Ep 130: Luke Sciberras (uncut)

Talking with Painters

For over 25 years, previous podcast guest Luke Sciberras has been immersing himself in landscapes across the world, returning to his studio to draw on the smaller works created from life. His paintings are bold and have a commanding presence.

Many of those works, as well as drawings and prints, have been brought together for the first time in two excellent survey shows. The exhibitions, titled ‘Luke Sciberras: Side of the Sky’, are running concurrently at Campbelltown Arts Centre and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery in NSW and include works sourced from public and private collections around the world. A beautiful monograph also accompanies the exhibitions (link below). The shows end on 7 August 2022.

I interviewed Luke in 2019 in his studio in Hill End, NSW – an old stone church built in the 19th century – and the conversation we recorded is episode 64 of the podcast. I also recorded video on that day and this episode is the full audio recording from that video. The popular 4 minute YouTube video made from the recording can be seen on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel.

Luke has exhibited in over 40 solo shows, his work is held in the collection of the Art Gallery of NSW and many regional galleries and in corporate and private collections.

This conversation was recorded in the lead up to Luke’s show with his Sydney gallery, King Street Gallery on William, which was called ‘Rose into View’.

To hear this episode click on ‘play’ beneath the above photo.

Current exhibition

Survey exhibition ‘Side of the Sky’ Campbelltown Arts Centre and Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, current until 7 August 2022

Links

• Luke Sciberras website
• Luke Sciberras on Instagram
• Luke Sciberras at King Street Gallery on William
• Luke Sciberras at Scott Livesey Galleries
• Talking with Painters YouTube video ‘Luke Sciberras talks with Maria Stoljar in his studio’
• Talking with Painters podcast episode 64
• Maria Stoljar Instagram video at Campbelltown Arts Centre’s ‘Luke Sciberras: Side of the Sky’
• Monograph ‘Luke Sciberras: Side of the Sky’

https://youtu.be/htLK3TzbUNo

‘White Christmas, Bell, NSW’, 2020
oil on board
160 x 244 cm; 162.5 x 246.5 cm framed
Image: Art Gallery of NSW website
Finalist Wynne prize 2020

‘North Facing, Belle Ile’, 2018
oil on board
120.00 x 160.00 cm
Image: Scott Livesey Galleries website

‘Shelly Beach (Portsea)’
2020
oil on board
120.00 x 120.00 cm
Image: Scott Livesey Galleries website