In this video podcast interview I’m chatting with fellow post graduate student and soon-to-be Dr Kim Percy. Kim is a multi-media artist, designer, educator, curator and photographer who in the process of completing her PhD by research. Her studio was just down the hall from mine at uni and we’ve become great friends during my time as a post-grad artist.
Kim'spractice-based research for her PhD focusses on Dyslexia and Kim has produced an incredible body of artwork for her graduating exhibition, alongside a brilliant thesis, outlining her discoveries. Today we are chatting all about it alongside giving a look inside her exhibition.
This episode is a video podcast, so while it’s a greatstand-alone podcast episode, I encourage you to pop on over to my YouTube channel to check out all the lovely footage of her exhibition:
https://youtu.be/erwl6OfzuXs?si=k8gvatJCLtnMx9YO
Links for Kim:
Website:https://www.kimpercy.com/phd-exhibition
Emails: kim@designscope.com.au,k.percy@federation.edu.au
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/kimpercyartist/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimPercyArt
Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimpercy/
Links for Susan 🧑🏻🎨
MyOnline Courses: https://www.susannethercote.com/online-classes
🖼️ My Art, Prints, Podcast, Blog etc: https://www.susannethercote.com
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It’s been several months since my last podcast so I’m delighted to be back. Today’s episode is the audio from my latest youtube video where I give a little tour of my my studio at uni where I do work for my MA and also share with you what I’ve been up to there. So if you’d like to see all the lovely video footage I have of my space and how I use it, be sure to pop on over to the link below. But for those of you who love a chatty podcast catchup, this one is just that.
Watch the Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/5852O0OgyKM?si=onBQMbwt-L24Eceu
Links:
Donate the price of a coffee to support this channel on my KOFI page (thank you!) https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0PTP3J
Artable Website (for bookings)
Dr. Ursula Betka was one of my favourite lecturers and tutors during my 6 years at Melbourne University studying art history in the 1990’s. Her area of specialisation, in which she has a Ph.D, focused on Medieval and Renaissance sacred images.
On 3rd December, Ursula’s beautiful new book, published by Hardie Grant, is coming out and I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy. Titled “Techniques of Painting and Gilding in Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Italy. Egg Tempera and Gold Leaf on Wood Panel”, this sumptuously illustrated, hard back book is a detailed technical manual on the time-honoured painting tradition of egg tempera, used historically for sacred images of the Madonna and Child.
Ursula works in a range of historical materials and methods such as egg tempera painting and gilding on wood, parchment and glass, exploring ways in which these traditions and techniques might convey profound beauty and resonate meaning today. Ursula integrates her practice with the teaching and writing of art history by examining the function and context of sacred art objects and the ways in which artistic creation expresses the yearnings of the soul.
The enduring symbolic values associated with pigments and colours, exotic decorative fabrics and various landscape and architectural settings is also explored.
Ursula’s book-launch coincides with an exhibition of works featured in the book. See the links below for details and where to buy Ursula's book.
Links for this episode:
See the full blog post for this episode
Buy Ursula’s book- Australia Independent bookshop
See Ursula’s exhibition Nov 18-Dec 6 2024
Artist Demonstration workshops
Ursula does not have a website, feel free to email her at ursulabetka@gmail.com or contact her on Instagram
General Susan Nethercote Links:
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Welcome to season 13! I’ve started a new season as I have recently started a new chapter of my life and career as an artist. Three months ago, I started my Master of visual at Federation University, which is here in my hometown of Ballarat. So I thought it was about to time to check in and let you know what I’ve been up to and how it’s been going.
LINKS:
This podcast is also a video! If you’d like to see the visuals that accompany what I’m talking about, be sure to pop on over to this video episode.
Subscribe to my Youtube channel
Check out my upcoming workshops
Art, Prints, E-courses, Podcast notes and more are over on my website
Donate to my Kofi Page (thank you!)
Hi friends and welcome to episode 117. It’s been a wild month for me as I’ve had my second solo exhibition, ‘An Ornamental Education’ running here at the art gallery of Ballarat. It’s been an incredible ride having my first exhibition at a public art gallery and I wanted to make sure that I shared it with you before it ends on 14thApril.
I’ve created a full guided tour for you on my YouTube channel. I really hope you head on over there to check it out, because the audio for this episode makes a whole lot more sense when you can see the artwork. But nevertheless, I know that many of you prefer to listen rather than look while painting in the studio, so I wanted to make it available to you here on the podcast as well. I’ll be sure to leave the link to the video in the show notes so you can check that out too.
This episode also includes an absolutely brilliant address given by my dear friend and fellow artist, Dr Louisann King. at the opening celebration held at the gallery on 8th March, which also happened to be International Women’s Day. It was so incredibly eloquent and brought so much depth and understanding about this body of work, that I really wanted to include it in full.
I also just wanted to mention, that in May and June I’m teaching my first in-person 2 day painting workshops since before Covid. I’m running them with the beautiful crew at Artable in May and June. The workshop on the Gold Coast in June has sold out, which is wonderful. But there are still a few spots available at my Melbourne workshop on 4th and 5th of May. So if you’d like to learn how to paint in my signature bright, floral abstract style, be sure to click on the links below.
View the Youtube video for this episode: https://www.susannethercote.com/youtube-1/inside-my-solo-exhibition
View the Melbourne 2 day painting workshop details: https://artable.com.au/workshops/adults/soulful-abstract-florals-in-acrylics-2-days-melbourne-may-2024
All art and my limited edition jigsaw puzzle are available at https://www.susannethercote.com/
Donate the price of a coffee to support this podcast on my KOFI page (thank you!): https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0PTP3J
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Suse's education website
It’s been a while between episodes, so in this chat I’m filling you in on some rather big changes that have been happening in my art practice and, well, my whole life as a consequence.
As I’ve been working on my latest solo exhibition ‘An Ornamental Education’ (Art Gallery of Ballarat 7th-14thMarch 2024), I’ve been working intimately with historical sources for the first time, and it has lit a big fire in me for this method of making research-based artwork.
It gradually became clear to me, with my art history background, that what I had created already would be a great foundation for a MA research project. This raised the question for me- is returning to post graduate research something that is calling to me after 25 years away from academia?
As it turns out, there were so many yeses that have presented themselves to this question overt the past 6 months, that this is indeed what will be starting in about 3 month’s time. Join me for this cozy studio chat as I walk you through how this latest evolution in my art career has transpired and why I have made this choice to return to life as a post-graduate student.
And if you’re a visual person like me and would like to see me in the studio alongside some lovely footage of me painting for my latest exhibition, then be sure to pop on over
Links:
View the full YouTube video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/umXrl1yXqSI
Donate the price of a coffee to support this podcast on my KOFI page (thank you!): https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0PTP3J
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Welcome to episode 115 of the Studio insider art podcast. Today’s episode is once again an audio extract from my latest YouTube video. If you’d like to check out the visual to everything, I’m talking about then I highly recommend that you pop on over to the YouTube video and check it out.
In this episode I’m taking you along with me as I do some historical research at the State Library of Victoria that relates to my latest exhibition. I’m researching an early Victorian female Botanical artist and writer called Louisa Anne Meredith, who migrated from England to Tasmania in the 1830’s. Her writing and illustration is influencing the artwork I am creating for my upcoming 2024 exhibition ‘The Garden Within’ and I wanted to take the opportunity to view some of these very old books of hers in person.
I’ll walk you through all the gorgeous old books I view in the State Library Heritage reading room, including some that are enormous and incredibly beautifully illustrated! And I’ll also share with you a magical discovery I made while I was there that was so inspiring to me.
Then I take you back into the studio and show you a sample of the work I’ve been making that directly relates to Louisa-Anne Meredith and the other female botanical artists of the colonial era.
I really hope you enjoy this inside look at how I go about doing historical research to inspire my art and how this can be a rich and rewarding part of the creative process.
In this episode, you’ll learn about:
The treasures to be found at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
What kinds of resources I am looking at in my research
The surprises you can find in the archive
How the physicality of primary sources inspires me
See how I am applying my research in some of the work I am making.
Links:
View the full YouTube video of this episode here: https://youtu.be/wrH3KUTA19E
Donate the price of a coffee to support this podcast on my KOFI page (thank you!): https://ko-fi.com/Y8Y0PTP3J
Susan Nethercote:
Finishing difficult paintings. I think we all have one (or two or three) faced against a wall or at the back of a cupboard, those difficult paintings that we just can’t seem to face completing. I know that you know what I’m talking about.
Well, I have some artistic medicine for you today. In this month’s episode, I’m walking you through 20 tips that I use in my own art practice to help me finish difficult paintings. All tips are super practical and down to earth and I hope will really help you find your flow with completing those tricky artworks.
If you'd like to see me working on my own difficult painting as I cat through these points, then be sure to check out the Youtube video: https://youtu.be/gWur-oMjljo
And if you'd like to download a PDF of the 20 tips I walk you through, sign up to receive them here: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5e7e91c96a87150027f6e075
In this episode, you’ll learn about:
Managing emotions: Not getting upset when faced with challenges and understanding that each artwork has its own timeline.
Subconscious insights: Putting the painting aside in a visible place allows the subconscious mind to provide insights over time.
Intuitive decision-making: Resting conscious attention on the painting and relying on intuition to determine what it needs.
Time investment: Recognizing the importance of giving the painting enough time, as certain edits may require extensive work.
Letting go: Being open to letting go of beloved aspects of the artwork ("killing your darlings") in order to move forward and follow intuition.
Refreshing perspectives: Taking breaks, enjoying tea or coffee, and stepping back to evaluate progress.
Different viewpoints: Taking photos of the painting to gain a fresh perspective and using black and white photos to assess value contrast.
Links:
Youtube video: https://youtu.be/gWur-oMjljo
https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/free-resources
direct link to 20 tips pdf: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5e7e91c96a87150027f6e075
https://susannethercotestudio.com/online-classes
https://www.youtube.com/@susan.nethercote/videos
Susan Nethercote:
In today’s podcast episode once again sharing with you the audio component from my latest vlog over on YouTube that was released a few days ago. It’s a bit of a mixed bag of topics including how I grow my own botanical art samples and how I photograph them later in the studio for future reference.
The main topic of today’s conversation is a big ‘ol life update. If you’ve noticed that I’ve been around much less often in 2023 and not very present on social media and are curious as to why this is the case, then you might just want to listen in, especially around 7 minutes in or so when I tell you what’s been going on for me lately.
I’ve been learning some new video editing software skills lately and feel enormously proud of the vlog from which this podcast is taken. It shares some beautiful moments I’ve had in my garden over the past couple of months as I’ve been navigating some big shifts in my life.
So I really hope you pop on over and check the accompanying video to this episode over on YouTube. It’s a particularly visual episode and I want you to get the full vision of everything I am sharing.
Links:
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/4NF6roY72NM
Susan Nethercote:
It’s just me on the podcast today and I’m doing something a little different. I’m undertaking my Painting as a Practice challenge this month and I thought it would be fun to talk you through all the fantastic things that I’ve learned in the first week of my practice month about painting on timber panels and raw linen.
Bringing you inside my studio practice in a more practical sense has been something I’ve wanted to do for ages, so in order to make this chat as rich as possible, I’ve made a Youtube video about it too. So if you would like to see the video that accompanies this podcast, but sure to look me up on youtube under Susan Nethercote and check out the latest video I’ve posted there.
I also wanted to let you know that in celebration of the February challenge I run each year, all my e-courses are 20% off until the 1st of March 2023. So if you’ve had your eye on one of them, simply use the code FEB23 at the checkout to claim your discount.
Links:
https://susannethercotestudio.com/online-classes
https://www.youtube.com/@susan.nethercote/videos
Susan Nethercote:
For today’s episode, Steph and I got together at the Old Butcher’s shop gallery here in Ballarat where my exhibition Autumnal Dreamscapes is currently happening. We recorded our very first live episode in front of what was meant to be a live audience. As it turned out, the only people that turned up were Steph, myself, the gallery owner Julie and my mate Amie who helps me in the studio sometimes! So as you can imagine, I kind of felt like crawling under a rock and hiding after.
But as I’ve learned many times over in this art game, the very moment you feel like you’ve failed and want to crawl under that rock is the very moment you need to own what has happened and share what has happened so you can feel less crap about it. So if you ever thought that because I have this podcast and lots of Instagram followers I’m brimming with confidence and always succeeding, then I want you to know that sometimes I fail and feel like a complete loser!
I’m working really hard to keep this moment in perspective and remember all the other wonderful things that have come about as a result of this exhibition. I’ve had so many lovely people come to visit during the exhibition and have had really strong sales, which has absolutely blown me away. So I guess, it all evens up in the wash. And the conversation that I had with Steph about my journey in creating work for my first solo show is a really good one and I hope you enjoy it.
Links:
e-courses black Friday page link: https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/black-friday
Susan Nethercote:
Steph Wallace
In today’s episode, I’m chatting again with Steven Patterson, the CEO of one of my favourite paint brands, Derivan Matisse. Steven and I first chatted in episode 96, so if you’d like to hear more about his journey with this fabulous and innovative Australian paint brand, then be sure to go and check that out in the archives.
We identified in that conversation that we both had a fascination with colour and the history of pigment and thought it would be great to have another chat, this time focusing on Steven’s vast knowledge in these areas.
So join us as we dive deep into how it is that we actually see colour and how the pigments in paints that you know and to use today came into being. There are so many bizarre and fascinating stories to unpack as we zone in and look at the history of the colour blue.
In this episode, we talked about:
Links:
Steven’s links:
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Susan Nethercote:
In today’s episode, Steph and I are chatting about how our recent decision to pursue exhibiting our artwork has enriched our art practices in a variety of ways.
Since re-orienting our art businesses to include exhibiting, both of having found that we are reaping huge benefits in the way we are approaching day-to-day studio time. For both of us, it now includes more of the deep and considered exploration of materials and techniques that come with upping the ante with what we are creating. We are also both valuing the process of diving deeper into the less tangible moments of creative exploration that can sometimes be lost in the busyness of having an online art business.
This a great conversation that unpacks how to rediscover the joy in art exploration that comes along with creating a body of work.
In this episode, we talked about:
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Steph Wallace
In today’s interview, I’m chatting with Irish-born, Sydney-based artist Marnie McKnight. I first fell in love with Marnie’s beautiful abstract expressionist artwork over on Blue Thumb.
Since getting to know more about her, I’ve marveled at how she moves through different styles of painting and mediums in her practice with ease. We had a great conversation about how Marnie keeps focused on the joy of the painting and how this focus has shaped her thriving art business.
We chat through how she approaches selling artwork without a huge social media following and how she has gained clarity on her client base who have become extremely loyal collectors.
In this episode, we talked about:
Links:
PAINTING AS A PRACTICE CHAPTER 2 (USE COUPON CODE: PP2)
https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-chapter-2
PAINTING AS A PRACTICE CHAPTER 3 (USE COUPON CODE: PP3)
https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-chapter-3
PAINTING AS A PRACTICE THE COMPLETE TRILOGY
https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-the-complete-trilogy
Marnie McKnight:
https://www.instagram.com/marniemcknightart/
Tiktok: marniemcknight.artist
Susan Nethercote:
In today’s episode, Steph and I are chatting through our processes with overcoming limiting beliefs we’ve held in the past and exploring opportunities that we once thought we’d left behind.
For me, this has happened in my desire to exhibit, which I never thought that I would do again. In this episode, I unpack some of my process of realizing that this was something that I really wanted to do again and then going on a journey to heal old wounds and create permission for myself to do that.
For Steph, it’s happened in coming back to realize that she wanted to fully embrace a ceramics practice and heal old wounds around poverty that had previously made her feel like this was out of her reach.
This is a super-juicy episode where we dive deep into personal histories and journeys toward a place where we are truly in love with, and excited by our art practices.
In this episode, we talked about:
Links:
PAINTING AS A PRACTICE CHAPTER 1 (USE COUPON CODE: PP1)
https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-chapter-1
PAINTING AS A PRACTICE CHAPTER 2 (USE COUPON CODE: PP2)
https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-chapter-2
PAINTING AS A PRACTICE THE COMPLETE TRILOGY
https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-the-complete-trilogy
PAINTING AS A PRACTICE CHAPTER 1 & 2 BUNDLE
https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/painting-as-a-practice-chapters-1-2-bundle
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Steph Wallace
In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Sydney-based artist and surface designer Maggi McDonald. Known for her bold use of color and signature palette knife style, Maggi has always been creative.
But it wasn’t until her son started pre-school and she confronted a period of depression after suffering miscarriages, that Maggi discovered the healing power of art and she decided to study design. During her studies, Maggi discovered that painting was calling her and since that time she’s built a global art and surface pattern design business.
During this conversation, Maggi and I discovered that we share many parallels in our art journeys. She is incredibly generous in sharing her journey and so many great tips for emerging artists in this beautiful conversation. I really hope enjoy the episode.
In this episode, we talked about:
Links:
Maggi McDonald:
@maggimcdonaldart
Susan Nethercote:
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Well, it feels like forever since I’ve released an episode! After being well whacked with influenza, I really needed some time off to recover, so thanks for your patience.
I’m so happy to be back with today’s episode where Steph and I are unpacking the subject of collaborations. This can be a bit of a buzzword out there in the online world, but the reality is that collaboration can take on several different faces.
Join Steph and I as we walk through many of the different forms that collaboration can take. We also dip into where collaborations cross over into the world of licensing and how the two can be very intertwined.
I really hope you enjoy the episode.
In this episode, we talked about:
Links:
Susan Nethercote:
Steph Wallace
In today’s episode, I’m chatting with fellow Aussie artist Anna Price. Anna is a Sydney-based artist who began painting full-time in 2019 after craving time away from her screen-based interior design career.
Growing up she was constantly drawing, and she’s circled back around to art as an adult and Mum of four. Anna paints intuitively, unscripted and untrained. She draws on her creative intelligence to come up with multiple styles of busy abstract expressionist and geometric style artworks. Her paintings are predominately large scale and involve huge amounts of bold colour. Her inspiration comes from repetition, scale, her surrounding environment and children’s literature.
Anna and I covered a lot of ground in this inspiring conversation, as she’s fit a lot into the past few years as her art career has rapidly blossomed. We chat through her experience with commissions and why she doesn’t do them anymore and mounting her first exhibition in her own gallery space. We also chat about her experience creating a repeat pattern shop and exploring making ‘art sweaters’. There is so much more in this fantastic conversation with Anna, who is incredibly generous with her information.
In this episode, we talked about:
Links:
brand new e-course ‘Be Like Water’ A watercolour e-course to soothe the soul.
I’m offering a discounted early-bird rate to the first 100 people to register, so be sure to pop on over to https://susan-nethercote-studio.teachable.com/p/be-like-water and use the coupon code EARLYBIRDWATER at the checkout to get 20% off.
I’m also offering free access to lesson 7 of ‘Be Like Water’ for a limited time. So if you’d like to take a look inside and get a feel for what the course is like, then pop on over to this form to get your free access code.
Ana Price
@annaprice_art
Susan Nethercote:
In today’s episode, Steph and I are talking about teaching what you know as an artist. Steph talks about her experience teaching in-person workshops and delivering teaching for institutions. And I talk about my experience teaching in-person workshops, retreats and online courses.
We talk through how teaching can be an important income stream for artists seeking to generate a bit more of a regular payday. We also talk through the pros and cons of each method of teaching and which we prefer best.
As timing would have it, I am also so excited to share with you, that my new e-course ‘Be Like Water- A Watercolour e-course to Soothe the Soul’ is here. This course teaches my unique approach to watercolor that is a unique blending of eastern and western techniques and als
I really hope you enjoy the episode.
In this episode, we talked about:
Links:
Link for Be like water early bird list:
https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61667a6c3bf41fcaed2739ef
Susan Nethercote:
Steph Wallace
