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The Good Oil

Graeme Douglas

52 episodes

The Good Oil is dedicated to long form conversations with Aotearoa / New Zealand painters about their lives and practices.

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  1. Ep 52 Lisa Reihana

    · 1 h 15 min · S4 E52

    In this episode, I sit down with Lisa Reihana at her studio in Tāmaki Makaurau. This episode is part of a series I’m delivering this season for the McCahon House Parehuia Residency, celebrating their 20th Anniversary,…

  2. Ep 51 Shane Cotton

    · 1 h 13 min · S4 E51

    In this episode, I visit Shane Cotton in his studio in Te Tai Tokerau. Shane is Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine and Te Uri Taniwha. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts fro the Ilam School of Fine Art at the University…

  3. Ep 50 Brendon Leung

    · 55 min · S4 E50

    In this episode, I sit down with Brendon Leung. Brendon has a Bachelor of Design and Visual Arts and a Master of Design, both from the Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland. Brendon has several solo and group…

  4. Ep 49 Cora-Allan Twiss

    · 1 h 03 min · S4 E49

    In this episode, I sit down with Cora-Allan Twiss at her studio in Tāmaki Makaurau. This episode is part of a series I’m delivering this season for the McCahon House Parehuia Residency, celebrating their 20th…

  5. Ep 48 Emma Fitts

    · 1 h 07 min · S4 E48

    In this episode, I sit down with Emma Fitts at Melanie Roger Gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau. This episode is part of a series I’m delivering this season for the McCahon House Parehuia Residency, celebrating their 20th…

  6. Ep 47 Richard Lewer

    · 1 h 14 min · S4 E47

    In this episode, I sit down with Richard Lewer at Suite Gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau. This episode is part of a series I’m delivering this season for the McCahon House Parehuia Residency, celebrating their 20th…

  7. Ep 46 Martin Basher

    · 1 h 08 min · S4 E46

    In this episode, I visit Martin Basher at his studio in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. This episode is part of a series I’m delivering this season for the McCahon House Parehuia Residency, celebrating their 20th Anniversary,…

  8. Ep 45 Ed Bats

    · 1 h 10 min · S4 E45

    In this episode, I visit Ed Bats at his home and studio. Ed’s art qualifications are a little different from most artists that appear on the podcast, having been largely educated within the graffiti art community in…

  9. Ep 44 Neke Moa

    · 1 h 16 min · S4 E44

    In this episode, I visit Neke Moa at her home and studio in Ōtaki on the Kāpiti Coast By the way, this episode is part of a series I’m delivering this season for the McCahon House Parehuia Residency, celebrating their…

  10. Ep 43 Graham Fletcher

    · 58 min · S4 E43

    In this episode, I visit Graham Fletcher at his home and studio in Sawyers Bay, Otago. Graham has several qualifications to him name, including a Master of Fine Arts (with Hons) and a Doctor of Fine Arts, both from…

  11. Ep 42 Ruby Wilkinson

    · 1 h 02 min · S4 E42

    In this episode, I visit Ruby Wilkinson at her studio in Tāmaki Makaurau. Ruby holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massey University College of Creative Arts, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, and is currently in the Master of…

  12. Ep 41 Grace Wright

    · 1 h 08 min · S4 E41

    In this episode, I visit Grace Wright at her studio in Tāmaki Makaurau. Grace holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts (with First Class Honours) from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of…

  13. Ep 40 John Ward Knox

    · 1 h 13 min · S4 E40

    In this episode, I visit John Ward Knox at his home, studio and garden in Karitane. John holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. He has work held in numerous…

  14. Ep 39 Simon Kaan

    · 1 h 03 min · S3 E39

    In this episode, I sit down with Ōtepoti based artist Simon Kaan at Sanderson gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau. Simon is of Ngāi Tahu, Chinese and Pākeha descent. He has a Diploma of Fine Arts, with Honours, from Otago…

  15. Ep 38 Sarah Smuts-Kennedy

    · 1 h 02 min · S3 E38

    In this episode, I visit Sarah Smuts-Kennedy at her home and studio at Maunga Kereru, in Mahurangi West, north of Auckland. Sarah has a Master of Fine Arts, with first class honours, from the Elam School of Fine Arts…

  16. Ep 37 Richard Killeen

    · 59 min · S3 E37

    Kia ora, welcome to episode 37 of The Good Oil, conversations with Aotearoa painters. In this episode, I visit Richard Killeen at his home and studio in Tāmaki Makaurau. Richard is over five decades into one of the…

  17. Ep 36 Raukura Turei

    · 1 h 12 min · S3 E36

    Kia ora, welcome to episode 36 of The Good Oil, conversations with Aotearoa painters. In this episode, I visit Raukura Turei at her studio in Tāmaki Makaurau. Raukura is Ngā Ra-u-ru Kītahi Taranaki, Ngāti Pāoa and…

  18. Ep 35 Nigel Brown

    · 1 h 04 min · S3 E35

    Kia ora, welcome to episode 35 of The Good Oil, conversations with Aotearoa painters. In this episode, I speak with Nigel Brown at Artis Gallery in Tāmaki Makaurau. Nigel has work held in numerous public and private…

  19. Ep 34 Star Gossage

    · 1 h 08 min · S3 E34

    In this episode, I visit Star Gossage at her home and studio in Pākiri. Star is Ngāti Wai and Ngāti Ruanui. She received a Diploma of Fine Arts from Otago Polytechic School of Art in 1995. She has work held in…

  20. Ep 33 Jacqueline Fahey

    · 55 min · S3 E33

    In this episode, I visit Jacqueline Fahey at her home and studio in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Jacqueline was educated at the Canterbury College School of Art, that would later become the Ilam School of Fine Arts at…

  21. Ep 32 John Brown

    · 1 h 09 min · S3 E32

    In this episode, I visit John Brown at his home and studio in the Hawkes Bay. Among other qualifications, John holds a Bachelor in Art and Design from AUT, and has won the Kaipara Foundation Award in 2012 (which is…

  22. EP 31 Andrew McLeod

    · 1 h 09 min · S3 E31

    In this episode, I visit Andrew McLeod at his home and studio in Whanganui. Andrews holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. He is now over 27 years into his…

  23. EP 30 Seraphine Pick

    · 1 h 11 min · S3 E30

    In this episode, I visit Seraphine Pick at her home and studio in Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Seraphine has conducted a practice for over 30 years, in that time always exploring and evolving subject matter, use of…

  24. EP 29 Darryn George

    · 1 h 06 min · S3 E29

    In this episode, I visit Darryn George at his home and studio in Ōtautahi. Darryn is of Ngāpuhi descent. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury and a Master of…

  25. EP 28 Martin Poppelwell

    · 1 h 00 min · S2 E28

    In this episode, I sat down with Martin Poppelwell at the Melanie Roger gallery surrounded by his new work included in a recent group show. Martin has established an impressive multi disciplinary practice, with…

  26. EP 27 Dame Robin White

    · 1 h 21 min · S2 E27

    For this episode, I visited Dame Robin White earlier this year at her home and studio in Masterton. Robin is one of our most distinguished painters, holding, among other qualifications, a Diploma in Fine Arts from the…

  27. EP 26 Gavin Hurley

    · 1 h 02 min · S2 E26

    In this episode I visit Gavin Hurley at his home and studio in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Gavin graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. His works have been…

  28. EP 25 Seung Yul Oh

    · 1 h 01 min · S2 E25

    In this episode I visit Seung Yul Oh at his home and studio in Pt Chevalier, Auckland In the last 20 years since graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and then Master of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts…

  29. EP 24 Michael Smither

    · 1 h 06 min · S2 E24

    In this episode I visit Michael Smither at his home and studio in the Coromandel. Michael is one of Aotearoa's most accomplished painters, exhibited his first solo show in 1961, he is now into the 7th decade of his…

  30. EP 23 Emily Wolfe

    · 52 min · S2 E23

    In this episode I visit Emily Wolfe at Melanie Roger Gallery in Tamaki Makaurau while she was in Aotearoa for the opening of her show ‘Long Distance.’ Emily graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of…

  31. EP 22 Ayesha Green

    · 1 h 08 min · S2 E22

    In this episode I visit Ayesha Green at Jhana Millers Gallery in Te Whanganui-a-Tara before she embarked on a move to the United Kingdom. Ayesha is Ngāti Kahungunu, Kai Tahu. Among several qualifications, she has a…

  32. EP 21 Laura Williams

    · 1 h 07 min · S2 E21

    In this episode I visit Laura Williams at her studio in Eden Terrace, Tamaiki Makaurau. Laura is a self taught artist that has a Masters in Sociology from the University of Auckland. She has numerous exhibitions under…

  33. EP 20 Claudia Kogachi and Josephine Jelicich

    · 1 h 13 min · S2 E20

    In this episode I visit Claudia Kogachi and Josephine Jelicich at their home in Auckland. Claudia graduated with a BFA with first class honors from the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. She has…

  34. EP 19 Jeffrey Harris

    · 53 min · S2 E19

    In this episode I visit Jeffrey Harris at his studio in Ōtepoti. Jeffrey is a self taught artist that is over 50 years into his practice. His work is held in numerous public and private collections, including The…

  35. EP 18 Emily Hartley-Skudder

    · 1 h 11 min · S2 E18

    In this episode I visit Emily Hartley-Skudder at her residency at the Francis Hodgkins Fellowship in Otēpoti at the University of Otago. Emily graduated from the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of…

  36. EP 17 Hamish Coleman

    · 1 h 06 min · S2 E17

    In this episode I visit Hamish Coleman in his studio in Otepoti. Hamish graduated from the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in 2012, and has been the…

  37. EP 16 Gretchen Albrecht

    · 1 h 17 min · S2 E16

    In this episode I visit Gretchen Albrecht at her recent show at Two Rooms gallery in Auckland. After graduating from the The Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland with an Honors Degree in Painting in…

  38. EP 15 Imogen Taylor

    · 1 h 36 min · S1 E15

    In this episode I visit Imogen Taylor in her studio in Henderson, West Auckland. Imogen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Post Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Arts at the University of Auckland.…

  39. EP 14 Kirstin Carlin

    · 44 min · S1 E14

    In this episode I visit Kirstin Carlin in her studio in Mt Roskill, Auckland. Kirstin has a Master of Fine Arts from the Glasgow School of Art.Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, and she has…

  40. EP 13 Jude Rae

    · 1 h 25 min · S1 E13

    In this episode I speak with an honorary NZ painter that holds an Australian passport, Jude Rae. Jude has a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from the University of Sydney, a Graduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies…

  41. EP 12 Dick Frizzell

    · 1 h 34 min · S1 E12

    In this episode I visit Dick Frizzell in his home and studio in Mt Eden, Auckland. Dick is some six decades into a practice that is as diverse in output as it is long. He is responsible for some of the most iconic…

  42. EP 11 Arie Hellendoorn

    · 1 h 02 min · S1 E11

    In this episode I visit Arie Hellendoorn in his home and studio in Lower Hutt, Wellington. Arie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Massey University. He has exhibited in galleries in Australia and NZ for over 15 years…

  43. EP 10 Stanley Palmer

    · 37 min · S1 E10

    In this episode I visit Stanley Palmer in his home and studio in Mt Eden, Auckland. Stanley has established one of the most enduring practices in NZ, now into his 7th decade of painting and print making. He has been…

  44. EP 09 Hannah Ireland

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E9

    In this episode I visit Hannah Ireland in her home and studio in Mt Eden, Auckland. Hannah is Ngāti Hinē and Ngapuhi. While still an emerging artist, she has quickly established herself as unique painter, employing a…

  45. EP 08 John Walsh

    · 1 h 11 min · S1 E8

    In this episode I visit John Walsh in his Wellington home and studio to sit by the fire and drink tea… and talk about his practice. John is of Aitanga Hauiti and New Zealand Irish descent. His work is held in numerous…

  46. EP 07 Karl Maughan

    · 50 min · S1 E7

    In this episode I visit Karl Maughan in his Wellington studio. Karl has built one of the most immediately recognisable practices in NZ art, painting almost exclusively garden scenes since his first solo exhibition in…

  47. EP 06 Katherine Throne

    · 51 min · S1 E6

    In this episode I visit Katherine Throne at her Wanaka home, studio… and garden. Katherine has only seriously committed to a painting practice in her 40's. Despite that, her work has been in high demand since self…

  48. EP 05 Michael Dell

    · 1 h 02 min · S1 E5

    In this episode I travel to Michael Dells home and studio in Nelson, where he conducts a practice that works with both representation and abstraction. Micheal holds a Bach of Fine Arts from Ilam at the University of…

  49. EP 04 Hiria Anderson-Mita

    · 1 h 31 min · S1 E4

    In this episode I travel to Otorohanga to visit Hiria Anderson-Mit-ah at her home and studio. Hiria is Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Apakura, Rereahu. Hiria graduated from Whitecliffe Collage of Design & Arts with an MFA,…

  50. EP 03 Sir Grahame Sydney (Part 2)

    · 58 min · S1 E3

    Welcome to episode three of The Good Oil, conversations with Aotearoa painters. In this episode (part two of two part interview) I return to my conversation with Grahame Sydney. If you haven’t heard part one of this…

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