Occasionally an artist or a picture will come along that really strikes a chord with how people feel about a place.
Who was Brett Whiteley? Considered to be one of Australia's most original artists, known for his unique paintings capturing iconic landscapes like Sydney Harbour.
The lyricism of it, the poetry of it is the sense of evoking the feeling of what it is to see and to experience this place and this subject.
He was known for his confident style and abstract sensibilities as well as paintings about his own inner demons.
Painting can have that dark side effect. But with heroin it was a struggle, you know, and a complete moral dilemma.
In this podcast, we're exploring the universe of Brett Whiteley, the man, his art and his legacy.
A lot of his work really was about trying to work out where he fitted in.
Life was always intense for him, he had set himself very high goals. He loathed the feeling of failure in himself,
And I'll be talking with some of Australia's most celebrated contemporary artists to find out what Brett has meant to them and their own careers.
There's also that dangerous legacy of this is what an Australian artist is. This sort of tortured genius a nd this is what you have to be to be an artist, which I think is pretty archaic.
I'm Fenella Kernebone and this is 'Art, life and the other thing'. Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts.