Something a bit different! I was lucky enough to be invited to Artworx Gallery in Goolwa during their SALA exhibition ’Blue Interpreted’. I sat down with Jane Smeets and Ben Saunders for a wonderful chat in front of a live audience.

Jane Smeets’ previous role as an arts psychotherapist in palliative services has a significant influence on her art practice. Working with people facing end of life has raised her awareness of caring for life and the natural world. Jane’s large-scale mixed media paintings of birdlife and kangaroos invite the viewer to cultivate wonder and appreciation for the natural world.

Ben Saunders is an award-winning contemporary Australian artist based in Adelaide, South Australia, known for creating atmospheric, textural landscape paintings that sit at the intersection of fine art and modern interior design. ...