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Talking with Painters

Maria Stoljar talks with Australian painters about how they became an artist, their painting techniques, influences and current work.

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Ep 169: 12 finalists, 12 landscapes

Talking with Painters ·

2025/10/04

Watch an edited video version of this episode on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel herePodcast listeners see the works we talk about here or go to talkingwithpainters.com (ep 169) When I travelled to Hobart for the announcement of the Hadley’s Art Prize, I not only interviewed the winner, Sophie Cape (you can hear her in the previous episode), but also had the privilege of speaking with twelve of the other outstanding finalists (see images of works below) At $100,000 the Hadley’s is

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Ep 168 Sophie Cape wins the Hadley’s Art Prize

Talking with Painters ·

2025/09/01

Sophie Cape has just taken out the $100,000 Hadley’s Art Prize for landscape with her powerful painting Thunder Shifts the Shivering Sands.It’s a raw and visceral work on canvas made using rust, charcoal, soil, pigment and binder. In this episode I talk with Sophie about what winning the prize means for her at this point in her career. She also tells me about her incredible path to painting — from training as an elite athlete with Olympic ambitions to finding her way into the art world after injury

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Ep 167 Remembering William Robinson with Davida Allen...

Talking with Painters ·

2025/08/27

Australia has lost one of its great painters. William Robinson has passed away at the age of 89.I was lucky enough to meet Bill in 2020 when I interviewed his close friend, artist Davida Allen. At Davida’s suggestion, Bill joined the conversation —and what unfolded was something special. In this re-released episode you’ll hear Bill’s warmth, humour and generosity as the two artists reflect together in his Brisbane studio.

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Ep 166: Julie Fragar wins the 2025 Archibald Prize

Talking with Painters ·

2025/05/09

An edited video version of this conversation will be on the YouTube channel soon!It’s one of the most thrilling days on the Australian art calendar—and this year, Julie Fragar has taken out the Archibald Prize with a captivating portrait of fellow artist and colleague Justene Williams. Her large scale portrait of Justene, appearing to float in space and surrounded by model figures and structures drawn from Justene’s creative universe, commands the viewer's attention. Julie talks with me about the

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Ep 165: Richard Lewer

Talking with Painters ·

2025/04/07

Podcast listeners - see the art work we talk about in this episode hereStep into the gripping world of Richard Lewer — where drawing, painting, and video meet the raw edges of human experience. Richard doesn’t look away from life’s toughest stories. From the deeply personal — like the final days of his father’s life — to the harrowing and socially charged, including the tragic death of an Indigenous child in custody and the haunting Snowtown murders, he takes it all on. But never with shock

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Ep 164: New Videos, Loading Dock Invite & What’s Next

Talking with Painters ·

2025/03/18

Catch up on the latest YouTube videos and Instagram reels, and don’t miss the chance to be part of my next Loading Dock interview at the Art Gallery of NSW!Justin Williams (video) Justin Williams - ep 60 podcast interview Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt (video) Loading Dock Interviews Playlist Nic Plowman (Instagram reel) Sam Eyles (Instagram reel) The Art Room Sign up to the TWP newsletter Join me on LinkedIn

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Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt (live at the Tweed...

Talking with Painters ·

2024/12/05

My conversation with two remarkable Australian artists, Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt was in front of a fabulous audience at the Tweed Regional Gallery.Robert and Keith completed residencies at the gallery's Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence Studio, drawing inspiration from objects in Margaret Olley’s recreated home studio at the gallery. The result of their residencies is A Dictionary for Painting, a stunning exhibition on display until March 2, 2025. In this episode, Robert and Keith share their

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Ingrid Hedgcock at the Margaret Olley Art Centre

Talking with Painters ·

2024/11/19

Ingrid Hedgcock, director of the Tweed Regional Gallery, shows me around the amazing Margaret Olley Art Centre which is the relocation of Margaret Olley's home studio from Paddington in Sydney. Famous for being like an Aladdin's cave of eclectic objects, the recreated home studio contains the sources of many inspirational items which appear in Margaret Olley's paintings. Over an astonishing 21,000 items were relocated from Sydney to the gallery. Ingrid, having been involved in the project almost

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Sophie Perez and Sarah McDonald (with edited version...

Talking with Painters ·

2024/11/12

See an edited version of this episode (5 mins) on the talking with Painters YouTube channelAn artist’s residency provides more than just uninterrupted time to work; it’s also a valuable space for risk-taking, experimentation, and self-reflection. That's what I learned when I caught up with Sophie Perez and Sarah McDonald during my recent visit to the Tweed Regional Gallery. They were there for a residency in the Nancy Fairfax Artist in Residence studio. Both are accomplished landscape

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Ep 160: Karen Black

Talking with Painters ·

2024/08/21

Podcast listeners click here to view the worksThrough layers of paint in varying translucency, Karen Black explores not only the physical nature of the female form but through her use of abstraction and considered use of colour she brings out another dimension - an emotional layer. There is a strong sense of a spontaneous response in her paintings so you may be surprised to hear that reading and research play as much a role in her process as creating those drips and brushstrokes. Karen talks

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Laura Jones wins the 2024 Archibald Prize

Talking with Painters ·

2024/06/09

Watch the video version of my interview with Laura Jones here on the Talking with Painters YouTube channelCongratulations to previous podcast guest Laura Jones on winning the Archibald Prize - Australia’s most famous portrait prize - with a sensitive and meaningful portrait of writer and environmentalist Tim Winton. On Friday I interviewed Laura shortly after the announcement and I’m bringing you that 5 minute conversation in this episode but I’ve also gone through the archives to my podcast

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The Loading Dock Interviews (also on YouTube)

Talking with Painters ·

2024/05/19

See the video version of this episode on the TWP YouTube channel here. This is my 5th collection of Loading Dock Interviews of entrants to the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Six brave painters fronted my camera and microphone as they delivered their work to the packing room at the Art Gallery of NSW via the loading dock. Thankyou to these artists (tap on their name for their Instagram page): Andrew Bischoff Mila Kalik Joshua Van Gestel Simon Weir Linda Lockyer Mary

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Ep 157: Caroline Zilinsky

Talking with Painters ·

2024/04/21

Podcast listeners click here to view the worksCaroline Zilinsky's paintings freeze pivotal moments in our culture's history, encouraging us to reflect upon our times, whether it's the absurdity, the horror or the humour. At the risk of being labelled a conspiracy theorist, she's attracted to the dilemmas brought on by the internet era and shines a light on the things that trouble most of us: our loss of privacy, shortened attention, a heightened focus on appearance, a growing indifference to human

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The Story Behind the Painting (Part 2)

Talking with Painters ·

2024/04/04

Podcast listeners click here to see images of the workOver the years, podcast guests have shared some fascinating back stories to paintings they have made, stories which you could never have guessed just on viewing the work. Sometimes that back story has made me look at the work in a totally different way and I’m bringing you another eight artists' works in addition to those in ep 155. Click on the artist's name below for the full podcast episode (and any YouTube videos) and see images of the

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The story behind the painting: Fantauzzo, Flint,...

Talking with Painters ·

2024/02/19

Podcast listeners click here to see images of the worksOver the years, podcast guests have shared some fascinating back stories to paintings they have made, stories which you could never have guessed on merely viewing the work. Sometimes that back story has made me look at the work in a totally different way and I’m bringing you a few of those to you in this episode. See images of the works we talk about below. Links Tickets for talk with Caroline Zilinsky at the Art Gallery of NSW (Artists in

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Inspiration from the archives | The Flow State

Talking with Painters ·

2024/01/23

Podcast guests talk with me about the flow state! See below for timestamps and links to each guest's full podcast interview and video 3:39 Julie Nicholson and Fiona Verity - Podcast | Instagram video 6:40 Ann Thomson - Podcast | YouTube 7:54 Joshua Yeldham - Podcast | YouTube 10:15 Antonia Perricone Mrljak - Podcast | YouTube 11:25 Wendy Sharpe - Podcast | YouTube 12:51 Lewis Miller - Podcast | YouTube 13:50 Aida Tomescu - Podcast | YouTube 16:30 David Griggs - Podcast | YouTube 17:27

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Ep 153: Jan Senbergs

Talking with Painters ·

2023/12/02

Above photo of Jan Senbergs by Riste Andrievski Click play for my podcast introduction to this interview and scroll down for the transcript. Podcast listeners click here and scroll down for transcript. Watch the YouTube video of Jan Senbergs' studio and work here Links Jan Senbergs' website Jan Senbergs on Instagram Jan Senbergs at Niagara Galleries Talking with Painters YouTube channel Talking with Painters on Instagram Talking with Painters on Facebook Subscribe to the TWP

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Ep 152: ‘Kandinsky’ with co-curator Jackie Dunn and...

Talking with Painters ·

2023/11/05

See a video version of the interview with curator Jackie Dunn here See a video version of the interview with artist Desmond Lazaro here The largest exhibition of Kandinsky's work ever to be seen in Australia has just opened at the Art Gallery of NSW! The exhibition, titled simply 'Kandinsky', brings together over 50 works of one of the 20th century's most innovative and ground breaking painters - Vasily Kandinsky - with 47 paintings from the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York. Curated by the

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Ep 151: James Powditch live at the AGNSW

Talking with Painters ·

2023/10/21

This episode is a conversation between James Powditch and Maria Stoljar in front of an audience at the Art Gallery of NSW, recorded by the Art Gallery Society James Powditch has always loved the movies. As a child in the 70s and 80s he would watch whatever he could get away with - from Taxi Driver to Deliverance. But in recent years, after being shortlisted in the Archibald prize with paintings of Labor leader (now PM) Anthony Albanese and journalists Kerry O'Brien and Laura Tingle he noticed other

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Inspiration from the Archives | Risk

Talking with Painters ·

2023/10/07

Risk. Some painters want it in their toolbox while others are terrified by it. But nearly every painter will tell you that you need it in order to move forward in your practice. It might be using a new material, drastically altering the composition of a nearly completed painting or creating a completely different body of work to what had previously been commercially successful and critically acclaimed. Any way you look at it, you're leaving yourself open to the possibility of failure,

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