Australia Bedtime Story:  Margaret Preston

🎙 Margaret Preston: Painting a Nation She didn’t just paint flowers. She painted a question. What does Australian art really look like? In this Nightline Australian Bedtime Story, Cheralyn Darcey explores the bold and brilliant life of Margaret Preston, the modernist trailblazer who challenged Australia to see itself differently. From her early studies in Europe to her striking native flower prints and powerful engagement with Aboriginal design motifs, Preston was determined to create an art that belonged to this land, not borrowed from elsewhere. She was outspoken. Sometimes controversial. Always uncompromising. Through linocuts, woodblocks and vivid still lifes, Margaret Preston helped shape a distinctly Australian visual identity, one that still influences how we see our landscapes and our flora today. A story of colour, conviction and creative rebellion.The Nightline Australian Bedtime Story, weeknights 11:10pm The Nightline with Cheralyn Darcey from 2HD Newcastle and across Australia on the Super Radio Network live weeknights from 8pm to midnight - news, views and a bit of funSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.