

<h4>There’s the Archibald portraits but there’s also the other stuff; a painting of a home aquarium where a scuba diver is caught in the tentacles of an octopus, the cast of Seinfeld are looking for their car in that famous episode, Michael Jackson and Bubbles the chimp sit in a cloud while a jet skiier zooms along a lake below.</h4> There are also the stills from movies and TV shows from Jaws and Rambo to Magnum PI and the Dukes of Hazzard. Welcome to the wonderful world of Marc Etherington’s art. Etherington is a self-taught artist who took up painting when he was housebound one snowy winter in Canada 12 years ago. He’s been selected as a finalist in the Archibald Prize for the last four years in a row and twice for the Sulman Prize. His portraits of artists Del Kathryn Barton, Ken Done and Paul Williams stopped me in my tracks in the Art Gallery of NSW and the story behind this year’s self-portrait ‘Me and Granny’ reveals as much about his personality as his painting skill. His use of colour and composition combine with his imagination to take us into an alternate reality at times nostalgic, absurd or humorous but always tapping into something we can connect to. Pop culture references from 80s and 90s TV shows and movies are interpreted in his distinctive style and trigger memories for those who loved them. He’s been in over 20 group shows, has had 6 solo shows and his much awaited show ‘Couch Potato’ opens at Michael Reid in Sydney on 9 August 2018, about a week after this podcast goes online. This interview was recorded in Etherington’s home in Sydney where he had wooden sculptures he’d been working on on the bookcase nearby. He’s self-effacing, honest and committed to his art and it was a thoroughly enjoyable interview.  To hear it, press ‘play’ beneath the feature photo above. <h4>Upcoming events</h4> <ul> <li>Solo show ‘Couch Potato’ <a href="https://michaelreid.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Reid Gallery</a>, Sydney, 9 – 28 August 2018</li> <li><a href="https://sydneycontemporary.com.au/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI65yXpJ3E3AIVEbaWCh0uKAdsEAAYASAAEgKUrfD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sydney Contemporary</a>, Sydney, 13 – 16 September 2018</li> </ul> <h4>Show notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://michaelreid.com.au/artist/marc-etherington/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc Etherington at Michael Reid</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hugeskull/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc Etherington on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Kathryn_Barton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Del Kathryn Barton</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.kendone.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ken Done</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV2xMjr1bj4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ken Done video on Talking with Painters YouTube Channel</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.paulwilliams.net.au/cv.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Williams</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lyndadraper.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lynda Draper</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.idrismurphy.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Idris Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/low_hopes_ceramics/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kate Etherington on Instagram</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL-4x7TEdeo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL-4x7TEdeo</a> ‘Del Kathryn Barton and Magic Dog’, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 89 x 120cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2015 ‘King Ken (Ken Done in his studio)’, 2016, acrylic on canvas 155.5 x 201cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2016 Paul (Paul Williams in his studio), 2017, acrylic on canvas, 144 x 164cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2017 ‘Me and Granny’, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 143 x 163.5cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2018 Seinfeld painting ‘The first time I met Michael Jackson was in the belly of a crocodile’ acrylic on plywood 2016 work ‘If I met Chuck Norris at Comic Con’ Instagram caption: ‘This is me and my future dog called Granny. I’m not gonna stop carving these until I find him. Which hopefully is soon because my hands hurt’ Painting of Robert Smith, singer of The Cure, with sculpture of his chewing gum collection ‘That’s life though’, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 140 x 160cm,  finalist in Sulman Prize, 2017 Selection of iPhone paintings for upcoming show ‘Couch Potato’ at Michael Reid Sydney (photo: Instagram page of Michael Reid @michaelreidart)

Ep 51: Marc Etherington

Dee Smart

You may know Dee Smart from the popular Australian television series Water Rats or Home and Away or from her feature film roles but you can now add the Archibald prize to that list. She has been shortlisted in the famous portrait prize two years in a row, this year with a striking painting of choreographer and dancer Meryl Tankard. She took up drawing and painting over 15 years ago and honed her craft while still acting. It  was inspiring to hear her talk openly about the catalyst for taking that direction – in the middle of a struggle with post-natal depression. She has had three shows including most recently an exhibition of beautiful mixed media works of the underwater world of Gary the crab which she’s planning to make into a children’s book ‘Blue bottle bubbles’. She’s also delving into abstraction and her work will be included in at least two shows later this year. We talk about her journey to becoming a painter and her inspirational attitude towards her future as an artist – a wonderful mix of curiosity and determination. She’s one of the most dynamic, down to earth and funny women you’ll ever meet and we had a lot of fun recording this interview. To hear the interview press play under the feature photo above. A short video of Smart in her studio on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel can be seen here. Current and upcoming events  Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, until 9 September 2018, then touring Australia. November group event to be curated by Carley McLaren, details TBA Christmas group show, St Cloche Gallery, Paddington, date TBA  Show notes  Dee Smart Dee Smart on Instagram Archibald Prize Meryl Tankard Pina Bausch Hayes Gordon Walcha Gallery Ballet Wings Ballet Wings on Instagram St Cloche Gallery Andrew Marsh Dee Smart talks with Maria Stoljar in her studio on the talking with Painters YouTube channel  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4oaKBm9weQ&amp;t=6s ‘Lunch in the Outback’, acrylic on canvas, 108.5 x 108.5cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2018 ‘The mayor of Bondi’, oil and acrylic on canvas, 77 x 77cm,finalist Archibald prize 2017 ‘pink jelly so wanted to dance with Gary but his claws…’, 76cm x 96cm, mixed media, from the Blue Bottle Bubble series. ‘the serenity of garys pink garden sometimes brought on an almighty howl…he felt a million after that’ 76 x 96cm, mixed media. Abstract work in progress ‘I go walkin around midnight’ (based on Smart’s midnight walks with her father in country South Australia)

<h4>You may know Dee Smart from the popular Australian television series Water Rats or Home and Away or from her feature film roles but you can now add the Archibald prize to that list.</h4> She has been shortlisted in the famous portrait prize two years in a row, this year with a striking painting of choreographer and dancer Meryl Tankard. She took up drawing and painting over 15 years ago and honed her craft while still acting. It  was inspiring to hear her talk openly about the catalyst for taking that direction – in the middle of a struggle with post-natal depression. She has had three shows including most recently an exhibition of beautiful mixed media works of the underwater world of Gary the crab which she’s planning to make into a children’s book ‘Blue bottle bubbles’. She’s also delving into abstraction and her work will be included in at least two shows later this year. We talk about her journey to becoming a painter and her inspirational attitude towards her future as an artist – a wonderful mix of curiosity and determination. She’s one of the most dynamic, down to earth and funny women you’ll ever meet and we had a lot of fun recording this interview. To hear the interview press play under the feature photo above. A short video of Smart in her studio on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel can be seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4oaKBm9weQ&amp;t=6s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <h4>Current and upcoming events</h4> <ul> <li>Archibald Prize, <a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art Gallery of NSW</a>, until 9 September 2018, then touring Australia.</li> <li>November group event to be curated by Carley McLaren, details TBA</li> <li>Christmas group show, <a href="https://saintcloche.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St Cloche Gallery</a>, Paddington, date TBA</li> </ul> <h4>Show notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.deesmart.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dee Smart</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/deedeesmart/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dee Smart on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archibald Prize</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl_Tankard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meryl Tankard</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pina_Bausch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pina Bausch</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Gordon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hayes Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.walchagallery.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walcha Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.balletwings.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ballet Wings</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ballet_wings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ballet Wings on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://saintcloche.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St Cloche Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.andrewmarshmeditation.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Marsh</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4oaKBm9weQ&amp;t=6s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dee Smart talks with Maria Stoljar in her studio on the talking with Painters YouTube channel</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4oaKBm9weQ&amp;t=6s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4oaKBm9weQ&amp;t=6s</a> <a href="http://www.andrewmarshmeditation.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>‘Lunch in the Outback’, acrylic on canvas, 108.5 x 108.5cm, finalist Archibald Prize 2018 ‘The mayor of Bondi’, oil and acrylic on canvas, 77 x 77cm,finalist Archibald prize 2017 ‘pink jelly so wanted to dance with Gary but his claws…’, 76cm x 96cm, mixed media, from the Blue Bottle Bubble series. ‘the serenity of garys pink garden sometimes brought on an almighty howl…he felt a million after that’ 76 x 96cm, mixed media. Abstract work in progress ‘I go walkin around midnight’ (based on Smart’s midnight walks with her father in country South Australia)

Ep 48: Dee Smart

Neil Frazer

Neil Frazer is a landscape painter but don’t expect pictures of rolling hills or calming seascapes.  His powerful work depicts the harsh and dangerous environments in our world, where the sea smashes against jagged rocks and freezing glaciers slide past uninhabitable snowy peaks.   It’s the physicality and energy of these places that he’s aiming to convey and he does so spectacularly. He combines an impasto technique with layering and glazing to produce a complex visual experience and his compositions often involve intriguing negative spaces which contribute to the drama and mystery of his work. He has exhibited in dozens of solo shows in Australia and New Zealand and his latest solo show, Liquid Light, opens at Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney on 30 May 2019. Although he grew up in New Zealand, he has spent half his life in Australia where he completed his Masters degree after previous postgraduate study in New York. In this episode you’ll hear about how and why his work moved from abstraction to figuration and why he doesn’t believe there is a significant difference between the two, why he’s drawn to his subject matter and plenty about his technique and process. To hear the podcast episode click ‘play’ under the feature photo above.  Scroll down to see a short video of  Frazer talking with Maria Stoljar in his studio. Upcoming shows  ‘Liquid Light’, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, 30 May – 23 June 2019  Show Notes  Neil Frazer at Martin Browne Contemporary Neil Frazer at Philip Bacon Gallery Francisco Goya Frank Auerbach Jackson Pollock Milton Resnick  Paula Cooper Gallery Donald Judd Joel Shapiro Elizabeth Murray Clifton Pugh Tim Storrier Euan Macleod Joanna Braithwaite  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy97smrExOc&amp;t=79s Neil Frazer in his studio ‘Guiding Light’, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 182 x 182cm ‘Birds Eye’, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 168 x 168cm ‘Travelling Light’, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 152cm ‘Grotto Blue-Green’ 2016, acrylic on canvas 152 x 152cm ‘Fourth Gorge’, 2011, acrylic on canvas, Finalist Wynne Prize 2011 ‘Bravo’, 2003, oil on linen

<h4>Neil Frazer is a landscape painter but don’t expect pictures of rolling hills or calming seascapes. </h4> His powerful work depicts the harsh and dangerous environments in our world, where the sea smashes against jagged rocks and freezing glaciers slide past uninhabitable snowy peaks.  It’s the physicality and energy of these places that he’s aiming to convey and he does so spectacularly. He combines an impasto technique with layering and glazing to produce a complex visual experience and his compositions often involve intriguing negative spaces which contribute to the drama and mystery of his work. He has exhibited in dozens of solo shows in Australia and New Zealand and his latest solo show, Liquid Light, opens at Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney on 30 May 2019. Although he grew up in New Zealand, he has spent half his life in Australia where he completed his Masters degree after previous postgraduate study in New York. In this episode you’ll hear about how and why his work moved from abstraction to figuration and why he doesn’t believe there is a significant difference between the two, why he’s drawn to his subject matter and plenty about his technique and process. To hear the podcast episode click ‘play’ under the feature photo above. Scroll down to see a short video of Frazer talking with Maria Stoljar in his studio. Upcoming shows <ul> <li>‘Liquid Light’, <a href="https://www.martinbrownecontemporary.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Browne Contemporary</a>, Sydney, 30 May – 23 June 2019</li> </ul> Show Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://www.martinbrownecontemporary.com/ArtistNFrazer.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neil Frazer at Martin Browne Contemporary</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.philipbacongalleries.com.au/artists_and_stockroom?id=452638" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neil Frazer at Philip Bacon Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Goya" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Francisco Goya</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Auerbach" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackson Pollock</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Resnick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Milton Resnick </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.paulacoopergallery.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paula Cooper Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Judd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donald Judd</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Shapiro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joel Shapiro</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Murray_(artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Murray</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_Pugh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clifton Pugh</a></li> <li><a href="https://storrier.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Storrier</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2016/11/11/ep-11-euan-macleod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Euan Macleod</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.martinbrownecontemporary.com/ArtistJBraithwaite.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna Braithwaite</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy97smrExOc&amp;t=79s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy97smrExOc&amp;t=79s</a> Neil Frazer in his studio ‘Guiding Light’, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 182 x 182cm ‘Birds Eye’, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 168 x 168cm ‘Travelling Light’, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 152cm ‘Grotto Blue-Green’ 2016, acrylic on canvas 152 x 152cm ‘Fourth Gorge’, 2011, acrylic on canvas, Finalist Wynne Prize 2011 ‘Bravo’, 2003, oil on linen

Ep 69: Neil Frazer

Laura Jones

What do you imagine when you think of a painting of flowers by a woman artist? It might be a Margaret Olley still life set in her crowded Paddington terrace or a Margaret Preston with a striped tablecloth or it might be a close up Georgia O’Keefe with all its erotic interpretations. But it might also be considered less serious – just a pretty picture painted in a domestic setting. It was partly for that reason that Laura Jones initially resisted the flower as subject matter, until it was clear to her that that’s what she should be painting. Her exploration of the flower has developed over the years and took an interesting direction in her spectacular recent show ‘Too Much, Not Enough’ at Sophie Gannon Gallery. The show sold out quickly and a waiting list is in place for collectors. Jones is also a passionate environmentalist and her show at Olsen gallery last year resulted from residencies in the Great Barrier Reef after a severe bleaching event. Those works were both awe-inspiring and shocking. In this episode, we talk about the flowers and the reef as well as Jones’ portraiture and a lot about process and colour. Jones grew up in Kurrajong near the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. This episode starts off with her talking about a time when she was studying for her Masters at the College of Fine Art at the UNSW, working part time as a florist and planning to move into a new studio which was to become the creative Birmingham studios in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria. Feature photo above (cropped) by Rachel Kara Upcoming events  ‘Laura Jones’, Olsen Gallery, 17 November – 8 December Solo show with Olsen Gallery 2019, date tba.  Show notes  Laura Jones Laura Jones at Olsen Gallery Laura Jones at Sophie Gannon Gallery Leah Fraser at Arthouse Gallery Abdul Abdullah Alan Jones Ben Quilty Euan Macleod Nicholas Harding Elisabeth Cummings Marieke Hardy YouTube video with audio from the interview with footage from ‘Too Much Not Enough’, show at Sophie Gannon Gallery (below)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgPxcoQmXi8 ‘Healing Flower’ 2018, oil on linen, 183 x 152cm ‘Banksia Speciosa on Striped Cloth’ 2016 oil on linen (from ‘Wildflowers’ exhibition) ‘Symbiosis’ 2017, oil on linen, diptych, 152 x 244cm overall, pictured in the studio ‘Capricorn’, 2017, oil on linen, 152 x 122cm ‘Back to You’ 2018, oil on linen, 183 x 152cm ‘Marieke reading’ 2015 oil on linen 142 x 112cm ‘Jenna’ 2015, oil on linen, 71 x 61cm ‘Selfie’, 2016, oil on linen, 71 x 61cm

<h4>What do you imagine when you think of a painting of flowers by a woman artist? It might be a Margaret Olley still life set in her crowded Paddington terrace or a Margaret Preston with a striped tablecloth or it might be a close up Georgia O’Keefe with all its erotic interpretations.</h4> But it might also be considered less serious – just a pretty picture painted in a domestic setting. It was partly for that reason that Laura Jones initially resisted the flower as subject matter, until it was clear to her that that’s what she should be painting. Her exploration of the flower has developed over the years and took an interesting direction in her spectacular recent show ‘Too Much, Not Enough’ at Sophie Gannon Gallery. The show sold out quickly and a waiting list is in place for collectors. Jones is also a passionate environmentalist and her show at Olsen gallery last year resulted from residencies in the Great Barrier Reef after a severe bleaching event. Those works were both awe-inspiring and shocking. In this episode, we talk about the flowers and the reef as well as Jones’ portraiture and a lot about process and colour. Jones grew up in Kurrajong near the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. This episode starts off with her talking about a time when she was studying for her Masters at the College of Fine Art at the UNSW, working part time as a florist and planning to move into a new studio which was to become the creative Birmingham studios in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria. Feature photo above (cropped) by Rachel Kara <h4>Upcoming events</h4> <ul> <li>‘Laura Jones’,<a href="https://www.olsengallery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Olsen Gallery</a>, 17 November – 8 December</li> <li>Solo show with <a href="https://www.olsengallery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olsen Gallery</a> 2019, date tba.</li> </ul> <h4>Show notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://laurajones.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Jones</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.olsengallery.com/available.php?artist_id=474" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Jones at Olsen Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://sophiegannongallery.com.au/artists/laura-jones" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Jones at Sophie Gannon Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.arthousegallery.com.au/artists/leah_fraser/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leah Fraser at Arthouse Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://abdulabdullah.com/home.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abdul Abdullah</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.alanjonesonline.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alan Jones</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.janmurphygallery.com.au/artist/ben-quilty/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Quilty</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.euanmacleod.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Euan Macleod</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nicholasharding.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nicholas Harding</a></li> <li><a href="http://kingstreetgallery.com.au/artists/elisabeth-cummings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elisabeth Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marieke_Hardy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marieke Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgPxcoQmXi8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube video with audio from the interview with footage from ‘Too Much Not Enough’, show at Sophie Gannon Gallery (below)</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgPxcoQmXi8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgPxcoQmXi8</a> ‘Healing Flower’ 2018, oil on linen, 183 x 152cm ‘Banksia Speciosa on Striped Cloth’ 2016 oil on linen (from ‘Wildflowers’ exhibition) ‘Symbiosis’ 2017, oil on linen, diptych, 152 x 244cm overall, pictured in the studio ‘Capricorn’, 2017, oil on linen, 152 x 122cm ‘Back to You’ 2018, oil on linen, 183 x 152cm ‘Marieke reading’ 2015 oil on linen 142 x 112cm ‘Jenna’ 2015, oil on linen, 71 x 61cm ‘Selfie’, 2016, oil on linen, 71 x 61cm

Ep 53:  Laura Jones

Joanna Braithwaite

Joanna Braithwaite grew up in Pleasant Point, a small country town in New Zealand, and has been living in Australia for over 16 years. In the last few weeks she has been named as a finalist in both the Sulman and Mosman art prizes and has been a finalist in many more including the Archibald and Portia Geach prizes. Her solo exhibition ‘Social Animal’ is currently showing at Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney’s Paddington. Although Joanna’s work includes paintings with figures and still life, it’s safe to say her predominant subject is that of animals. From birds, reptiles and fish to bears horses, elephants, sloths and particularly dogs, Joanna has expertly captured creatures in paint. But she hasn’t just represented them as we find them in the world as you can see from these images and you will hear all about her approach in this interview. We talk about the lengths to which she went to study the anatomy of animals in her early art career including a trip to an abbatoir. She also talks about what she’s aiming to convey in her work and how humour plays an important role. She also recalls her meeting with Australian author Colleen McCullough whose portrait she painted (and which was shortlisted) for the 2014 Archibald Prize. All the paintings we mention in the show are reproduced in this post so you can see what we’re talking about! Scroll down for a video of Joanna’s show ‘Hullabaloo’ at Martin Browne Contemporary in September 2020  (after the podcast episode was recorded). Current Shows  ‘Social Animal’ (solo exhibition) Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW ‘Archibald Wynne and Sulman’ Prizes, 2016  Art Gallery of NSW – 16 July – 9 October 2016, Sydney, NSW Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney NSW – 20 August – 25 September 2016, Sydney NSW  Show notes (links to things and people we talk about in the show)  Joanna Braithwaite (at Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW) Joanna Braithwaite (at Milford Galleries, Queenstown, NZ) Joanna Braithwaite (at Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ) Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes, AGNSW Neil Frazer Colleen McCullough  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3AEgBMFvP4&amp;t=1s Joanna Braithwaite’s show Hullabaloo’ at Martin Browne Contermporary, September 2020 (after the podcast episode was recorded) ‘Frozen Assets’ 2016 110.5×110.5cm Social Climbers, 2016, 196cm x 196cm ‘Working Class’ 2016 190.5×190.5cm ‘Thought Bubble’ 107x91cm ‘Bright Spark’ 2014, 198cm x 198cm

<h4>Joanna Braithwaite grew up in Pleasant Point, a small country town in New Zealand, and has been living in Australia for over 16 years. In the last few weeks she has been named as a finalist in both the Sulman and Mosman art prizes and has been a finalist in many more including the Archibald and Portia Geach prizes. Her solo exhibition ‘Social Animal’ is currently showing at Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney’s Paddington.</h4> Although Joanna’s work includes paintings with figures and still life, it’s safe to say her predominant subject is that of animals. From birds, reptiles and fish to bears horses, elephants, sloths and particularly dogs, Joanna has expertly captured creatures in paint. But she hasn’t just represented them as we find them in the world as you can see from these images and you will hear all about her approach in this interview. We talk about the lengths to which she went to study the anatomy of animals in her early art career including a trip to an abbatoir. She also talks about what she’s aiming to convey in her work and how humour plays an important role. She also recalls her meeting with Australian author Colleen McCullough whose portrait she painted (and which was shortlisted) for the 2014 Archibald Prize. All the paintings we mention in the show are reproduced in this post so you can see what we’re talking about! Scroll down for a video of Joanna’s show ‘Hullabaloo’ at Martin Browne Contemporary in September 2020  (after the podcast episode was recorded). Current Shows <ul> <li>‘Social Animal’ (solo exhibition) <a href="http://www.martinbrownecontemporary.com/braitwaite16.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Browne Contemporary</a>, Sydney, NSW</li> <li>‘Archibald Wynne and Sulman’ Prizes, 2016  <a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archibald-wynne-sulman-prizes-2016/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art Gallery of NSW</a> – 16 July – 9 October 2016, Sydney, NSW</li> <li>Mosman Art Prize, <a href="http://mosmanartgallery.org.au/mosman-art-prize" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mosman Art Gallery</a>, Sydney NSW – 20 August – 25 September 2016, Sydney NSW</li> </ul> Show notes (links to things and people we talk about in the show) <ul> <li><a href="http://www.martinbrownecontemporary.com/braitwaite16.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna Braithwaite (at Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, NSW)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.milfordgalleries.co.nz/queenstown/artists/46-Joanna-Braithwaite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna Braithwaite (at Milford Galleries, Queenstown, NZ)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bowengalleries.co.nz/artists/artistlist/braithwaite.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joanna Braithwaite (at Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes, AGNSW</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.martinbrownecontemporary.com/ArtistNFrazer.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neil Frazer</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colleen McCullough</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3AEgBMFvP4&amp;t=1s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3AEgBMFvP4&amp;t=1s</a> Joanna Braithwaite’s show Hullabaloo’ at Martin Browne Contermporary, September 2020 (after the podcast episode was recorded) ‘Frozen Assets’ 2016 110.5×110.5cm Social Climbers, 2016, 196cm x 196cm ‘Working Class’ 2016 190.5×190.5cm ‘Thought Bubble’ 107x91cm ‘Bright Spark’ 2014, 198cm x 198cm

Ep 6: Joanna Braithwaite

Tim Storrier

Tim Storrier’s work sweeps you into his imagination: burning ropes in the desert, clothes wrapped around a torso-shaped void, mood-filled skies with clouds that go on forever.  One of Australia’s premier artists, his paintings often take the form of a memento mori – a reminder of our mortality – with detritus strewn across the landscape to remind us of what is left after life has moved on. He has been painting for over 50 years and in 1968 was the youngest artist ever to win the Sulman prize at 19 years of age. He has since won the Sulman a second time and has been awarded the Archibald Prize, the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and Archibald Packing Room Prize. His work is held in most Australian national and state art institutions and in private collections across the world. He has exhibited in dozens of solo shows including a stunning survey show in 2011 at S.H.Ervin Gallery, was a trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW for most of the 90s and has been awarded a member of the Order of Australia for service to the arts. He’s also known for being forthright and at times controversial and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him at his historic home in Bowral in the Southern Highlands of NSW.  We talk about finding one’s voice, his friendships with John Olsen and Brett Whiteley and he talks of the aftermath of Whiteley’s death – he was the person the police called to identify Brett Whiteley’s body –  as well as his views on the Archibald and post modern art (not all positive!).  To hear the podcast interview press play below the above feature photo.  Scroll down for video of Maria Stoljar talking with Storrier in his home and studio.  Above photo of Tim Storrier by Gary Grealy Photography Upcoming show  Sydney Contemporary (international art fair), Carriageworks, Australian Galleries, 12-15 September, Sydney  Show Notes  Tim Storrier Tim Storrier at Australian Galleries Tim Storrier at Philip Bacon Galleries John Ford Sir John Sulman Prize John Olsen Brett Whiteley Wendy Whiteley Peter Kingston Russell Drysdale John Constable John Singer Sargent Memento Mori Archibald Prize Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Damien Hirst | 10 Questions | TIME  (YouTube) Natasha Bieniek in her studio (Talking with Painters) Sam Fullbrook Pablo Picasso Georges Braque  https://youtu.be/tjTcgSp69AY Tim Storrier talks with Maria Stoljar – YouTube video  Noon (light line), 2014, acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 122 cm     ‘Night Passage’, 1981, type C photograph on metallic photographic paper, 80 x 122 cm   ‘The Empire of the Coals (blue night run)’, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 107 x 244 cm  ‘The Great Tumble’, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 91 cm    ‘The Departure Expected (self portrait)’ 2009, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 92 cm The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch), 2012, acrylic on canvas, 182 x 122 cm Winner Archibald Prize 2012   ‘The Arcadian Repose’, 2015-16, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm Finalist Wynne Prize 2017  ‘The Lunar Savant (Portrait of McLean Edwards)’, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 91 cm  Winner Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2018  ‘The Water Dance’, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 304.5 cm   ‘Suzy 350’, 1968, oil on board, 121.6 x121.6 cm Winner Sulman Prize 1968

<h4>Tim Storrier’s work sweeps you into his imagination: burning ropes in the desert, clothes wrapped around a torso-shaped void, mood-filled skies with clouds that go on forever. </h4> One of Australia’s premier artists, his paintings often take the form of a memento mori – a reminder of our mortality – with detritus strewn across the landscape to remind us of what is left after life has moved on. He has been painting for over 50 years and in 1968 was the youngest artist ever to win the Sulman prize at 19 years of age. He has since won the Sulman a second time and has been awarded the Archibald Prize, the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and Archibald Packing Room Prize. His work is held in most Australian national and state art institutions and in private collections across the world. He has exhibited in dozens of solo shows including a stunning survey show in 2011 at S.H.Ervin Gallery, was a trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW for most of the 90s and has been awarded a member of the Order of Australia for service to the arts. He’s also known for being forthright and at times controversial and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him at his historic home in Bowral in the Southern Highlands of NSW. We talk about finding one’s voice, his friendships with John Olsen and Brett Whiteley and he talks of the aftermath of Whiteley’s death – he was the person the police called to identify Brett Whiteley’s body –  as well as his views on the Archibald and post modern art (not all positive!). To hear the podcast interview press play below the above feature photo. Scroll down for video of Maria Stoljar talking with Storrier in his home and studio. Above photo of Tim Storrier by Gary Grealy Photography <h4>Upcoming show</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://sydneycontemporary.com.au/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1qDRnJmG5AIVFK6WCh34mQT1EAAYASAAEgIFWPD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sydney Contemporary (international art fair)</a>, Carriageworks, Australian Galleries, 12-15 September, Sydney</li> </ul> <h4>Show Notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://storrier.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Storrier</a></li> <li><a href="https://australiangalleries.com.au/artists/tim-storrier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Storrier at Australian Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.philipbacongalleries.com.au/artists_and_stockroom?id=452502" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Storrier at Philip Bacon Galleries</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.beaglepress.com.au/tim-storrier" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Ford</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/sulman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sir John Sulman Prize</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Olsen_(Australian_artist)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Whiteley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett Whiteley</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Whiteley" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wendy Whiteley</a></li> <li><a href="https://australiangalleries.com.au/artists/peter-kingston/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Kingston</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Drysdale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Russell Drysdale</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Constable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Constable</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singer_Sargent" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Singer Sargent</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Memento Mori</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archibald Prize</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doug Moran National Portrait Prize</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hirst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq7WkSuTcrs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Damien Hirst | 10 Questions | TIME (YouTube)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y17eJu-IKEk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Natasha Bieniek in her studio (Talking with Painters)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Fullbrook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sam Fullbrook</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pablo Picasso</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Braque" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Georges Braque</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://youtu.be/tjTcgSp69AY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tjTcgSp69AY</a> Tim Storrier talks with Maria Stoljar – YouTube video Noon (light line), 2014, acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 122 cm ‘Night Passage’, 1981, type C photograph on metallic photographic paper, 80 x 122 cm ‘The Empire of the Coals (blue night run)’, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 107 x 244 cm ‘The Great Tumble’, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 91 cm ‘The Departure Expected (self portrait)’ 2009, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 92 cm The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch), 2012, acrylic on canvas, 182 x 122 cm Winner Archibald Prize 2012 ‘The Arcadian Repose’, 2015-16, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm Finalist Wynne Prize 2017 ‘The Lunar Savant (Portrait of McLean Edwards)’, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 91 cm Winner Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2018 ‘The Water Dance’, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 304.5 cm ‘Suzy 350’, 1968, oil on board, 121.6 x121.6 cm Winner Sulman Prize 1968

Ep 76: Tim Storrier

Melinda Harper

Melinda Harper is one of Australia’s leading abstract artists. Her works, filled with geometric forms and often with an explosion of colour, have been fascinating art lovers for over 30 years. Whether its hundreds of rectangles crammed onto the canvas or wavy forms filled with psychedelic stripes, your eye is going to be subjected to a feast of colour and form. In this episode we talk about, amongst other things, colour, why she paints in oils when acrylics would appear to be the obvious choice, and how, when she was at art school, her approach was not at all in fashion. Harper has been exhibiting for over 30 years and has had over 25 solo shows. In 2015, one of Australia’s leading art institutions, Heide Museum of Modern Art, held a major survey of her work called ‘Colour Sensation: The Works of Melinda Harper’. Her work is contained in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW and other public and private collections. I caught up with Harper at her home near the town of Castlemaine, in the beautiful goldfield regions of Victoria. To hear the podcast interview press ‘play’ under the feature photo above. A short video of Harper in her studio will be posted to this website, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube soon. Show Notes  Melinda Harper at Olsen Gallery Judy Chicago Judy Chicago’s installation ‘The Dinner Party’ Hans Hofmann Jackson Pollock Lee Krasner Hans Hofmann’s painting ‘Pre-dawn’, 1960, National Gallery of Australia Marcel Duchamp Hans Hofmann website demonstrating the ‘push and pull’ theory   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct8FlM4jq50 ‘Untitled’, 2011, oil on canvas ‘Untitled’, 2003, oil on canvas, 180 x 150cm ‘Untitled’, 1998, oil on canvas, 183 x 152cm (Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of NSW) ‘Untitled’, 2000, oil on canvas, 183 x 152.3cm (Permanent collection, National Gallery of Victoria) ‘Untitled’, 1999, oil on canvas, 121 x 110cm (private collection, Melbourne)

<h4>Melinda Harper is one of Australia’s leading abstract artists. Her works, filled with geometric forms and often with an explosion of colour, have been fascinating art lovers for over 30 years.</h4> Whether its hundreds of rectangles crammed onto the canvas or wavy forms filled with psychedelic stripes, your eye is going to be subjected to a feast of colour and form. In this episode we talk about, amongst other things, colour, why she paints in oils when acrylics would appear to be the obvious choice, and how, when she was at art school, her approach was not at all in fashion. Harper has been exhibiting for over 30 years and has had over 25 solo shows. In 2015, one of Australia’s leading art institutions, Heide Museum of Modern Art, held a major survey of her work called ‘Colour Sensation: The Works of Melinda Harper’. Her work is contained in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW and other public and private collections. I caught up with Harper at her home near the town of Castlemaine, in the beautiful goldfield regions of Victoria. To hear the podcast interview press ‘play’ under the feature photo above. A short video of Harper in her studio will be posted to this website, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube soon. <h4>Show Notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.olsengallery.com/available.php?artist_id=12" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melinda Harper at Olsen Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Chicago" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Judy Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.judychicago.com/gallery/the-dinner-party/dp-artwork/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Judy Chicago’s installation ‘The Dinner Party’</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Hofmann" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hans Hofmann</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackson Pollock</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Krasner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Krasner</a></li> <li><a href="https://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/ABSTRACTEXPRESS/Default.cfm?IRN=102786&amp;BioArtistIRN=16603&amp;MnuID=3&amp;GalID=2&amp;ViewID=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hans Hofmann’s painting ‘Pre-dawn’, 1960, National Gallery of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marcel Duchamp</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/hanshofmann/push_and_pull_001.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hans Hofmann website demonstrating the ‘push and pull’ theory </a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct8FlM4jq50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct8FlM4jq50</a> ‘Untitled’, 2011, oil on canvas ‘Untitled’, 2003, oil on canvas, 180 x 150cm ‘Untitled’, 1998, oil on canvas, 183 x 152cm (Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of NSW) ‘Untitled’, 2000, oil on canvas, 183 x 152.3cm (Permanent collection, National Gallery of Victoria) ‘Untitled’, 1999, oil on canvas, 121 x 110cm (private collection, Melbourne)

Ep 59: Melinda Harper

Louise Hearman

Louise Hearman is an acclaimed Melbourne artist and winner of the 2016 Archibald Prize for portraiture. She also won the prestigious Doug Moran National portrait prize in 2014 and has been the winner of  several other art prizes.  She is well known for her enigmatic and, at times, eerie portrayal of people and landscapes. She has had 12 solos shows and has been involved in many more group exhibitions. In this interview Hearman talks about how, even as a small child, her drawings contained elements of the work she would later create.  She also explains why her works are predominantly untitled and what she initially intended to enter into the 2014 Doug Moran prize.  She also tells why she likes working on masonite and what it is she calls ‘bungle bungles’ (and when to retire them). Upcoming events  Louise Hearman, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney,  29 September – 4 December 2016.  The exhibition will then travel to TarraWarra Museum of Art in 2017.  Show Notes (links to people and things we talk about in the show)  Louise Hearman Richard Tognetti Satu Vanska Barry Humphries 2016 Archibald Prize – AGNSW Bill Henson Doug Moran National Portrait prize Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney – Exhibition – Louise Hearman STUDIO: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity Nick Stathopoulos Natasha Bieniek India Mark  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-BYZAgXpM ‘Barry’ (2016) oil on masonite 69.5cm x 100cm ‘Bill-1383/Bill-1384’ – Hearman’s dyptich which won the 2014 Doug Moran National portrait Prize ‘Untitled 1283’ oil on masonite, 61cm x 61cm

<h4>Louise Hearman is an acclaimed Melbourne artist and winner of the 2016 Archibald Prize for portraiture.</h4> She also won the prestigious Doug Moran National portrait prize in 2014 and has been the winner of  several other art prizes.  She is well known for her enigmatic and, at times, eerie portrayal of people and landscapes. She has had 12 solos shows and has been involved in many more group exhibitions. In this interview Hearman talks about how, even as a small child, her drawings contained elements of the work she would later create.  She also explains why her works are predominantly untitled and what she initially intended to enter into the 2014 Doug Moran prize.  She also tells why she likes working on masonite and what it is she calls ‘bungle bungles’ (and when to retire them). <h4>Upcoming events</h4> <ul> <li>Louise Hearman, <a href="https://www.mca.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Museum of Contemporary Art</a>, Sydney,  29 September – 4 December 2016.  The exhibition will then travel to<a href="http://www.twma.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TarraWarra Museum of Art</a> in 2017.</li> </ul> Show Notes (links to people and things we talk about in the show) <ul> <li><a href="http://tolarnogalleries.com/artists/louise-hearman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Louise Hearman</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Tognetti" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Tognetti</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satu_Vänskä" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Satu Vanska</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Humphries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barry Humphries</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2016/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2016 Archibald Prize – AGNSW</a></li> <li><a href="http://tolarnogalleries.com/artists/bill-henson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill Henson</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.moranprizes.com.au/doug-moran-national-portrait-prize" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doug Moran National Portrait prize</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mca.com.au/exhibition/louise-hearman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney – Exhibition – Louise Hearman</a></li> <li><a href="http://australianstudiobook.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">STUDIO: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2016/09/15/ep-7-nick-stathopoulos/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Stathopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="http://thisisnofantasy.com/artist/natasha-bieniek/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Natasha Bieniek</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.egganddart.com.au/india-mark/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">India Mark</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-BYZAgXpM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-BYZAgXpM</a> ‘Barry’ (2016) oil on masonite 69.5cm x 100cm ‘Bill-1383/Bill-1384’ – Hearman’s dyptich which won the 2014 Doug Moran National portrait Prize ‘Untitled 1283’ oil on masonite, 61cm x 61cm

Ep 3: Louise Hearman

Nick Stathopoulos

Nick Stathopoulos has been a finalist many times in Australia’s Archibald and Doug Moran Portrait prizes and his 2016 portrait ‘Deng’ of refugee lawyer Deng Adut was awarded the Archibald Prize’s People’s Choice award. Last year his painting of writer Robert Hoge was shortlisted in the renowned BP Portrait Award in London which attracted over 400,000 visitors.  The portrait was also reproduced on the cover of the Times. His art career spans many fields including illustration, book cover design, computer game design, animation, screenwriting, film making and sculpture and this is all on top of an arts/law degree. He has won several awards for his illustration work but has found a real passion in hyper realist painting of portraits and still lifes. In this interview Nick talks about how children’s television of the 60s provided him with the inspiration to draw toys, cars and machines as a child, he explains why he can never eat another Freddo frog and reveals how he came to name his 2009 show ‘Toy Porn’. He generously discusses his art techniques in detail from the first sketches and meeting with the sitter to the final portrait. He also gives moving accounts of how he came to paint Deng Adut and Robert Hoge and the emotional impact those experiences had on him. Nick has works included in a forthcoming group show ’40/40 Project’ at Wagner Gallery,  Paddington, Sydney opening on 19 November 2016. Show notes  (links to things we talk about in the show)  Nick Stathopoulos Gerry Anderson Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Secret Knowledge by David Hockney David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge (BBC production) Deng Adut – University of Western Sydney video Robert Hoge – Australian Story BP Portrait award Archibald Prize  Wagner Gallery  Video below was taken two years after the podcast interview where I caught up with Nick in his kitchen in Sydney. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7DKlMw85pY ‘Robot Power!’ (2011) Acrylic and oil glaze on canvas, 90 x 60 cm   ‘Ugly – Portrait of Robert Hoge’ (2014) Acrylic and oil on linen   Deng (2016), acrylic and oil on linen 137.5cm x 137cm   Stathopoulos’ thumbnail sketches in preparation for his  portrait of Deng Adut   ‘And our friends are all aboard’ Acrylic and oil glaze on canvas 61cm x 61cm (from Toy Porn 2)   ‘Can I be of Service’ (2011) Acrylic and oil glaze on canvas 61cm x 61cm (from Toy Porn 2)   ‘(GM) Square Meals’ (2008) acrylic and oil glaze on canvas 60cm x 60cm   Nick Stathopoulos at home with his painting ‘Don’t touch that dial!’

<h4>Nick Stathopoulos has been a finalist many times in Australia’s Archibald and Doug Moran Portrait prizes and his 2016 portrait ‘Deng’ of refugee lawyer Deng Adut was awarded the Archibald Prize’s People’s Choice award.</h4> Last year his painting of writer Robert Hoge was shortlisted in the renowned BP Portrait Award in London which attracted over 400,000 visitors.  The portrait was also reproduced on the cover of the Times. His art career spans many fields including illustration, book cover design, computer game design, animation, screenwriting, film making and sculpture and this is all on top of an arts/law degree. He has won several awards for his illustration work but has found a real passion in hyper realist painting of portraits and still lifes. In this interview Nick talks about how children’s television of the 60s provided him with the inspiration to draw toys, cars and machines as a child, he explains why he can never eat another Freddo frog and reveals how he came to name his 2009 show ‘Toy Porn’. He generously discusses his art techniques in detail from the first sketches and meeting with the sitter to the final portrait. He also gives moving accounts of how he came to paint Deng Adut and Robert Hoge and the emotional impact those experiences had on him. Nick has works included in a forthcoming group show ’40/40 Project’ at <a href="http://www.wagnercontemporary.com.au/exhibitions/coming-soon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wagner Gallery, </a> Paddington, Sydney opening on 19 November 2016. <h4>Show notes  (links to things we talk about in the show)</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ngart.com.au/artists_nick.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Stathopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Anderson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gerry Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Auguste-Dominique_Ingres" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Knowledge-New-Expanded-Rediscovering/dp/0142005126" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Secret Knowledge by David Hockney</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbFZIpNK10" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge (BBC production)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buA3tsGnp2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deng Adut – University of Western Sydney video</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2015/s4256689.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Hoge – Australian Story</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award/exhibition/exhibitors-entries/2.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BP Portrait award</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2016/29726/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archibald Prize </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wagnercontemporary.com.au/exhibitions/4040-project" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wagner Gallery</a></li> </ul> Video below was taken two years after the podcast interview where I caught up with Nick in his kitchen in Sydney. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7DKlMw85pY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7DKlMw85pY</a> ‘Robot Power!’ (2011) Acrylic and oil glaze on canvas, 90 x 60 cm ‘Ugly – Portrait of Robert Hoge’ (2014) Acrylic and oil on linen Deng (2016), acrylic and oil on linen 137.5cm x 137cm Stathopoulos’ thumbnail sketches in preparation for his  portrait of Deng Adut ‘And our friends are all aboard’ Acrylic and oil glaze on canvas 61cm x 61cm (from Toy Porn 2) ‘Can I be of Service’ (2011) Acrylic and oil glaze on canvas 61cm x 61cm (from Toy Porn 2) ‘(GM) Square Meals’ (2008) acrylic and oil glaze on canvas 60cm x 60cm Nick Stathopoulos at home with his painting ‘Don’t touch that dial!’

Ep 7: Nick Stathopoulos

Gina Kalabishis

Gina Kalabishis’s work is about relationships and connection; connecting with nature and connecting with each other. Her recent show at Flinders Lane Gallery, ‘Bundanon Floor to Sky’, drew on her time spent within the landscape of Bundanon, the gift that artist Arthur Boyd and his wife Yvonne gave to the Australian people. Bundanon is a property of over 1000 hectares on the Shoalhaven river in NSW which offers residencies to artists and writers, an extensive education program and much more. From her time at Bundanon, Kalabishis has produced an astonishing body of work. Her triptych ‘Bundanon Floor to Sky – You are always a part of me now (after Van Morrison)’, which is over three and a half metres long, immerses the viewer into that lush landscape from the roots of the trees to the sky above. Other works in the series, too, explore the area from the ground all the way up to the troposphere, far above the landscape. Kalabishis also combines ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, with native Australian plants, taking them out of the domestic setting into the landscape. Bones and shells also form part of the imagery which she creates through a combination of sculpture and digital technology. Last year she was awarded the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award and has won many other awards including the Rick Amor drawing prize. She has exhibited in 18 solo shows and her work is held in the National Gallery of Australia and many other institutions and private collections. Kalabishis grew up in Melbourne – her parents were Greek migrants – and this conversation starts with her memories of work experience at the National Gallery of Victoria when she was 16.  It was 1985 and the ‘Golden Summers’ exhibition was showing  at the gallery. The exhibition was very popular at the time and included works by Australian impressionists of the Heidelberg school including Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts. Kalabashis talks about her recent exhibition and generously reveals much about her process which takes advantage of 21st century technology. To hear Maria Stoljar’s conversation with Gina Kalabishis press ‘play’ under the feature photo above. Recent exhibition  ‘Bundanon Floor to Sky’, Flinders Lane Gallery, 17 July – 11 August 2018  Show notes  Gina Kalabishis Gina Kalabishis at Flinders Lane Gallery Gina Kalabishis on Instagram Eutick Memorial Still Life Award Bundanon Trust Arthur Streeton Tom Roberts Eugene Von Guerard Van Morrison Norman Sparnon Michael Kiwanuka Nick Cave Else Torp Lost by Frederick McCubbin Irene Hanenbergh Bundanon Siteworks 2018 Anya Mckee Art Spectrum Luke Istomin on Instagram  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gCFCuYbiWM ‘Passing Pulpit Rock – Distant Sky (after Nick Cave and Else Torp)’ 2017, oil on linen, 124 x 86cm (winner of the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 2017) ‘Romeo and Juliet (after Dire Straits)’, 2018, oil on linen, 153 x 122cm   ‘Bundanon Floor to Sky – You are always a part of me now (after Van Morrison)’, 2018, oil on linen, 215 x 366cm   ‘Lost – found (after McCubbin)’, 2015, pastel on velour paper, 50 x 35cm ‘Marion’ 2013, oil on linen, 121 x 137cm

<h4>Gina Kalabishis’s work is about relationships and connection; connecting with nature and connecting with each other.</h4> Her recent show at Flinders Lane Gallery, ‘Bundanon Floor to Sky’, drew on her time spent within the landscape of Bundanon, the gift that artist Arthur Boyd and his wife Yvonne gave to the Australian people. Bundanon is a property of over 1000 hectares on the Shoalhaven river in NSW which offers residencies to artists and writers, an extensive education program and much more. From her time at Bundanon, Kalabishis has produced an astonishing body of work. Her triptych ‘Bundanon Floor to Sky – You are always a part of me now (after Van Morrison)’, which is over three and a half metres long, immerses the viewer into that lush landscape from the roots of the trees to the sky above. Other works in the series, too, explore the area from the ground all the way up to the troposphere, far above the landscape. Kalabishis also combines ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, with native Australian plants, taking them out of the domestic setting into the landscape. Bones and shells also form part of the imagery which she creates through a combination of sculpture and digital technology. Last year she was awarded the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award and has won many other awards including the Rick Amor drawing prize. She has exhibited in 18 solo shows and her work is held in the National Gallery of Australia and many other institutions and private collections. Kalabishis grew up in Melbourne – her parents were Greek migrants – and this conversation starts with her memories of work experience at the National Gallery of Victoria when she was 16.  It was 1985 and the ‘Golden Summers’ exhibition was showing  at the gallery. The exhibition was very popular at the time and included works by Australian impressionists of the Heidelberg school including Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts. Kalabashis talks about her recent exhibition and generously reveals much about her process which takes advantage of 21st century technology. To hear Maria Stoljar’s conversation with Gina Kalabishis press ‘play’ under the feature photo above. <h4>Recent exhibition</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.flg.com.au/floortosky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Bundanon Floor to Sky’</a>, Flinders Lane Gallery, 17 July – 11 August 2018</li> </ul> <h4>Show notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ginakalabishis.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gina Kalabishis</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.flg.com.au/floortosky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gina Kalabishis at Flinders Lane Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gina.kalabishis/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gina Kalabishis on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.emsla.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eutick Memorial Still Life Award</a></li> <li><a href="https://bundanon.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bundanon Trust</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Streeton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arthur Streeton</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Roberts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_von_Guerard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eugene Von Guerard</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Morrison" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Van Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/discovering-tradition-in-post-war-japan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Norman Sparnon</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.michaelkiwanuka.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Kiwanuka</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cave" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nick Cave</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Else_Torp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Else Torp</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/5975/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lost by Frederick McCubbin</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hanenbergh.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Irene Hanenbergh</a></li> <li><a href="https://bundanon.com.au/whats-on/siteworks-2018/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bundanon Siteworks 2018</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.anyamckee.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anya Mckee</a></li> <li><a href="http://artspectrum.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Art Spectrum</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lukeistomin/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luke Istomin on Instagram</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gCFCuYbiWM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gCFCuYbiWM</a> ‘Passing Pulpit Rock – Distant Sky (after Nick Cave and Else Torp)’ 2017, oil on linen, 124 x 86cm (winner of the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award 2017) ‘Romeo and Juliet (after Dire Straits)’, 2018, oil on linen, 153 x 122cm ‘Bundanon Floor to Sky – You are always a part of me now (after Van Morrison)’, 2018, oil on linen, 215 x 366cm ‘Lost – found (after McCubbin)’, 2015, pastel on velour paper, 50 x 35cm ‘Marion’ 2013, oil on linen, 121 x 137cm

Ep 52:  Gina Kalabishis

George Raftopoulos

George Raftopoulos held his first solo show when he was still in his third year of university at only 20 years of age. He has been exhibiting ever since in Australia and internationally in New York, Hong Kong and Paris. He has a relentless energy and rebellious attitude which comes through in his art.  I had been aware of Raftopoulos’ work for some time but it wasn’t until I started following him on Instagram that I really got a sense of what his art was about. His prolific output, imagination, humour and bold aesthetic were something I used to look forward to on my feed. Then suddenly one day he deleted it all!  I thought – what is going on? Well, I found out in this interview. We talk about his early years when his was the only Greek family in the small NSW town of Grenfell, the moment in his teenage years which defined which direction his life would take, his process, inspiration, purpose and the effect of the internet on the art world. Scroll down to see a short video made in 2018 of Raftopoulos passing on his thoughts on painting and creativity to art students in Sydney. Links to people and things we talk about in the show  George Raftopoulos George Raftopoulos on Instagram John Olsen  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNCf5h8NXB8 George Raftopoulos in front of his recent work ‘The Raw RΩAR’   ‘Aeschylus of the Underworld’ 150 x 180cm, oil on polyester (2010) ‘The ROSE of no mans LAND’, 2017, mixed media on Japanese linen, 183cm x 183cm ‘BANGAREE’ ‘ProtoTYPOS’ ‘GRECCO corroborree’

<h5>George Raftopoulos held his first solo show when he was still in his third year of university at only 20 years of age. He has been exhibiting ever since in Australia and internationally in New York, Hong Kong and Paris. He has a relentless energy and rebellious attitude which comes through in his art. </h5> I had been aware of Raftopoulos’ work for some time but it wasn’t until I started following him on Instagram that I really got a sense of what his art was about. His prolific output, imagination, humour and bold aesthetic were something I used to look forward to on my feed. Then suddenly one day he deleted it all!  I thought – what is going on? Well, I found out in this interview. We talk about his early years when his was the only Greek family in the small NSW town of Grenfell, the moment in his teenage years which defined which direction his life would take, his process, inspiration, purpose and the effect of the internet on the art world. Scroll down to see a short video made in 2018 of Raftopoulos passing on his thoughts on painting and creativity to art students in Sydney. <h4>Links to people and things we talk about in the show</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.georgeraftopoulos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Raftopoulos</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/g_raftopoulos/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Raftopoulos on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.olsenirwin.com/pages/johnolsen.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Olsen</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNCf5h8NXB8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNCf5h8NXB8</a> George Raftopoulos in front of his recent work ‘The Raw RΩAR’ ‘Aeschylus of the Underworld’ 150 x 180cm, oil on polyester (2010) ‘The ROSE of no mans LAND’, 2017, mixed media on Japanese linen, 183cm x 183cm ‘BANGAREE’ ‘ProtoTYPOS’ ‘GRECCO corroborree’

Ep 4: George Raftopoulos

Here’s your guide to the paintings of the 13 podcast guests whose works were shortlisted in the 2019 Archibald prize. Go to episodes 72 and 73 for the Wynne and Sulman guides! Click here for an overview of how to use this guide Click here for images of the Archibald Prize finalists Click here to see the gallery map below if you are looking at this on your podcast app. Feature Photo: ‘Lindy Lee’, (detail), oil on canvas, 182.5 x 152cm,  Tony Costa, winner of Archibald prize 2019 Click on the artist’s name below to go to their podcast episode and see the video. The time marking shows where the artist’s work is mentioned in the episode and the number in brackets is the number of the work in the AGNSW. 1:25___  Jude Rae (41) 3:35___ Jonathan Dalton (14) 6:40___Prudence Flint (22)  9:38___Tony Costa (winner) (13)  13:05___Blak Douglas (18)   15:50___Paul Ryan (43)      18:13___Marc Etherington (20)  21.11___Loribelle Spirovski (44) 23:35___Laura Jones (27)      25:10___ Vanessa Stockard (45)  27:54___Natasha Bieniek (5) 29:51___ Natasha Walsh (49)  32:45___Euan Macleod (34) 

Here’s your guide to the paintings of the 13 podcast guests whose works were shortlisted in the 2019 Archibald prize. Go to episodes 72 and 73 for the Wynne and Sulman guides! Click <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/07/17/ep-71-intro-aws-2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> for an overview of how to use this guide Click <a href="https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2019/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> for images of the Archibald Prize finalists Click <a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/07/17/ep-74-the-archibald/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to see the gallery map below if you are looking at this on your podcast app. Feature Photo: ‘Lindy Lee’, (detail), oil on canvas, 182.5 x 152cm, Tony Costa, winner of Archibald prize 2019 Click on the artist’s name below to go to their podcast episode and see the video. The time marking shows where the artist’s work is mentioned in the episode and the number in brackets is the number of the work in the AGNSW. 1:25___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/08/07/ep-28-jude-rae/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jude Rae</a> (41) 3:35___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/09/18/ep-31-jonathan-dalton/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Jonathan Dalton</a> (14) 6:40___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/11/12/ep-35-prudence-flint/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prudence Flint</a> (22) 9:38___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/06/23/ep-70-tony-costa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Costa</a> (winner) (13) 13:05___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2019/05/05/ep-68-blak-douglas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blak Douglas</a> (18) 15:50___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/11/26/ep-36-paul-ryan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Ryan</a> (43) 18:13___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2018/07/29/ep-51-marc-etherington/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marc Etherington</a> (20) 21.11___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/03/30/ep-19-loribelle-spirovski/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Loribelle Spirovski</a> (44) 23:35___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2018/08/27/ep-53-laura-jones/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laura Jones</a> (27) 25:10___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/09/27/ep-32-vanessa-stockard/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Vanessa Stockard</a> (45) 27:54___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2017/06/22/ep-25-natasha-bieniek/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Natasha Bieniek</a> (5) 29:51___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2018/11/04/ep-58-natasha-walsh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Natasha Walsh</a> (49) 32:45___<a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2016/11/11/ep-11-euan-macleod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Euan Macleod</a> (34)

Ep 74: The Archibald

In Alexander McKenzie’s paintings the sun hides below the horizon and a low light illuminates the mysterious landscape. It might be a manicured garden or a hill covered in trees and there will probably be water nearby. Perhaps the sea, a lake, a channel. Perfectly still but brightly reflecting the sky. One thing’s for sure. You’re going to venture in for a closer look. At first it might look familiar but as you get closer you realise it’s not a place that you’re likely to find on this earth.  You’ll discover things you didn’t notice at first glance; a closed gate with its key lost in the painting, a bridge taking you to another place, a red flag warning you to reconsider. Those elements are not accidental. They’ve been deliberately placed by the artist who is himself looking for answers where spirituality is key. Even the symbols in his portraiture lend themselves to a metaphoric interpretation. He’s had twenty five solo shows in Australia and the UK, has been a finalist in the Archibald six times, seven times in the Wynne Prize and is hugely popular. McKenzie’s shows often sell out and his superb mid-career survey show ‘The Adventurous Gardener’ currently at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery in Sydney has been what could be called a blockbuster for a regional gallery, with 2000 people going through the doors on the first weekend. We recorded this episode in McKenzie’s studio with some of his paintings in progress propped up on milk crates against the walls destined for Martin Browne Contemporary and his November solo show. To hear the conversation press ‘play’ beneath the feature photo above. Or listen however you get your podcasts. Scroll down to see a video of McKenzie talking about his survey show ‘The Adventurous Gardener’. Current and upcoming events  ‘The Adventurous Gardener’, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, current to 21 October 2018 Solo show, Martin Browne Contemporary, 15 November – 9 December 2018  Show Notes  Alexander McKenzie Alexander McKenzie at Martin Browne Contemporary Julian Ashton Art School Leonardo Da Vinci Claude Monet Edouard Manet Paul Klee Dutch Golden Age painting John Bokor King Street Gallery Blake Prize Matt Corby  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzVHMan9j7Y ‘More than many sparrows’, 2018, oil on linen, 197 x 350cm Initial sketch for ‘More than many sparrows’ ‘Matt Corby’, 2014, oil on linen, 197 x 153cm ‘Man moves mountain’, 2014, oil on linen, 229 x 198cm  (Finalist Wynne prize, 2014) ‘In danger of knowledge’, 2017, oil on linen, 137 x 228cm ‘Firestarter’, 2011, oil on linen (finalist Wynne prize 2011) ‘Andrew Upton’, 2010, oil on linen, 198 x 228cm (Archibald finalist 2010)

<h4>In Alexander McKenzie’s paintings the sun hides below the horizon and a low light illuminates the mysterious landscape. It might be a manicured garden or a hill covered in trees and there will probably be water nearby. Perhaps the sea, a lake, a channel. Perfectly still but brightly reflecting the sky.</h4> One thing’s for sure. You’re going to venture in for a closer look. At first it might look familiar but as you get closer you realise it’s not a place that you’re likely to find on this earth.  You’ll discover things you didn’t notice at first glance; a closed gate with its key lost in the painting, a bridge taking you to another place, a red flag warning you to reconsider. Those elements are not accidental. They’ve been deliberately placed by the artist who is himself looking for answers where spirituality is key. Even the symbols in his portraiture lend themselves to a metaphoric interpretation. He’s had twenty five solo shows in Australia and the UK, has been a finalist in the Archibald six times, seven times in the Wynne Prize and is hugely popular. McKenzie’s shows often sell out and his superb mid-career survey show ‘The Adventurous Gardener’ currently at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery in Sydney has been what could be called a blockbuster for a regional gallery, with 2000 people going through the doors on the first weekend. We recorded this episode in McKenzie’s studio with some of his paintings in progress propped up on milk crates against the walls destined for Martin Browne Contemporary and his November solo show. To hear the conversation press ‘play’ beneath the feature photo above. Or listen however you get your podcasts. Scroll down to see a video of McKenzie talking about his survey show ‘The Adventurous Gardener’. <h4>Current and upcoming events</h4> <ul> <li>‘The Adventurous Gardener’, <a href="https://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Community/Hazelhurst" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hazelhurst Regional Gallery</a>, current to 21 October 2018</li> <li>Solo show, <a href="https://www.martinbrownecontemporary.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martin Browne Contemporary</a>, 15 November – 9 December 2018</li> </ul> <h4>Show Notes</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.alexandermckenzie.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexander McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.martinbrownecontemporary.com/ArtistAMcKenzie.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexander McKenzie at Martin Browne Contemporary</a></li> <li><a href="https://julianashtonartschool.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Julian Ashton Art School</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leonardo Da Vinci</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Claude Monet</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edouard Manet</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Klee</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Golden_Age_painting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dutch Golden Age painting</a></li> <li><a href="https://talkingwithpainters.com/2016/09/29/ep-8-john-bokor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Bokor</a></li> <li><a href="http://kingstreetgallery.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">King Street Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Prize" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blake Prize</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Corby" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Corby</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzVHMan9j7Y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzVHMan9j7Y</a> ‘More than many sparrows’, 2018, oil on linen, 197 x 350cm Initial sketch for ‘More than many sparrows’ ‘Matt Corby’, 2014, oil on linen, 197 x 153cm ‘Man moves mountain’, 2014, oil on linen, 229 x 198cm  (Finalist Wynne prize, 2014) ‘In danger of knowledge’, 2017, oil on linen, 137 x 228cm ‘Firestarter’, 2011, oil on linen (finalist Wynne prize 2011) ‘Andrew Upton’, 2010, oil on linen, 198 x 228cm (Archibald finalist 2010)

Ep 55:  Alexander McKenzie

The best podcast episodes of the most interesting stories and things. From skyping someone while they're in space, to tracking down and meeting a telephone scammer in person, to the story of a Galapagos. These episodes will keep you and all your friends entertained and captivated for hours. Learn something new in every episode! Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

Best Episodes: Interesting Stories & Things

The Best Multi-Part Documentaries, with documentaries on Obama, Federer vs Nadal, the making of Star Wars, Netflix vs Blockbuster and more. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!