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Many thanks to Amber Boardman for your time talking to us about the show Fair Play currently showing at Manly Regional Gallery. You can find out more about the exhibition with the following link.
https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/whats-on/fair-play

If you would like to find out more about Amber

https://www.amberboardman.com

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Melanie Vugich is an Australian artist giving the still life genre a modern twist.

She is a still life painter from Broken Hill, who lived in Florence, Italy for 25 years designing textiles. She has recently collaborated with the fashion designer, Oscar De La Renta, for a collection using her paintings as prints. Her paintings feature flowers, books, fruits and vases she has collected from her time in Broken Hill.

Her sister, Lisa, is her manager, which is very cool, and we think everyone should have a Lisa!!

You can see Melanie's work at Twentytwentysix Gallery in Bondi from 24th Jan - 12th Feb.

Thanks Mel, so great to meet you and talk to you. 

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Many thanks to Josh for having us to his studio - to find out more about Josh you can go to his website.

Josh describes his work as referencing our experience of peripheral vision of the local world but describes our visual experience as being truncated and redacted - as we are living on our phones and our experiences with visual media are so fleeting and sporadic and perhaps people will contemplate the world more by viewing his artwork.

https://www.joshuacharadia.com/cv 

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https://elladreyfus.com/weight-and-seaTo find out more about Ella Dreyfus check out her website

https://elladreyfus.com

or her instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ella_dreyfus/

To find out more about her artwork in Sculpture by the Sea https://elladreyfus.com/weight-and-sea
and Ellas latest Film Dreyfus-drei look here
https://elladreyfus.com/dreyfus-drei-film

Many thanks Ella for a great chat. 

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We spoke to Giles Alexander from his  St. Peters studio.  His painting practice strives to understand, 'us', and 'belonging' and in turn, the universe. Hence, Giles's fascination with planets and space. 

'Giles Alexander’s art practice explores the visual discourse of belonging. He asks us how we find a sense of belonging in a city, a country, the world, and the universe. Alexander’s humanist preoccupations have led to a multi-disciplinary practice marked by the high production value and technical skill. The artist is conscious that the questions he ponders - around belonging, origin, and the universe - have absorbed humanity since we encountered the power of thought.'

Giles is represented by Olsen Gallery and Mars Gallery. 

NB: we talked about Vantablack, a blackest black paint made and trademarked exclusively by the artist, Amish Kapoor, for his sole use. Another artist, Stuart Semple, has made his own blackest black paint, in retaliation, for everyone can use except Anish Kapoor! 

Thanks, Giles, we really enjoyed our chat and hope everyone does too! 

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Thank you to Joanna Logue for a fabulous chat - we so enjoyed talking with you and could not wait to get back to the studio to paint, you were so inspiring and generous.

You can find out more about Joanna's art practise on her website https://www.joannalogue.com

or her instagram https://www.instagram.com/joannalogue/?hl=en

You can see Joanna's work at https://kingstreetgallery.com.au

Her show Echo is on until 22 December at Kings Street Gallery in Darlinghurst Sydney. 

Congratulations Joanna on a beautiful show. 

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We love Troy Emery's work, his playful, soft sculptures are so extraordinary and tactile, when we saw them at the Art Pharmacy office we had to touch them!! Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney represents him. We talked to Troy over zoom as he is based in Melbourne, about taxidermy, natural history museums, materials, degradation of nature, Hermes windows, and much more!! We also talked to Troy about his sculptural paintings.   

Troy will be at 2022 Sydney Contemporary so get down to Carriageworks to see his work in the flesh. 

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Bernard is currently on show at Trevor Victor Harvey Galleries in Seaforth until 26 November 2022 - https://www.instagram.com/trevorvictorharvey/?hl=en

Bernard Ollis is an artist of immense talent and knowledge - it was a pleasure to go and chat with him on the podcast - his studio is a riot of colour filled with awesome art works in paint, oil pastel of all manor of fabulous spaces around the world. Bernard was kind enough to share some of his stories of his vast career in the Arts. This podcast is a must listen for all aspiring and emerging artists.


Learn about Bernard Ollis on his website
http://www.bernardollis.com

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We spoke to Sarah Robson at Manly Art Gallery and Museum, surrounded by her current exhibition, Abstract Realities: The MAG&M Project, alongside artists Julian Goddard (Perth), and David Thomas (Melbourne). This exhibition brings together three artists, to create site-sensitive installations that are temporal, open, and sensory. In addition to their own works, the artists have selected works from public and private collections to consider the fundamental role of contemporary abstraction.

Abstract Realities invites the viewer to experience abstract art as a unique way of questioning and revealing the seeming complexity of being in the world.

We had a deep dive with Sarah about the role of abstract art in the world and how it can be perceived as elitist and not understood. Sarah recently completed her Ph.D. and we spoke to her about undertaking a doctorate and what she gained from the in-depth study.

Thanks, Sarah we really enjoyed the chat. you can see the exhibition at Manly Art gallery until December 4th so get down and walk through the experience! 

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Many thanks to Helen Earl Ceramic artist from NSW. Helen creates ceramics from clay with found objects. They are transitory experience of being in the world. 

Her website is
https://www.helenearl.com

Or you can find out more on her instagram
https://www.instagram.com/helenearlart/