Art Wank

Send us Fan Mail We nearly wet ourselves when artist, Laura Jones said yes to being interviewed by Art Wank! She is one of our favourite artists so we were beyond excited. We had the best chat with Laura about art school, her studio, her love of colour and much more. Her current exhibition is running at Sophie Gannon Gallery in Melbourne called, 'The Listening Ship', is a body of work sh...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to this weeks podcast we were lucky to be able to visit the amazing artist Catherine Cassidy in Cronulla who told us about her no fear attitude to painting from her early days of painting in oils to her current practise of using anything that works. Catherine Cassidy's work can be found on her website https://catherinecassidy.studio or on her instagram ht...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode Is with he wonderful Avalon based artist Leonie Barton. You may know her around the Northern Beaches for her ephemeral artworks, arranging natural materials Into beautiful artworks. We had a great conversation via zoom about her paintings, health constraints on her work and Leonie's past work for the photographer Anne Geddes and much more... Thanks Le...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks to Richard Briggs for talking to us about your drawing life and your career in Architecture. He kindly answered our questions on Zoom from his office in Redfern hence the city sounds. Thanks for bearing with us with the sound fingers crossed we get the grant soon so we can get some sound equipment. Richard is a multi talented artist who can be found on Instagram https://www...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode 20 - We were beyond excited to interview the wonderful artist, Blak Douglas, at his Marrickville studio last week. Blak Douglas was born in Western Sydney to a Dhungatti Aboriginal Father and Caucasian Mother, Blak Douglas was trained in illustration & photography and became self–practiced in painting. Blak Douglas is also a classically trained Yidaki player...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to this episode it was so inspiring to meet and talk all things creative with artist Susie Dureau. Susie is represented by Curatorial and Co Here is Susie's latest artist statement .Observations of light and atmosphere are central to my creative practice and while my paintings are landscape based, they are much more than literal depictions of the wilderne...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode we speak to the wonder woman, Peta Morris, the artist, musician, teacher and more....! We had such a great chat with Peta, encompassing many parts of her artistic life Including her one-woman musical, Baggage Limit, she wrote for Adelaide Fringe Festival. Peta Is a very Inspirational woman and her work with kids at The Kid Creative, an art school In Brookvale...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 2 of ART WANK - this season we are kicking off with the fabulous artist Nicola Woodcock. You can find her at https://www.nicolawoodcock.com or on her instagram https://www.instagram.com/nicolawoodcockart Nicola has her upcoming show BUSHWALK is opening on 17 - 28 June in Paddington at St Cloche or you can see it online from Wednesday night at 6 pm and you can pur...

Send us Fan Mail Artist Sharon Candy http://www.sharoncandy.com.au/home/ spoke to us today about her creative practise of painting abstract works - she describes herself as an abstract expressionist landscape painter - she is a great example of turning her side hustle into her full time job. Or you can find her on her instagram http://instagram.com/sharoncandy We learnt so much from her and are so...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks episode is an interview with Sydney artist Jessica Watts with guest appearance of her dog Kevin. This is a great deep dive into her practise - thank you Jessica for sharing all the details and the business side of being a successful artist. It was a really helpful chat for Julie and I.  She paints stunning figurative mixed media works incorporating vintage wallpaper  Th...

Send us Fan Mail This week we spoke to best selling author and journalist, Sarah Turnbull. As part of her doctorate, she is writing a fiction book based on the life and works of C19 Australian impressionist, John Russell. He was great friends with Van Gogh, Monet and Matisse amongst other contemporary artists. We spoke to Sarah about his fascinating life, why she decided to write about him, his us...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for listening to this episode sorry about the sound quality being a little up and down unfortunately due to Covid-19 we are still interviewing over the internet so its patchy. Also did not edit out some bits as they turned out to be a fun part of the interview - I hope you think so to. Episode 12 was a fab and fun discussion with artists Laurie McKern the awesome painter of...

Send us Fan Mail Brigit Bullen Is a charismatic artist living In Avalon, NSW. She used to be a corporate psychologist but 5 years ago a devastating car accident left Brigit with a brain injury and impaired physical ability. We talked to Brigit about her ceramics practice and how It has helped heal her mentally and physically. Her mother Is artist Gail English and we spoke about her Influences on B...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you to Fiona Chandler for a fabulous chat about her art practise and running the Northern Beach's Sydney Road Gallery. You can see Fiona's work on her website with links to Sydney Road Gallery http://sydneyroadgallery.com https://fionakate.com.au Links for topics mentioned in this weeks episode The artist residency we talked about can be seen at https://www.norther...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Fiona and Julie this week talk over the phone with the contemporary artist http://gemmarasdall.com who is a fabulously and fun youthful artist living the dream of being a full time artist whilst living on her boat full time which is mored in the stunning Pittwater and commuting to her studio on Scotland island. Gemma is an impressionist mixed media  mixed media pai...

Send us Fan Mail This weeks episode is an interview with local Northern beaches environmentalist artist Rachel Carroll http://rachelcarroll.com.au The audio on this episode is a bit noisy - thanks for bearing with us whilst we navigate these Covid-19 times with houses full of kids and husbands and by the sound of it a lot of birds... Items and topics mentioned in this episode: We asked Rachel do w...

Send us Fan Mail Many thanks to http://jancristaudo.com.au Jan Cristaudo for talking to us today about how she puts together a solo art show and how she promotes herself. Some of Jan's marketing strategies she mentioned : http://pittwaterlife.com.au local free magazine Pittwater Life http://artgallery.nsw.gov.au to find the Look magazine http://theartshopmonavale.com.au the art shop at Mona V...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Fiona and Julie this week talk over the phone with the contemporary artist http://debbiemackinnon.com who answered so many of our questions about how to take those next steps towards having an art show outside of your local areas. Debbie helps unpack the myths and gives great advise to emerging artists Fiona Verity and Julie Nicholson and helps them to see that you...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our new podcast with artist http://fionaverity.com.au and Julie Nicholson. Come along for the ride with two comical, curious artists talking about there creative journey and hear them interviewing artists, teachers and all the creatives they can find to guide them within the arts community and discussing the art world.  In this episode we launch season one which will be...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we ask the question What do Artists do all day? Come along for the ride and find out in this weeks episode what artists Julie Nicholson and Fiona Verity do all day in their art studios and enjoy the surprise visit they make to talk to local artists Vanessa Ashcroft http://instagram.com/vanessaashcroft and Catriona Pollard http://theartofweaving.com.au at the new ar...