<p>In this episode, I'm joined by West Australian painter <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wendy.marinich/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wendy Marinich</a>. We discuss what it actually looks like to build a body of work when you're in the middle of figuring it all out. Wendy came to painting a few years ago, after careers in floristry, catering, and working as a pasta maker at a well-known Perth restaurant. In that relatively short time, she's developing a practice that has a cohesive feel to it, full of mid-century warmth, bold colour, and a real sense of considered intent. I've been watching her work evolve for a while now, and I wanted to bring her on to talk about the process behind that, not from a place of looking back, but from right inside it.</p><br><p>We talk about where ideas begin for Wendy;&nbsp; that moment of instant clarity she had when she walked into her sister-in-law's house and saw a collection of vintage glass arranged by colour, and knew that was her next exhibition. We get into what happens when you have a clear concept but your instincts start pulling you somewhere else mid-series, and how she uses her body of work as a deliberate skills-building exercise. We also talk about the role of commissions, painting one-offs versus series, working on multiple pieces simultaneously, and why this year, for the first time, she decided not to book her exhibition before finishing the work.</p><br><p>Find Wendy Marinich here on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wendy.marinich/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and her <a href="https://www.wendymarinich.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>&nbsp;</p><p>You can find the podcast<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecreativekindpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> her</a>e on Instagram &amp; <a href="https://thecreativekind.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> on substack</p><br><p>Thanks so much for listening! Feel free to rate, review and share if you enjoyed it,&nbsp; it really does help other people find the show.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>