Talking with Painters
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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 170: Aida Tomescu – ‘Messiaen’
A highlights video from this episode will also be coming soon to the Talking with Painters YouTube channel
In this episode, I visit the studio o...
Ep 169: 12 finalists, 12 landscapes
Watch an edited video version of this episode on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel here
Podcast listeners see the works we talk about he...
Ep 168 Sophie Cape wins the Hadley’s Art Prize
Watch an edited video version of this conversation on the YouTube channel here
It’s a raw and visceral work on canvas made using rust, charcoal,...
Ep 167 Remembering William Robinson with Davida Allen (2020)
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...
Ep 166: Julie Fragar wins the 2025 Archibald Prize
Watch an edited video version of this conversation on the YouTube channel here
It’s one of the most thrilling days on the Australian art calend...
Ep 165: Richard Lewer
Watch this interview on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel here
Richard doesn’t look away from life’s toughest stories. From the deeply...
Ep 164: New Videos, Loading Dock Invite & What’s Next
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 o...
Robert Malherbe and Keith Burt (live 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...
Ingrid Hedgcock at the Margaret Olley Art Centre
Famous for being like an Aladdin’s cave of eclectic objects, the recreated home studio contains the sources of many inspirational items which appear i...
Sophie Perez and Sarah McDonald (with edited version on YouTube)
See an edited version of this episode (5 mins) on the talking with Painters YouTube channel
An artist’s residency provides more than just uninte...
Karen Black
Podcast listeners click here to view the works
There is a strong sense of a spontaneous response in her paintings so you may be surprised to hea...
Laura Jones wins the 2024 Archibald Prize
Watch the video version of my interview with Laura Jones here on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel
On Friday I interviewed Laura shortly...
The Loading Dock Interviews (also on YouTube)
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...
Caroline Zilinsky
See highlights of this interview on the YouTube Channel
At the risk of being labelled a conspiracy theorist, she’s attracted to the dilemmas bro...
The Story Behind the Painting (Part 2)
Podcast listeners click here to see images of the work
Over the years, podcast guests have shared some fascinating back stories to paintings the...
The story behind the painting: Fantauzzo, Flint, Quilty and Dobell
Podcast listeners click here to see images of the works
Sometimes that back story has made me look at the work in a totally different way and I’...
Inspiration from the archives | The Flow State
Podcast guests talk with me about the flow state!
See below for timestamps and links to each guest’s full podcast interview and video
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Jan Senbergs
Above photo of Jan Senbergs by Riste Andrievski
Click play for my podcast introduction to this interview and scroll down for the transcript.
‘Kandinsky’ with co-curator Jackie Dunn and artist Desmond Lazaro
See a video version of the interview with curator Jackie Dunn here
See a video version of the interview with artist Desmond Lazaro here
Th...
James Powditch live at the AGNSW
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...
Inspiration from the Archives | Risk
It might be using a new material, drastically altering the composition of a nearly completed painting or creating a completely different body of work...
Inspiration from the Archives | Colour (Part 2)
More inspiration from the archives!
Here are another 12 past podcast guests talking with me about colour.
Links to full podcast conversati...
Inspiration from the Archives | Colour (Part 1)
This episode I’m bringing you some gems from the archives. Leading artists talk with me about colour!
Episodes of featured artists:
Links<...
Ann Thomson in her 90th year
Watch an edited version of this conversation (4 mins) on the YouTube channel here
Ann Thomson, one of Australia’s most important artists, might...
Francis Giacco at his Australian Galleries exhibition
Watch the edited video version of this podcast episode on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel
I met Francis at the gallery and we walked t...
When I won that art prize (part 4) – Georgia Spain
In the same week she was announced the winner of the Women’s Art Prize Tasmania. These announcements were made less than 12 months after she was one o...
When I won that art prize (part 3) – Megan Seres
Megan received the $150,000 in prize money for her stunning painting, ‘Scarlett as Colonial girl’, which depicted her daughter in 19th century dress a...
Archibald winner Julia Gutman
You can see an edited video version of the interview with Julia Gutman here
The $100,000 prize went to a shocked but happy 29 year old Julia Gut...
When I won that art prize (part 2)- James Drinkwater
The award included a three month residency in Paris at the Cité Internationale des arts, a dream come true for any young painter. However, when he and...
When I won that art prize (part 1) – Prudence Flint
In my first series ‘When I won that art prize’ I look back at conversations I’ve had with painters about their experiences with winning awards. Althou...
Idris Murphy: Backblocks (live at the S.H.Ervin Gallery)
See the YouTube video of Maria Stoljar’s earlier conversation with Idris Murphy here
It’s where the survey exhibition of his work, ‘Idris Murph...
Yvette Coppersmith
She has painted dozens of portraits, including a collection of fascinating self-portraits, and is regularly shortlisted in the country’s most competit...
Anthony White
What is not apparent on the surface of the canvas is the time the artist has spent reading, writing and researching in the lead-up to their creation....
Paul Newton (part 2)
This is part 2 of my interview with leading portrait painter Paul Newton. He makes the analogy of a painter being like a cook and it’s an appropriate...
Paul Newton (part 1)
‘I’m a bit of a perfectionist and unless I can do something really well I find it frustrating to do it at all’.
So he decided to change course a...
Belinda Street
In Belinda Street’s October show at Straitjacket Artspace, ‘Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights’, her bond with the alpine...
Nicholas Harding (2019)
It’s early afternoon and already there are many tributes coming through in the newspapers and social media. It’s clear he will be greatly missed by ma...
Fred Fowler
You can also see a short video of Fred in his studio here
There is something mesmerising about Fred Fowler’s paintings. The multitude of small,...
Jacqui Stockdale and ‘Heads of the Family’
Her stepfather, George Stirling, was nearing the end of his life and Jacqui was painting the portraits of family and friends who were visiting over th...
Idris Murphy
See an edited video version of this conversation on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel here
On various easels around the room are works...