How to deal with a studio disaster.

Painter Darryn Ansted here discusses Afghanistan, Alex Spremberg, Bamiyan, Buddhist murals, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Cave painting, Derrida, George Gittoes, Ghent Alterpiece, Grant Morrison, Hans Memling, Heidegger, Illusion, Kunstmuseum Basel, Lascaux, Michael Iwanoff, Oil painting, Origami, Peter Falk, Silk Road, Snow Monkey, St Jerome, The Painting that Ate Paris, Tibet, Time, Jan van Eyck, Vasari, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire… and Animal Chin

Painter Darryn Ansted here discusses paintings by Titian, Velazquez, Caravaggio, Francis Bacon and Colin McAhon. Tips on painting are offered as well as reflections on steering a painting practice through Scylla and Charybdis.

Painter Darryn Ansted here discusses the motif of the storm in paintings by Giorgione, Géricault and Caspar David Friedrich.

Painter Darryn Ansted here discusses a painting by Adriaen Brouwer.

This sixth episode recounts stories of learning, teaching and practicing painting with examples from far flung times and places.

Painter Darryn Ansted here retraces the the good, the bad and the ugly side of life as a artist. This fifth episode recounts the stories of maintenance of an art form constantly tearing itself apart. Part tragedy, part comedy, this episode reflects on the artwork of Rosalie Gascoigne and the fate of painting after 1945... and today-in both the studio and in the academy.

Contemporary painter Darryn Ansted here retraces the the good, the bad and the ugly side of establishing a life as a painter. This fourth episode recounts the role of piety in culture. It explains how painting today invokes an ancient commitment to significance in order to navigate a modern demand to appease.

Contemporary painter, writer and art teacher, Darryn Ansted here retraces the the good, the bad and the ugly side of establishing a life as a painter. The third episode recounts the story of ground. It explains how painters today recall ancient gestures of painting on the cave wall and the body. In particular it relates the common ground between the experience of architecture and painting.

Contemporary painter, writer and former Head of Painting at Curtin art school, Darryn Ansted here retraces the the good, the bad and the ugly side of establishing a life as a painter. The second episode recounts the story of immersion in Leipzig and the development of a painting practice parallel to teaching, while recovering from several shocks in one of the world's most notorious citadels of painters.

Contemporary painter, writer and former Head of Painting at Curtin art school, Darryn Ansted here traces the the good, the bad and the ugly side of establishing a life as a painter. The first episode recounts the story of writing a book on painting parallel to developing an independent painting practice.