Building a Life of Creative Freedom | Tom Adair

Tom Adair is an Australian visual artist whose practice explores contemporary life through familiar landscapes, objects and nature. His instantly recognisable CMYK paintings reinterpret the aesthetics of industrial offset printing by hand, using a highly detailed airbrush process to create works that shift between machine-like precision and human imperfection.On this episode, we explore what it means to build a life of creative freedom while managing the chaos that comes with art, family, running, business, community and ambition. This conversation looks at how Tom approaches his work, the responsibility of representing Julian Assange for the Archibald Prize, the tension between authenticity and social media, and why the creative life often looks polished from the outside but feels completely chaotic from within.We unpack:Why creative freedom comes with chaosBalancing art, fatherhood, fitness and businessThe responsibility of painting Julian AssangeHow creativity can fuel all parts of lifeBuilding a community through runningHow running supports creative disciplineHow to keep evolving as across different creative fieldsAnd so much more.--Follow Tom on Instagram: @tomadair_—Follow Future History on Instagram: @futurehistory.coFollow Wayne Lim on Instagram: @hausofwayneMade for Makers. Shop Future History Unofficial Goods:shop.futurehistory.co