Talking with Painters

Nicole Kelly is one of Australia’s most interesting emerging artists. Her landscapes and portraits are filled with remin... Read more

During the Cold War, the Soviet Bloc and the West were separated in various ways but probably none so dramatically as th... Read more

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 l... Read more

Del Kathryn Barton is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in Australian art today. Her work is hotly sought after inter... Read more

John Bokor is an award winning landscape and still life artist. He grew up in Sydney and lives in Bulli, NSW. He has had... Read more

Looking back at the artists of 2019! Listen to this podcast episode for highlights of my conversations with the amazing ... Read more

Nicholas Harding is one of Australia’s most celebrated artists. He has been awarded the Archibald prize, the Archibald P... Read more

There’s the Archibald portraits but there’s also the other stuff; a painting of a home aquarium where a scuba diver is c... Read more

You may know Dee Smart from the popular Australian television series Water Rats or Home and Away or from her feature fil... Read more

Neil Frazer is a landscape painter but don’t expect pictures of rolling hills or calming seascapes. His powerful work d... Read more

What do you imagine when you think of a painting of flowers by a woman artist? It might be a Margaret Olley still life s... Read more

Joanna Braithwaite grew up in Pleasant Point, a small country town in New Zealand, and has been living in Australia for ... Read more

Tim Storrier’s work sweeps you into his imagination: burning ropes in the desert, clothes wrapped around a torso-shaped ... Read more

Melinda Harper is one of Australia’s leading abstract artists. Her works, filled with geometric forms and often with an ... Read more

Louise Hearman is an acclaimed Melbourne artist and winner of the 2016 Archibald Prize for portraiture. She also won the... Read more

Nick Stathopoulos has been a finalist many times in Australia’s Archibald and Doug Moran Portrait prizes and his 2016 po... Read more

Gina Kalabishis’s work is about relationships and connection; connecting with nature and connecting with each other. Her... Read more

George Raftopoulos held his first solo show when he was still in his third year of university at only 20 years of age. H... Read more

Here’s your guide to the paintings of the 13 podcast guests whose works were shortlisted in the 2019 Archibald prize. Go... Read more

In Alexander McKenzie’s paintings the sun hides below the horizon and a low light illuminates the mysterious landscape. ... Read more