Susan Nethercote Studio Insider Art Podcast

In today’s episode Steph and I are talking about the different steps each of us go through when preparing our work to sell.  This is different for both of us because we each sell our work in different ways.  I sell mine directly to customers via my newsletter and website.  Whereas Steph sells through retailers. In our conversation we zone in on som...

In today’s episode I’m chatting with fellow Australian artist Ange Miller. Ange is a Multi impassioned artist, currently working on large-scale organic acrylic and oil abstracts on canvas. She also teaches masterclasses both online and offline, is a creativity coach and is passionate about sharing her perspective on the traditional art education system...

Sometimes in our creative journey we get drawn into divergent creative paths that don’t always make sense in terms of our existing work or the core money earners in our business. In todays episode steph and I explore our own experiences with recently exploring work that we felt drawn to make and why we feel it’s so important to follow the creative threads and compulsions in our creative practice-...

This week I’m chatting with contemporary artist Jessie Rigby. I fell in with Jessie’s beautiful abstract landscape paintings long ago and she lives not too far from me in the Macedon ranges of Victoria, so I’ve been wanting to have her on the podcast for a while. Jessie and I share a lot of parallels in our careers, both of us starting out in the fashion industry before finding our art path. &nbsp...

There comes a time in every business when there is just too much to do for one person.  In todays episode, Steph and I are chatting about out-sourcing in your art business as this is something we’ve both done to keep the wheels turning in our enterprises.  But where do you start if you’re thinking about ways to bring in some help into the studio? We chat through lots of options such as e...

Melissa Brennan's superpower is her unwavering confidence. In this artist interview we explore how this photographer shares that gift to uplift and support the the women she works with and the deeper calling her work has uncovered. In today’s episode Steph and I are chatting with another creative that we have had the pleasure of working with. Melissa Brennan is quite well known in Ballarat as the...

In today’s conversation Steph and I go deep on the topic of how we go about undertaking commissions in our art businesses. From how we got those first commissions, to strategies for pricing them, to ways of managing the inquiry process, we go deep in this one. So if you’ve every wondered how to go about creating a commissions process that is streamlined and works time and time again, grab yourself...

Hi and welcome to episode 68 of the studio insider art podcast.  Today I have a very special guest on the podcast for a second time. Myree Morsi is an amazing therapist, spiritual healer and coach and I’ve had the pleasure of working with her for many years.  We had her on a while ago and there was so much love for that episode that we are having her back for a second time...

In today’s episode Steph and I are delving deep into something that we both find ourselves overcome by at times- comparison!  In this very intimate episode, Steph and I both share about our own journeys with comparisonitis and the disabling effect that it’s had on us at times. We also look at ways that we deal with it when it arises, and some strategies we’ve learnt to use when overcome by th...

My guest this episode is Phoebe Gander, Phoebe is an abstract artist inspired by the beautiful ocean and mountains near where she lives in New Zealand. After coming across Phoebe on Instagram it wasn’t long before I fell in love with this fun loving artist whos feed is filled with so much richness. Whether it be a hilarious reel, an education and reflection on living with ADHD or simply a photo of...

This week I’m catching up with my studio assistant Laura. For those of you who haven’t been with me for every episode the whole first season of this podcast is dedicated to me coaching Laura through the process of creating her first solo exhibition. Fast forward 18 months and Laura is about to hang her second solo show. So in what appears to be a bit of a theme this year in checking in on the prog...

This episode we re-air one of our most loved interviews, that with Myree Morsi on art and spirituality. Myree is going to be returning for a chat in a couple of weeks time so we thought it might be an opportunity for those of you who are not familiar with Myree to listen and get to know her. If you’ve listened before there’s enough juiciness in this episode to make it worth revisiting. Myree has b...

In todays episode we’re talking all things studio set up. As Steph’s art business grows she’s expanding her studio and renovating a garage space into her dream studio. As she prepares to makeover this under utilised space we are nerding out on all our best tips for a studio that’s ergonomic, efficient and environmentally aware. We all know that a studio is not just a place to create but a place to...

This week marks exactly one year since Steph picked up a paintbrush again and said ‘YES’ to her strong urge to paint and since then she has gone from strength to strength. I thought it was about time I sat down and reflected on her past year of journeying with her creativity and building a super smart business model for selling her art. Steph really is the poster child for taking a solid art pract...

There is A LOT going on in this interview with artist and educator Megan Auman, from why selling your art isn’t ‘selling out’ all the way through to using self-portraits to sell your work and learning to love yourself even more. There are so many pieces of wisdom that artists of any experience need to hear and I can’t wait to share it with you. Before we jump in I want to give a big shout-out to a...

Things are a-buzz here in the studio as we welcome so many new faces to my  free mini e-course ! You need to be on my email list to gain free access so if you’re already getting my weekly education newsletter there’s nothing more to do than find me free access code in my next newsletter. And if you’re not on that list then you can sign up HERE . The other big news is that my brand new e-cours...

Oh my goodness it’s good to be back for our first episode of 2021! This week on the podcast I sat down and caught up with my gorgeous studio assistant Steph about all the gorgeous inspiration that has come about from the break that we both took over the past few weeks. With our creative wells feeling full and nourished we are both looking forward to the month long painting challenge that I run her...

As we draw to the close of this crazy year of 2020 and prepare for a break over the holidays, I sat down with my studio assistant Steph for a chat about why it’s so important to take regular, solid breaks from both our art practice and business.  Having said that, this will be the final podcast episode for 2020 and we’ll be returning with a fresh new season on 19th January 2021 so we can all...

In today’s interview I have a younger artist joining me in the studio for a chat.  Tahlia Stanton and I have followed one another on Instagram for a few years now and have always cheered each other on. We live quite close to each other, and I’ve loved watching Tahlia and her art grow, as she is just 21 years old. This year, it seems all her dedication and single-minded focus on manifesting he...

If you’ve ever had trouble getting motivated to do the creative work you’re not alone! In this week’s episode I’m guiding Laura through this very common problem as she prepares for her second solo show. As I get to grips with the challenges facing Laura, I give her some tips as well as kindly calling her out on some of the patterns that I’ve witnessed since mentoring Laura through her first exhibi...

Today we chat with abstract artist Rach Jackson. Rach’s career has exploded in 2020 and she is now a prolific full time painter. We chat about how she took the leap into making her long-time dream of becoming a professional artist once she became an empty nester and how she’s sold over 200 paintings this year through retail. How different stages of life bring different challenges and opportunities...

This episode is a studio chat with Steph and Laura about the power of saying ‘no’. In the early stages of developing any business it’s pretty common to say yes to a lot of different opportunities while you’re figuring things out. But as I’ve learned recently there comes a times when it’s appropriate to zone in on certain aspects and to start saying no to some of the opportunities that might come o...

In today’s conversation I’m talking with Peta Mawby who is a botanical painter working out of her studio in the renowned artist town of Castlemaine here in Australia. Peta came to one of my workshops last year and since then has really hit her stride, selling out collections of her hyper realistic painting collections. Some of the things I discover in this conversation are; How setting structure w...

Today we are celebrating the birthday of the podcast! All three of Team ’Susan Nethercote Studio’ get together to celebrate the milestone and reflect on a year past. Join us as we share; Where the podcast began with Suse mentoring Laura through her first exhibition How starting a podcast is so much like being an artist… figuring the creative process out as we go. What the podcast means to each of...

In this episode Steph and I explore the question ’how important is art school when wanting to pursue a career as an artist?’ We talk through many of the pro’s and con’s of this question as I did not go to art school and Steph did. what we have in common is that both of us have found huge value in who we learn from online. Join us as we explore all the different avenues that you can choose from to...