52 minutes 51 seconds

Brendan Kelly, artist, interviewed by Charlotte Goodhew. The recording consists of 1 track. Track 1: [0:00-1:44] Goodhew talks about her job at Lord's [1:45-7:23] Kelly talks about trying to meet Viv Richards [7:24-14:23] Kelly talks about meeting and having his sitting with Viv Richards including composition and lighting, [14:24-15:48] Kelly talks about the level of detail in the painting, [15:49-16:43] Kelly talks about going for a beer with Viv Richards and the luck in being able arrange a meeting, [16:44-19:16] Kelly talks about wanting to capture the essence of Viv Richards the man and the batter, [19:17-24:17] Kelly talks about trying to using novel methods to represent Richards's batting style within the painting using explosions and splashes of paint, [24:18-25:17] Kelly talks about using cling film as masking to be able to experiment with splashing paint and being accurate with it, [25:18-26:18] Kelly talks about Richards's stare, [26:19-29:04] Kelly talks about the hanging of the painting and it psyching players up, [29:05-29:57] Kelly talks about the portrait winning a prize and the feeling of doing justice to Vic Richards, [29:58-32:31] Kelly talks about following Inzamam-ul-Huq around London trying to get photographs for his portrait and stories behind paintings with Goodhew, [32:32-33:53] Kelly and Goodhew talks about projects and the MCC Magazine, [33:54-34:51] Kelly and Goodhew talk about Fire in Babylon film and Garry Sobers portrait, [34:52-36:31] Kelly talks about Lawrence Toynbee, [36:32-38:14] Kelly talks about his inspirations, [38:15-40:25] Kelly talks about using cling film on his painting of Viv Richards, [40:26-42:57] Kelly and Charlotte talks about commissioned portraits in the MCC collection including Justin Mortimer of Glenn McGrath and the Australian team, [42:58-47:38] Kelly and Goodhew talk about her playing cricket, sporting interests and the Arts and Library department, [47:39-49:14] Kelly and Goodhew talk about the MCC portrait project, [49:15-52:51] Kelly talks about working with the British Army, working on a portrait of John Bercow and future plans. Crowd noises in background throughout.

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