Episode 02: June Mendoza OBE

June Mendoza OBE, as an internationally-renowned oil portrait painter and member of the Royal Society of Portrait Artists, has an astounding career output.

She has painted the Royal family such as Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Queen Mother; politicians such as John Major, Margaret Thatcher and Lee Kwan Yew; and actors such as Dame Judi Dench and Sean Connery; and MANY MORE!

Portrait of a Portrait Artist

Blessed to be invited as a journalist to interview June Mendoza OBE for my podcast!

June Mendoza's website: http://www.junemendoza.co.uk

My website: https://anthonycheng.work

Timestamps:

(0:12) Formative years in Australia

(9:04) June's mother

(12:18) Being an 'Artist'

(18:37) Reading body language

(20:55) Subjects becoming friends

(23:54) Why portraiture?

(27:21) Early painting career

(31:31) Coming into contact with the Royal Family

(33:44) Beauty

(39:55) Taking photographs

(41:42) Art students and Teaching

(43:37) Mentors

(46:56) Work dissatisfaction

(50:12) Da Vinci: "Art is never finished, only abandoned."