Discover just what it is that fuels an artist's creativity.

Photographer Sarah Rhodes and writer Alice McCormick spent three years visiting the homes and private studios of Australia's pre-eminent artists. They hunted echidna with Dorothy Napangardi in the desert outside Alice Springs and tasted home-pressed Tuscan olive oil at Jeffrey Smart's. The result of their journey is a surprising, sumptuous feast.

Cover image by Michael Zavros
White Onagadori, 2006, oil on board, 17.5 x 17.5cm