WEBVTT - 🎨 EXCLUSIVE CHAT: Luke McGregor

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<v Speaker 1>Gold. It's Jonesy demanded driving you home.

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<v Speaker 2>Luke McGregor is back on our screens as co host

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<v Speaker 2>of one of my absolutely favorite shows, which is Portrait

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<v Speaker 2>Artist of the Year Australia. I was lucky enough to

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<v Speaker 2>be painted by a young woman called Jennet Pickering last year.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an what a gift of an experience that is,

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<v Speaker 2>and some of the country's most talented artists, amateur artists

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<v Speaker 2>are stepping up again to paint a whole lot of

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<v Speaker 2>Australian faces. And Luke, of course is at the Helm. Hello, Luke, Hawaii, very.

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<v Speaker 3>Great, good, thank you the agenda. Pickering is incredible. She

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<v Speaker 3>does amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Work, she does and she painted me. She's from the

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<v Speaker 2>Pilboro region. She painted me on a block of wood

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<v Speaker 2>that she'd brought down from the Pilbor I've got it

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<v Speaker 2>at home. What a fabulous thing. It's such an interesting

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<v Speaker 2>experience because I've watched the English series for years and

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<v Speaker 2>I watched the Australian one two obviously, but it's you

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<v Speaker 2>can see the gift in what the artist is doing,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's so weird for yourself to see how three

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<v Speaker 2>artists see you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, and then having to decide which one you want

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<v Speaker 3>to pick in front of the three artists is brutal

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<v Speaker 3>and something that I'm glad I don't have to go through.

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<v Speaker 2>So true, so true, So you The way it works is,

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<v Speaker 2>as the person who's been sitting for the portrait, you

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<v Speaker 2>choose which of the three you want. But that's not

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily the artist that goes through to the semis, because

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<v Speaker 2>then the judges decide.

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<v Speaker 3>It's such a it feels like such a wholesome show,

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<v Speaker 3>but there is no way to get away from the

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<v Speaker 3>the slight like I don't know, I feel so bad

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<v Speaker 3>that like it's still a competition. It's I mean, the hope,

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<v Speaker 3>I guess is that the artist get to be in

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<v Speaker 3>front of these judges and it helps their career moving forward.

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<v Speaker 3>But it is, yeah, it's I can't imagine how this

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<v Speaker 3>is for the guests too. I think our record for

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<v Speaker 3>longest time taking to decide is John Saffron. He I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't think he was going to pick. I thought he

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<v Speaker 3>was just going to grab all three and run away.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Because there's any artist been upset that they've been

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<v Speaker 1>excluded from it.

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<v Speaker 3>Not yet, but you know, there's always the hope with

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<v Speaker 3>a reality show that one day they just like break

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<v Speaker 3>the easel over the guests head.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm looking forward to seeing the show. And then

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<v Speaker 1>with Amanda's one, the lady, she used a bit of thrift,

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<v Speaker 1>she used recycled a bit of woods.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, lots of people do. She painted on wood, but

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<v Speaker 2>other people painted all kinds of things, Luke, don't they.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we had this season we had someone on aluminium,

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<v Speaker 3>which was really hard because you've got to give it

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<v Speaker 3>a certain amount of time to drive before you can

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<v Speaker 3>apply the next layer. We had another lady who was

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<v Speaker 3>just setting fire to wood, just burning wood, which again

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<v Speaker 3>is not something you can rush. But yeah, we've had

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<v Speaker 3>people use coffee grounds and they used coffee grounds of

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<v Speaker 3>water to and they put more or less into dilute

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<v Speaker 3>the beans to get a different shade of brown. They

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<v Speaker 3>had the best smelling painting by far. Yeah. It's one

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<v Speaker 3>of those things where I was thinking of art as

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<v Speaker 3>like an easel and you need space and you need

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<v Speaker 3>money and you need a setup, whereas people, yeah, people,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean one guy used masking tape and create an

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<v Speaker 3>amazing portrait out of just black tape.

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<v Speaker 1>So you never know, Wow, has anyone ever painted using

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<v Speaker 1>other parts of their body.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, we haven't had any. Glenn Robbins doing a penis

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<v Speaker 3>painting has not. That's where I was heading, Luke, but

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's I'm like fingers crossed fingers. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Portrait Artists of the Year returns this Sunday at seventy

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<v Speaker 1>thirty on ABC TV.

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<v Speaker 2>And I View.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a wonderful Thank you, Luke McGregor, thanks for joining us,

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks for having me. I really appreciate it.