Talking with Painters

Talking with Painters


Latest Episodes

Ep 168 Sophie Cape wins the Hadley’s Art Prize
August 31, 2025

Sophie Cape has just taken out the $100,000 Hadleys Art Prize for landscape with her powerful painting Thunder Shifts the Shivering Sands. Its a raw and visceral work on canvas made using rust, char

Ep 167 Remembering William Robinson with Davida Allen (2020)
August 27, 2025

Australia has lost one of its great painters. William Robinson has passed away at the age of 89. I was lucky enough to meet Bill in 2020 when I interviewed his close friend, artist Davida Allen. At Da

Ep 166: Julie Fragar wins the 2025 Archibald Prize
May 09, 2025

Watch an edited video version of this conversation on the YouTube channel here Its one of the most thrilling days on the Australian art calendarand this year, Julie Fragar has taken out the Archiba

Ep 165: Richard Lewer
April 06, 2025

Podcast listeners - see the art work we talk about in this episode here Step into the gripping world of Richard Lewer where drawing, painting, and video meet the raw edges of human experience. Richa

Ep 164: New Videos, Loading Dock Invite & What’s Next
March 17, 2025

Catch up on the latest YouTube videos and Instagram reels, and dont miss the chance to be part of my next Loading Dock interview at the Art Gallery of NSW! Justin Williams (video) Justin Williams

Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt (live at the Tweed Regional Gallery)
December 04, 2024

See the video version of the interview on YouTube here - My conversation with two remarkable Australian artists, Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt was in front of a fabulous audience at the Tweed Regiona

Ingrid Hedgcock at the Margaret Olley Art Centre
November 19, 2024

Ingrid Hedgcock, director of the Tweed Regional Gallery, shows me around the amazing Margaret Olley Art Centre which is the relocation of Margaret Olley's home studio from Paddington in Sydney. Famou

Sophie Perez and Sarah McDonald (with edited version on YouTube)
November 12, 2024

See an edited version of this episode (5 mins) on the talking with Painters YouTube channel - An artists residency provides more than just uninterrupted time to work; its also a valuable space for r

Karen Black
August 21, 2024

Podcast listeners click here to view the works Through layers of paint in varying translucency, Karen Black explores not only the physical nature of the female form but through her use of abstraction

Laura Jones wins the 2024 Archibald Prize
June 09, 2024

Watch the video version of my interview with Laura Jones here on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel Congratulations to previous podcast guest Laura Jones on winning the Archibald Prize - Austra