Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Adam Lee is an Australian artist working from his country studio at the foothills of the Macedon Ranges just outside of Melbourne, Australia. His practice focuses on a re-interpretation of painting and drawing traditions and references a wide range of sources, incorporating biblical narratives, natural history, historical and colonial documentary photography, contemporary music and film, and varying literary sources. Employing new evaluations of landscape painting and old world portraiture Lee investigates humanity’s interface with the environment of the natural world and its relationship to ideas of a timeless zone of the divine.

Topics discussed in this episode:
Accepting the unexpected
Allowing the process of creating artwork guide you
Embracing inspiration
Describes his newest body of work, "Lament Asunder"
Anselm Kiefer
Chris Ofili
Creative problem solving within paintings
Understanding writers block
The business side of the gallery system
Ben Abraham

Adam's Website:
https://www.adamlee.com.au

Artist Decoded Patreon:
patreon.com/artistdecoded

Originally Posted 1.23.17