https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/life-a-conversation--5523255enSociety & CultureCopyright Tony Edwardshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b9c70fe4bad4329fb7cd0d81d852adc8.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/life-a-conversation--5523255Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:52:09 +0000Tony EdwardsTony Edwardst.g.edwards@hotmail.comLife A Conversation is all about life. In each episode I'll be talking to people about their life. Every life is interesting and in Life A Conversation we will find out how interesting people can be.cleanepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/04-jody-graham--49674204
From the earliest days visiting scrap metal yards and her father’s factory in western Sydney – inspired by the action of machinery and the draftsmen’s tables where they drew designs for machinery by hand – the recurring themes in Jody’s work have centred on the broken, the displaced and the forgotten.

Whether expressed in drawing, sculpture, installation or performance, this speaks to her long-nurtured urge to rescue and restore, with the objective of recycling and re-purposing both materials and techniques.

Jody has had over ten solo exhibitions and exhibits frequently in important group exhibitions. She won the open Greenway Art Prize in 2017 (and the local prize again in 2020) and has been a finalist in many major art prizes, including the 66th Blake Prize, ‘Sculptures at Scenic World’ in Katoomba, and at the Muswellbrook, Paddington, and NSW Parliament’s Plein Air painting prizes.

Her work as been selected twice for the Kedumba Drawing Award Collection, and for the Jacaranda and Swan Hill Drawing Awards; and she has been a finalist in the Dobell, Rick Amor, and Adelaide Perry drawing prizes.

Jody’s work is held in the Kedumba Collection of Australian Drawings, in Waverley and Blacktown City Council collections, at the Western Sydney Institute, in the Nepean Arts and Design Centre, and in private collections nationally and in the UK, USA, and New Zealand.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49674204Tue, 14 Jun 2022 19:30:04 +0000Tony EdwardsDrawing is at the core of Jody Graham’s multidisciplinary art. She relentlessly explores new techniques and investigates contemporary drawing practice. To do this she builds on and then moves beyond conventional drawing processes in search of new...
From the earliest days visiting scrap metal yards and her father’s factory in western Sydney – inspired by the action of machinery and the draftsmen’s tables where they drew designs for machinery by hand – the recurring themes in Jody’s work have centred on the broken, the displaced and the forgotten.

Whether expressed in drawing, sculpture, installation or performance, this speaks to her long-nurtured urge to rescue and restore, with the objective of recycling and re-purposing both materials and techniques.

Jody has had over ten solo exhibitions and exhibits frequently in important group exhibitions. She won the open Greenway Art Prize in 2017 (and the local prize again in 2020) and has been a finalist in many major art prizes, including the 66th Blake Prize, ‘Sculptures at Scenic World’ in Katoomba, and at the Muswellbrook, Paddington, and NSW Parliament’s Plein Air painting prizes.

Her work as been selected twice for the Kedumba Drawing Award Collection, and for the Jacaranda and Swan Hill Drawing Awards; and she has been a finalist in the Dobell, Rick Amor, and Adelaide Perry drawing prizes.

Jody’s work is held in the Kedumba Collection of Australian Drawings, in Waverley and Blacktown City Council collections, at the Western Sydney Institute, in the Nepean Arts and Design Centre, and in private collections nationally and in the UK, USA, and New Zealand.]]>2854art,artist,arts,australia,australian,charcoal,creative,creativity,drawing,graham,jody,jodygraham,theartscleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/03-catherine-mccorkill--49650826
After a long and wonderfully rewarding career in classical music, She took up art again, studying at the Nepean Art and Design Centre, and is now completing a Masters in Studio Arts through the Florence Academy of Art.

Her art-making is directed by the search for meaning, truth, beauty and the journey within that search. Music, poetry and philosophy influence her art, as does the natural world, and portraiture is of great interest to Catherine, capturing something of a person’s existence and energy in time and space. Luminance, atmosphere and depth of tone are elements she likes to explore in the mediums of painting, printmaking, drawing and photography.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49650826Tue, 31 May 2022 19:30:02 +0000Tony EdwardsCatherine McCorkill is a visual artist who lives and works in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. After a long and wonderfully rewarding career in classical music, She took up art again, studying at the Nepean Art and...
After a long and wonderfully rewarding career in classical music, She took up art again, studying at the Nepean Art and Design Centre, and is now completing a Masters in Studio Arts through the Florence Academy of Art.

Her art-making is directed by the search for meaning, truth, beauty and the journey within that search. Music, poetry and philosophy influence her art, as does the natural world, and portraiture is of great interest to Catherine, capturing something of a person’s existence and energy in time and space. Luminance, atmosphere and depth of tone are elements she likes to explore in the mediums of painting, printmaking, drawing and photography.]]>2200art,australia,australian,catherine,catherinemccorkill,drawing,etching,finearts,lino,linoprints,painting,photography,portraiturecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/02-nina-crumpton--49638198
Her channel It's a Wheely Good Life is on Facebook and YouTube and was established to help people with a disability improve their lives through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Her social media on Instagram is wheelygoodlife
Facebook It's A Wheely Good Life
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wheelie+good+life
YouTube wheelie good life]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49638198Tue, 17 May 2022 19:30:02 +0000Tony EdwardsToday, I talk with Nina Crumpton a friend and disability advocate. With fiery red hair, a big voice and a mobility scooter, she says it is not unusual for strangers to approach her in the street and tell her something about a video she made more than...
Her channel It's a Wheely Good Life is on Facebook and YouTube and was established to help people with a disability improve their lives through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Her social media on Instagram is wheelygoodlife
Facebook It's A Wheely Good Life
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wheelie+good+life
YouTube wheelie good life]]>2288australia,australian,conversation,crumpton,disbility,life,lifeaconversation,ms,ndis,nina,ninacrumpton,wheeliegoodlife,wheelygoodlifecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/01-adam-knott--49621626
Knott’s award-winning portrait/fine art work has appeared in Esquire, Stern, GQ, Vibe, Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Sunday Times Magazine, People, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire and The Independent.

His high-end celebrity portraits include Audrey Hepburn, Cate Blanchett, Shirley MacLaine, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Bridges, Nelson Mandela, Alice Cooper, Chris Isaak, Michael Caine and Joel Edgerton to name a few.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49621626Tue, 03 May 2022 19:30:02 +0000Tony EdwardsTodays guest is Adam Knott. Adam is a world-renowned Australian photographer who, throughout his career, has been based in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Sydney. Knott’s award-winning portrait/fine art work has appeared in Esquire, Stern,...
Knott’s award-winning portrait/fine art work has appeared in Esquire, Stern, GQ, Vibe, Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Sunday Times Magazine, People, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire and The Independent.

His high-end celebrity portraits include Audrey Hepburn, Cate Blanchett, Shirley MacLaine, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Bridges, Nelson Mandela, Alice Cooper, Chris Isaak, Michael Caine and Joel Edgerton to name a few.]]>1916australia,australian,conversation,lifeaconversation,photographer,photography,tafecleanfullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/promo-no-1--49440852https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49440852Fri, 15 Apr 2022 03:20:13 +0000Tony EdwardsLife A Conversation will be starting on May the 4th! Yes Star Wars Day!!!31australia,australian,conversation,life,lifeaconversation,new,podcastcleanfull