Episode 250 - Painting, motherhood and the poetry of everyday observation with Sally Lee Andersen

About this episode

Sally Lee Andersen discusses how her personal experiences influence her art, focusing on themes of motherhood and memory.

Send us Fan Mail Sally Anderson’s work is strongly influenced by her personal life, including her experiences of home, motherhood and relationships, as well as second hand experiences of landscapes. She explores how meaning and memory are held, stored and carried. Born in Lismore, Sally Anderson began studying Visual Art at Southern Cross University before moving to the College of Fine Art in Sydney. She has been a finalist in the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Portia Geach Memorial Award, the Sunshine Coast Art Prize and the Paddington Art Prize. In 2014 she took part in a residency with the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists in Reykjavik, Iceland. In 2017 she won the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship through the Art Gallery of NSW and completed a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. These ideas continue in her upcoming exhibition at N Smith Gallery, opening on 9 April. Called Holding Pattern, River Hug , it builds on her interest in cycles, care, and repetition, with new paintings that shift between abstract and more realistic forms. Sally is represented by N.Smith Gallery (Sydney, Australia) and Edwina Corlette Gallery…

People in this episode

Hosts: Fiona Verity, Julie Nicholson, Gary Seller

Guest: Sally Lee Andersen

Topics covered

• painting
• motherhood
• everyday observation
• art
• memory
• landscapes

Keywords

• Sally Lee Andersen
• painting
• motherhood
• art
• memory
• landscapes
• visual art

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southern Cross University, College of Fine Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Places: Lismore

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