Louise Hearman is an acclaimed Melbourne artist and winner of the 2016 Archibald Prize for portraiture.

She also won the prestigious Doug Moran National portrait prize in 2014 and has been the winner of  several other art prizes.  She is well known for her enigmatic and, at times, eerie portrayal of people and landscapes.

She has had 12 solos shows and has been involved in many more group exhibitions.

In this interview Hearman talks about how, even as a small child, her drawings contained elements of the work she would later create.  She also explains why her works are predominantly untitled and what she initially intended to enter into the 2014 Doug Moran prize.  She also tells why she likes working on masonite and what it is she calls 'bungle bungles' (and when to retire them).

Upcoming events

* Louise Hearman, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney,  29 September - 4 December 2016.  The exhibition will then travel to TarraWarra Museum of Art in 2017.

Show Notes (links to people and things we talk about in the show)

* Louise Hearman

* Richard Tognetti

* Satu Vanska

* Barry Humphries

* 2016 Archibald Prize - AGNSW

* Bill Henson

* Doug Moran National Portrait prize

* Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney - Exhibition - Louise Hearman

* STUDIO: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity

* Nick Stathopoulos

* Natasha Bieniek

* India Mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J-BYZAgXpM

'Barry' (2016) oil on masonite 69.5cm x 100cm

'Bill-1383/Bill-1384' - Hearman's dyptich which won the 2014 Doug Moran National portrait Prize

'Untitled 1283' oil on masonite, 61cm x 61cm