IN TOO DEEP

Michael Vale is a Melbourne based contemporary artist best known for his eerie absurdist figurative paintings. Sublime landscapes occupied by a cast of strange cryptids: Masked ghostly entities, figures wrapped in bandages, skeletons smoking pipes all participating in an obscured ever unfolding narrative of humour, horror and mystery. With a professional art career spanning over four decades, Michael has held 22 solo exhibitions, has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize three times, and won a number of prestigious art prizes including the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Instagram: @michaelcharlesvale

Jason is a Melbourne based artist known best for his paintings and murals. In more recent years Jason’s art practice has expanded into fully immersive experiences with elaborate exhibitions encompassing sculpture, installation, performance, film and music. Jason has his most ambitious exhibition to date opening this week at the Meat Market in North Melbourne. The show is titled “Rise, Ruin, Renew, Repeat”, it is on for only one week from 21st - 28th November. It is a ticketed event and is one not to be missed. Jump on to jasonparkerart . com to secure a spot, tickets are only $12, don’t miss out. www.jasonparkerart.com Instagram: @jasonparkerart

Benjamin Knock is an Australian multi-disciplinary artist who's work is predominantly focused around geological structures, the mechanics of our planet and passage of time. Since our last chat, Benji has been hanging out, for extended periods of time, on the edge of active, erupting volcanoes. I’ve been completely glued to his instagram stories as he’s been documenting bursts of exploding lava, deep earthly rumbles, huge black smoke clouds and barron alien landscapes. https://www.benjaminknock.com/ Instagram: @k_n_o_c_k @terra_therma

It's December of 2022, the end of the third year of the pandemic. We've had a year without lockdowns and restrictions, but people are still protesting. I went down to the "Grass Roots March" to find out why.

Today Andy joins me to debrief on the previous episode with Josiah. A few more thoughts and a bit of background on the situation. Andy is a digital artist and bow hunter amongst many other things. Instagram: @livingspiritdesign