94.1FM 3WBC – Downtown with Jerry Guirguis interviewing Lynn Savery, Australian Prize-winning Artist.

British-born, Melbourne-based artist Lynn Savery first took up painting five years ago, as her husband recuperated from cancer. Then,

in 2018, she won the $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with her first oil painting.

Now, the self-taught artist has taken out this year’s $30,000 Portia Geach Memorial Award,

Australia’s premier prize for female portraitists.

Lynn Savery won for Kindred Spirits, a romanticised figurative painting

of friend Eloise de Silva posed like a Victorian-era rambler in a leafless woodland.

Her painting was selected from 58 finalists and 336 entries.

Listen to interview now [ Lynn Savery on 94 1FM 3WBC Downtown with Jerry Guirguis Tuesday 8 Nov 2022 - YouTube ]

Hi and Welcome......................

Q1] How did you transition from being a scholar in International Relations / Politics to an Australian prize-winning Artist ?

Q2] Are you A Happy Artist ?

Q3] Did art and Prize winning help you be more playful, Creative, In Control, Empathetic, or NONE OF THESE ?

Thank You for giving us your valuable time on 94.1FM 3WBC - Downtown.

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Jerry Guirguis

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