“While painting, she likes nothing more than a chinwag on the phone, during which she is always candid and confessional. Cressy is so disarmingly charming, so warm, witty and wise, that you too find yourself peeling off, down to your emotional underwear, in a psychological striptease that reveals all. Like a seasoned jazz musician, Cressy can riff on any topic. Cool, classy, sassy, innovative and improvisational, she really should be accompanied everywhere she goes by a saxophone solo.”⁠ ⁠ In celebration of artist Cressida Campbell’s retrospective - launching today at the National Gallery of Australia (@nationalgalleryaus) - longtime friend of Campbell and writer, Kathy Lette (@kathy.lette), reflects on a figure who contains multitudes. Read the full feature in our eighth issue, available now on local newsstands, or via the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ Photography by Nic Walker