I can’t tell you how many people have urged me to draw Brad “The Slim but Savage One” McCahon, producer to Eoin Cameron on 720 ABC Perth Breakfast. I got up very early on Wednesday and found him in his native habitat…
Smile Brad!
It can’t be that bad working for Eoin if Slim can smile like this!
Eoin wriggles
It was hard to capture Eoin. The man just can’t keep still!
Orrie at Reception
Orrie is the queen of the reception area. I saw immediately that she was a character and a repository of great stories…
In a corner of the newsroom…
Hidden in the corner of the newsroom… Steve.
Lisa in the Library
I found Lisa in the Sound Library and Archive. The walls are covered in CDs… seconds from around the country.
Alicia’s real desk
I had been misled. There were two Alicia Gorey desks, the real one hidden away. Following my nose, I soon found it.
(I’ve hidden a mouse in this picture just for fun)
ABC Workshop with Peter
“I’m going to treat you the same as the Grade 1s and 2s I sometime teach” said Peter, at the beginning of the workshop yesterday. Sixteen potential artists from all corners of the ABC in East Perth sat, now slightly nervously, in the foyer and looked up at this – it must be said – [...]
The Painting – the whole story
To make it easier for you to see how the painting came together we’ve combined a few posts.
10.00 am
Every surface of the studio likely to get spattered with paint has been covered in plastic drop sheets. It looks like we are going to commit murder.
Peter is calm and excited – if you can be both [...]
Workshop for ABC Staff
Peter’s next project as part of his residency (which is sadly nearly finished) is to run a one-hour workshop for staff this Wednesday lunchtime.
Staff need to tell the State Director’s office if they’d like to come along.
Peter promises that we’ll be able to draw by the end of the lesson as long as we “do [...]
Interviews with Peter
Get inside Peter Kendall’s brain by listening to what he says about this morning’s experience. We’ve pulled together the interviews from this morning’s programs – The Soil Sisters with Geraldine Mellet and Sportstalk with Glenn Mitchell – and after it was all over I sat down with Peter for a leisurely conversation.
Listen to the program [...]
Final Moments
Finishing touches
Buggered
Signature
Details
Finished painting
Painting and subjects
Peter is interviewed by the Sportstalk panel.
Roanna thinks the painting is spot on. Clint is in the background admiring Peter’s work.
It’s finished!
“I’m buggered. My energy has just gone. I stopped when the communication finishes and the communication finished.”
Peter is now sitting next to me in the control room as we watch the last few minutes of Sportstalk.
“Hey that looks pretty good.” Peter sounds amazed but for Roanna and I who have watched this painting come to [...]
During the news
Peter says the painting is different to what he envisaged. He’s thinking in abstract terms – the red blind behind Ken, the gold of the desk, the grey window. There’s a lot of technical stuff on the desk which he’s suggesting rather than detailing. He’s only got two hours and two paintings to do!
He’s using an [...]
Paint on canvas
What Peter sees…
Paint hits the canvas…
First pass…
Glenn’s green shirt appears…
Notes from behind the scenes
Hi, Sarah Knight here. I’m the program director at 720 ABC Perth and blogging this exciting event as Peter paints.
I spent a bit of time sticking up plastic drop sheets this morning. It looked like we were going to commit murder – every surface covered – but I know my boss would not be happy [...]
Live oil painting
A live oil painting – probably doesn’t make sense but you’ll understand I’m sure what I mean… Peter Kendall is going to create an oil painting of our Sportstalk crew tomorrow morning in the Wally Foreman studio.
Peter’s got just two hours to paint the scene of Glenn Mitchell, Jon Dorotich and Ken Judge, in oils!
I’m [...]
Artopia Launch
I went down to the launch of the Artopia festival in King Street today to support Drive presenter and Weatherman Russell Woolf. Russell was the MC for the official opening. Well I say support… really I wanted to see him draw. You see Peter Kendall had told me what he planned for Russell to do [...]
Portrait artist Peter Kendall is spending his Artopia residency getting a fly-on-the-wall look at the ABC - turning his experiences at the East Perth studios into a sketch book and blog of ABC staff going about their daily tasks.
Peter Kendall is a full time professional artist living in South Perth and well known for his portrait and abstract painting and children's books.