Kia ora, welcome to episode 37 of The Good Oil, conversations with Aotearoa painters.

In this episode, I visit Richard Killeen at his home and studio in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Richard is over five decades into one of the most celebrated practices in New Zealand. He has work held in numerous public and private collections, including The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, The Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetū and the Fletcher Collection.

He is represented by McLeavey Gallery in Te Whanganui a Tara and Ivan Anthony in Auckland.

There are images of the paintings that we talk about on The Good Oil Richard Killeen Instagram Post for your reference.

In the episode you’ll hear Richard speak about the lessons that he took from the writing of James Joyce to apply to painting, how the interesting part of art is what you don’t see, his love for museums, how he has applied and always evolved the use of technology in his practice and why getting feedback from Philip Clairmont that his work was a disgrace to humanity was great to hear.