Susan Nethercote Studio Insider Art Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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

Susan Nethercote:

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⁠⁠⁠Suse's education website⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Suse's art website⁠⁠⁠

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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

Susan Nethercote:

⁠⁠Suse's Instagram⁠⁠

⁠⁠Suse's education website⁠⁠

⁠⁠Suse's art website⁠⁠

⁠⁠Suse’s Youtube Channel⁠⁠

⁠⁠Suse's Facebook⁠⁠

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:

• Marnie’s early life in Ireland and what brought her to live in Australia and shared her life as a painter
• What inspires Marnie’s art style -  sweeping blue expressionist paintings with touches of gold
• Marnie’s “Challenge Tuesday”
• Marnie’s approach to selling her arts successfully
• Tips for selling successfully “Blue Thumb”
• The process of using home interiors to display art
• Marnie on entering art prizes
• And MUCH MORE!

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://marniemcknight.com/

https://www.instagram.com/marniemcknightart/

Tiktok: marniemcknight.artist

Susan Nethercote:

Suse's Instagram

Suse's Facebook

Suse's education website

Suse's art website

Hi, this is Susan Nethercote and welcome to episode 21 of the Studio Insider Art Podcast.

This week Steph and I talk about transitions, what happens when you’ve built a business around your creativity and want to shift lanes into a new creative dream? This is a juicy one for all the multi-passionate's out there

If you have a topic you’d like me to talk about or a question you’d like me to answer then head on over to my website www.susannethercote.com/podcast to let me know. I so look forward to receiving your episode ideas.

Enjoy the episode.

Suse ox

People

Susan Nethercote:

https://www.instagram.com/susan.nethercote/

https://www.facebook.com/susannethercoteart/

https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/

Steph Wallace:

https://www.instagram.com/mostlyminiature/

https://www.mostlyminiature.com/

Resources

For Susan's free education resources:  https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/free

For Susan's art website: https://www.susannethercote.com

This episode we are hearing how my studio assistant Steph has started a new painting practice and it's bringing up some emotional obstacles courtesy of her formal art training.

Whether formally trained or not, most of us have some preconceived ideas about what makes 'good' art. Listen on as I unpack this baggage and dispel some 'fine art' myths that hold us back from expressing ourselves freely as artists.

I hope you enjoy the episode and are staying safe and well,

Suse ox

 Links:

Painting As A Practice on Instagram

People

Susan Nethercote:

https://www.instagram.com/susan.nethercote/

https://www.facebook.com/susannethercoteart/

https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/

Steph Wallace:

https://www.instagram.com/mostlyminiature/

https://www.mostlyminiature.com/

Resources

For Susan's free education resources:  https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/free

For Susan's art website: https://www.susannethercote.com

At the time of recording there's a lot of uncertainty in the world and many of us are in COVID19 lock down. In this episode we explore the creative possibilities in what may lie ahead in the coming weeks.

As we all attempt to make sense of what a rapidly changing world for us an our creativity and art businesses, Suse and Steph chat about the opportunities that have arisen by being forced to slow down. Including shifting focus to work on Suse's long awaited online classes and experiences.

Here's a taste of what the conversation includes.

• Home schooling challenges and finding a new normal.
• Taking open studio experiences online.
• Tackling tech challenges.
• Leaning-in to time at home and making painting a part of everyday life.
• Fostering connection when we need it the most.

LINKS

Painting As A Practice on Instagram

People

Susan Nethercote:

https://www.instagram.com/susan.nethercote/

https://www.facebook.com/susannethercoteart/

https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/

Steph Wallace:

https://www.instagram.com/mostlyminiature/

https://www.mostlyminiature.com/

If you're tuning in when this episode goes live then we are in the midst of COVID 19 and the landscape looks significantly different to when this episode was recorded in Feb 2020.

Now more than ever we need art and joy in our lives. I hope this jovial episode and the Painting As A Practice movement brings that to you. 

Listen on to find out more.

Suse ox

Links:

Painting As A Practice on Instagram

People

Susan Nethercote:

https://www.instagram.com/susan.nethercote/

https://www.facebook.com/susannethercoteart/

https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/

Steph Wallace:

https://www.instagram.com/mostlyminiature/

https://www.mostlyminiature.com/

Welcome to season! 2 We are launching straight into this fresh season without missing a beat with a round-table conversation about preparing for hosting an open studio.

Team Susan Nethercote are all hosting as part of the Ballarat Open Studios program in April 2020. Suse, Steph and Laura share what events they are hosting and the logistics in preparing for a successful event.

We talk about:

• Prepping your space
• presenting work for sale
• Pricing
• Insurance
• running workshops
• asking for help

If you are listening before the event runs we would love to meet you in person so come along!

Links: 

The full program of events

Booking page for Laura's Soul Medicine Painting workshop

Booking page for Steph's learn to lasercut workshop

People

Susan Nethercote:

https://www.instagram.com/susan.nethercote/

https://www.facebook.com/susannethercoteart/

https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/

Laura Day:

https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/

https://www.facebook.com/laura.day.73594

Steph Wallace:

https://www.instagram.com/mostlyminiature/

https://www.mostlyminiature.com/

Resources

For Susan's free education resources:  https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/free

For Susan's art website: https://www.susannethercote.com

This is the final episode of season 1 and it’s a deeply personal one. Laura and I finally open up about our respective healing journeys and the role that our art has played for both of us on the road to recovery. Please be aware that this episode deals with themes of mental health and childhood trauma that may be triggering for some listeners Listen as we have a rich conversation about: Art as a spiritual medium The power of colour to heal That things are not always as they seem

 “The thing that I’ve found with art is it’s like an alchemical way for me to transition through really tough times.” 

Thank you so much for joining us in season 1. We had such a good time recording this show that we are rolling straight into season 2 without skipping a beat. I hope you enjoy the episode.

 Suse xo 

People 

Susan Nethercote: https://www.instagram.com/susan.nethercote/ 

https://www.facebook.com/susannethercoteart/ 

https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/ 

Laura Day: https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneday/ 

https://www.facebook.com/laura.day.73594 

Resources For Susan's free education resources:  

https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/free 

For Susan's art website: https://www.susannethercote.com

This is a special bonus episode to share with you all the excitement of my Paris painting retreat which is coming up in May 2020

I talk with Steph about how it manifested it’s self and all the luscious experiences it contains.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Suse xo

Find out more about Paris

People

Susan Nethercote:

https://www.instagram.com/susan.nethercote/

https://www.facebook.com/susannethercoteart/

https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/

Resources

For Susan's free education resources:  https://www.susannethercotestudio.com/free

For Susan's art website: https://www.susannethercote.com