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Over the years, podcast guests have shared some fascinating back stories to paintings they have made, stories which you could never have guessed on merely viewing the work.

Sometimes that back story has made me look at the work in a totally different way and I’m bringing you a few of those to you in this episode. See images of the works we talk about below.

Links

• Tickets for talk with Caroline Zilinsky at the Art Gallery of NSW (Artists in Conversation)
• YouTube video – Anthony White
• Vincent Fantauzzo podcast episode
• Prudence Flint podcast episode
• Ben Quilty podcast episode
• Scott Bevan podcast episode on William Dobell

2:40    ‘Heath’, 2008, oil on canvas, 106 x 140cm (Collection of the Art Gallery of NSW, highly commended and winner of the Archibald Prize People’s Choice award 2008. Portrait of Heath Ledger)

10:40    ‘Baby’, 2015, oil on linen, 105 x 90.5cm (Finalist in Archibald Portrait Prize 2015)

15:45.  ‘Kandahar’ 2011, oil on linen, 140 x 190cm
Photo: Australian War Memorial