Talking with Painters

This episode I’m bringing you some gems from the archives. Leading artists talk with me about colour!

Episodes of featured artists:

• Jo Bertini
• Paul Newton
• Philip Wolfhagen
• Nicholas Harding
• John Wols…

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 …

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…

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 ente…

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, ‘Sc…

You can see an edited video version of the interview with Julia Gutman here

Australia’s most famous art prize was awarded yesterday at the Art Gallery of NSW together with the Wynne and Sulman prizes…

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…

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.

I…

See the YouTube video of Maria Stoljar’s earlier conversation with Idris Murphy here

Last Thursday I was thrilled to speak with Idris Murphy, leading contemporary artist and a previous podcast guest…

See video highlights of this interview on the YouTube channel here

For those of you interested in portraiture in Australia, Yvette Coppersmith needs no introduction.  

She has painted dozens of port…

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 for…

Most artists know that painting a portrait in a tradition where colour and form appear realistic takes years of training where trial and error play an important part.

This is part 2 of my interview …

It was the 80s. Paul Newton had finished a science degree and was a singer in a band. He sensed, though, that this was not meant to be his life’s work.

‘I’m a bit of a perfectionist and unless I can …

It’s hard to define what makes a good landscape painting but, if you investigate the backstory, you might find the artist has a close connection with that place.

In Belinda Street’s October show at S…

We lost one of our greatest artists last night. Nicholas Harding – landscape, still life and portrait painter – and my heart sank when I heard the news. 

It’s early afternoon and already there are ma…

You can also see a short video of Fred in his studio here

There is something mesmerising about Fred Fowler’s paintings. The multitude of small, colour-filled shapes scattered across a monochrome bac…

Jacqui Stockdale is a previous podcast guest . I asked her back onto the show after I saw a series of moving portraits she posted on Instagram. 

Her stepfather, George Stirling, was nearing the end o…

See an edited video version of this conversation on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel here 

‘Colour, for me, is the main game’ Idris Murphy tells me as we sit in his studio in Sydney’s southe…

For over 25 years, previous podcast guest Luke Sciberras has been immersing himself in landscapes across the world, returning to his studio to draw on the smaller works created from life. His paintin…

Click play for the podcast episode – you can also watch an edited video version of this episode on the TWP YouTube channel. 

Most artists remember their first show. Maybe they were lucky enough to se…