Creative Connections

Mandy Jakich
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In conversation with Aotearoa's visual artists, talking practice, process and creative life.

  1. 13/04

    Jo Tricker - Glass artist

    Jo Tricker is a glass artist based in Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa NZ. Jo creates glass fused, slumped, cast and lamp worked objects that are shaped by a love of literature and travel and the people from different cultures that she has met along the way.   Jo is an exuberant storyteller. In this episode she talks about her younger life living in the UK and studying English and linguistics at Massey University and her initial love of mosaics which 14 years ago led to learning about glass screen printing, lamp working and glass fusing. She shares why she only now feels she's getting to really understand what she's all about as an artist and why she does what she does. Jo works in series which often use different techniques or are based on different ideas. She explains how she juggles the various series of work, her time making as a busy mother and how she manages being an extrovert alongside spending so much time alone in her studio. And she describes the process for her most current series Mythology of Fruit. Jo shares some excellent advice, philosophies and reflections for artists and people wanting to develop a creative career. https://www.jotrickerglass.com/ Support the show Creative Connections Website See our website for more about us and artist blogposts with images + links of the things we talk about in each episode. CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Instagram Creative Connections Facebook

    1 h 23 min

  2. 2/04

    Rosanne Croucher - Landscape painter

    Rosanne Croucher is a landscape oil painter from Hamilton New Zealand. She sees herself as a 'painter of moments' as well as landscapes, capturing the splendour, light and mood of ordinary everyday Aotearoa scenes. In this episode we talk about Rose's experience completing a masters degree of design and visual arts at Unitec in Auckland, which she completed in 2013; how she juggles being a mother of 3 children whilst still prioritising time to paint; why she likes to capture ordinary scenes as well as magestic landscapes; how she brings her imagination into her landscape work and why she loves to paint still water, mist and atmosphere. We talk process - from her preference for preparing her own ACM boards and mounting and adhering canvas or linen on top, to techniques she uses for priming and colour mixing, using a rag as well as brushes and the joys and challenges of plein air painting. Roseanne generously shares a mental health condition she has lived with for 30 years called TTM or Trichotillomania which she has recently overcome, how this has affected her life and why she now feels ready to share this with others.  This is a wonderful episode I know you'll enjoy. Ngā mihi thank you to Roseanne for sharing her beautiful practice and for sharing her personal beliefs and mental health with us. https://rosannecroucher.com/ Support the show Creative Connections Website See our website for more about us and artist blogposts with images + links of the things we talk about in each episode. CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Instagram Creative Connections Facebook

    1 h 6 min

  3. 26/03

    Katie Robinson - Painter

    Katie Robinson is a painter based in both Alexandra, Central Otago and in Devonport, Auckland. https://www.katierobinson.co.nz/ Katie makes work that sits at the intersection of memory, emotion, and mischief. Her art is grounded in its making, but often not in its mood. It’s underpinned by real stories and personal heritage, often tangled up with humour, oddness, and where I unexpectedly find emotion. Much of her inspiration comes from the Otago region—its landscapes, its histories, its ghosts (real and imagined).  In this beautiful meandering episode we talk about Katie's academic background and varied career: the science PHD Katie achieved in her twenties; her moves into banking, management consulting then intellectual property law and how she finally "grew up" and tapped into her creativity once she became a mother.  Katie shares how she manages her life between Alexandra and Devonport and how these 2 places influence her work in different ways. We talk about leading from the heart, managing vulnerable feelings, painting on found objects, layering colour, the stories of stones, the challenges of solo shows, abstracting shapes and seeing things differently in her landscapes. Support the show Creative Connections Website See our website for more about us and artist blogposts with images + links of the things we talk about in each episode. CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Instagram Creative Connections Facebook

    1 h 19 min

  4. 20/03

    Janet Mazenier - Contemporary visual artist

    Janet Mazenier is a contemporary visual artist living in Te Hau Kapua Devonport in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Janet's practice engages with place, time, affect, world bending, and materiality. Her drawn-paintings are characterised by texturally rich, excavated, and striated surfaces that evoke ancientness, the hidden, the unseen, and the ephemeral. Janet's paintings are created using oil paint mixed with beeswax (known as cold wax medium), enabling a low-toxic practice that results in beautiful textural works. In this episode we talk about how Janet got started as a full time artist 13 years ago after a corporate career, her experience gaining a masters degree in fine art at Whitecliffe School of Art in Auckland and going on to complete a PHD in Creative Practice at Elam School of Fine Art, which she completed in March 2026. Janet describes the medium of cold wax, its qualities, how it is made and applied and the effects she achieves with this medium in her paintings. We explore concepts around contextual and conceptual thinking, the ideas behind Janet's work related to heritage and place and her involvement in 2 formative artist residencies in Ireland. We talk scale, art collectives, collaboration, working with light, time and responding to the land. Janet teaches a number of creative classes that encompass painting, drawing, collage and critical thinking, and is also offering one-on-one mentoring for creatives who wish to have a guiding hand to navigate your way through your creative practice. https://www.creativeconnections.nz/post/janet-mazenier-contemporary-visual-artist https://janetmazenier.com/ Janet's workshops Instagram Facebook Support the show Creative Connections Website See our website for more about us and artist blogposts with images + links of the things we talk about in each episode. CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Instagram Creative Connections Facebook

    1 h 33 min

  5. 13/03

    Mark Whippy - Figurative Painter

    Mark Whippy is a Kiwi-Fijian artist born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. Mark’s figurative and portrait art is inspired by observing the ordinary everyday people and scenes of his environment, hoping to capture their stories and characters, finding the beauty of every day life.  Mark's style is a playful blend of realism and abstraction. His focus currently has been on the urban environment of Auckland City life.​ As well as being a practising artist, Mark has a passion for teaching art and helping others gain confidence and grow their skills.  In this episode we talk about life drawing, teaching art, participating in art battles, Mark's experience studying fine art at Whitecliffe in Auckland, his experiences drawing people's portraits in public, Mark's painting process, entering art awards, neurodiversity and the ideas behind Mark's paintings. Mark talks about his introverted younger self and the ways he has gained confidence in himself and his practice over the years through his time at Whitecliffe Art School, participating in online art classes and stepping out of his comfort zone. Support the show Creative Connections Website See our website for more about us and artist blogposts with images + links of the things we talk about in each episode. CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Instagram Creative Connections Facebook

    1 h 27 min

  6. 6/03

    Roots Tattoo Auckland Convention - with tattoo artist and founder Ben Kaye

    Ben Kaye DBKAYE is an Auckland tattoo artist and the co-founder with his wife Madeline of the Roots Auckland Tattoo Convention. Auckland is set to host its first-ever international tattoo convention in 2026 with the launch of the Roots Auckland Tattoo Convention, a weekend celebration of artistry, culture, and community taking place Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March at The Cloud, 89 Quay Street, Auckland. In a country like New Zealand, few art forms hold as much personal and cultural significance as tattooing. An expression of cultural, artistic and personal narrative, tattoos have transcended their origins to become a global phenomenon, celebrated and revered across diverse communities. The Roots Auckland Tattoo Convention is an exceptional tattoo convention designed to unite New Zealand and international artists, enthusiasts, and industry leaders in a shared celebration of ink and artistry. In this episode I speak to Ben about his own creative journey and tattoo practice as well as the Roots Auckland Tattoo Convention, which is on at The Cloud for the very first time on the weekend of March 14th and 15th 2026, with plans to continue each year. Support the show Creative Connections Website See our website for more about us and artist blogposts with images + links of the things we talk about in each episode. CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Instagram Creative Connections Facebook

    49 min

  7. 26/02

    Carol Bucknell - Figurative painter

    Carol Bucknell is a Waiheke artist who has come from a successful career in journalism and garden design. She has been painting commissioned portraits and figurative works in oils for 20 years, and now produces more abstracted figurative works using oils and cold wax. In January 2024 Carol and artist Sally Tagg held a joint exhibition at Waiheke Community Art Gallery. Later that year she was a finalist in the Walker and Hall Art Awards. In January 2026 she won the runner up prize at the Craigs Aspiring Art Awards in Wanaka.  Carol has completed several specialist courses focusing on painting the figure in order to broaden a mostly self-taught practice. Working out of her Oneroa studio in Waiheke her paintings explore the relationship between contemporary digital processes and oil paint application on panels using cold wax medium.  Through the use of bold colour, texture, stencils and other media the resulting paintings take the figure beyond its traditional boundaries while retaining the artist’s obvious affection for the human form.    In this chat we talk about Carol's journey from painting portraits to abstracted figurative works, the cold wax process, abstracting the figure, how she captures movement, her fascination with gesture, human poses and body language, inspiration for her paintings, why she likes to paint women, using the Procreate app in her process, the possibility of using text in her paintings and the influence of a career in journalism and landscape design in her work. And so much more. This is such a great episode I know you'll love as much as I loved meeting and talking to Carol. Thank you nga mihi to Carol Bucknell for joining us on the podcast and for sharing your story with us. Support the show Creative Connections Website See our website for more about us and artist blogposts with images + links of the things we talk about in each episode. CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Instagram Creative Connections Facebook

    1 h 11 min

  8. 19/02

    Lyndy Wilson - Contemporary painter

    Lyndy Wilson is a contemporary New Zealand painter of Tainui descent. She grew up and still lives in the small town of Ngāruawāhia surrounded by the Waikato and Waipā rivers and the majestic Hakarimata ranges, a constant source of inspiration. Her style can be described as diverse, eclectic and ever evolving which allows her the freedom to explore different subjects such as floral and botanical, abstract, landscape and more recently figurative. Growing up in Ngaruawahia Lyndy was immersed in Maori culture. Annual regattas At Turangawaewae Marae were always a huge event for the town and a way to celebrate and show pride in their rich heritage.  Lyndy has early memories gathering flax with her Grandmother and sitting watching her great Aunties weave. Hangis at Christmas with the extended family were well loved  ..these early memories inform some of her figurative work.  In this episode Lyndy talks about studying at The Learning Connexion art school in Wellington, how she manages painting three different genres in her art practice and what inspires each genre, the ways she processes her own emotions through her paintings, her fascination for "the dark side", what she does with her 'failed' paintings and the great story behind her finalist work for the National Contemporary Art Award "Tell Me You Like It Anyway". She opens up about self doubt and learning to handle that, building community, her experimenting Fridays and her tongue in cheek plan for starting up a "husbands of artists support group".  Thank you to Lyndy for joining me on CC. And thank you as always to my faithful listeners and supporters . Now on to my chat with Lyndy - enjoy. Support the show Creative Connections Website See our website for more about us and artist blogposts with images + links of the things we talk about in each episode. CREATIVE CONNECTIONS Instagram Creative Connections Facebook

    1 h 12 min
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In conversation with Aotearoa's visual artists, talking practice, process and creative life.

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  • Autoria
    Mandy Jakich
  • Anos em atividade
    2021 - 2026
  • Episódios
    200
  • Classificação
    Explícito
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    © 2026 Creative Connections
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    Creative Connections

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