Ep 104: Summer Series – Susan Baird

Talking with Painters

In 2019 I travelled 4 hours west of Sydney, past the Blue Mountains, driving through winding bush roads until I arrived at Hill End, the historic goldmining village which is now also known for its inspiring artist’s community.

It was there that I interviewed Susan Baird who a few years earlier had fallen in love with the town and now has a home and studio there, deep in the bush.

We recorded a previous podcast interview where Susan talked with me about how she became an artist and developed her career. It’s one of the most downloaded episodes on the podcast and you can hear it here.

We also recorded video which I edited down for a YouTube video. I’ve since realised, though, that those video recordings are just as valuable as the podcast interview itself and that’s why I’m bringing you this ‘Summer Series’ of longer recordings from videos. What you’ll hear in this episode is the full audio recording from the video shoot.

Susan’s next solo show is coming up in June 2021 at Arthouse Gallery in Sydney and she has small works in the Gallery’s current group show (January 2021). She is also represented by Flinders Lane Gallery in Melbourne and it was in the lead up to her last show with Flinders Lane that we recorded this interview.

You can hear the podcast interview by pressing ‘play’ below the above feature photo or listen on your favourite podcast app.

Scroll down to see stills of the places and works we talk about in this episode as well as the 2019 YouTube video.

https://youtu.be/c0_IZpOiHVE

YouTube video

‘Bowman’s Cottage’, Hill End, NSW

The shearing shed

Susan Baird in her studio (formerly the property’s hay shed)

The studio

‘Studio Window, Bowman’s Cottage’, 2019, Oil on linen 137 x 97cm
Finalist Calleen Art Award 2019

‘Bush Telegraph’, 2019, oil on linen, 102 x 102cm