Australian Women Artists

Australian Women Artists
 
The Podcast
 
Ep.61 Julz Beresford
 
 
Julz Beresford is known for her amazing gestural depictions of rivers, bushland and alpine terrain. 
 She has a very distinct, energetic approach to landscape painting which we’ll discuss. Her works showcase the movement and light of the worlds she grew up in... The Snowy Mountains and the Hawkesbury River. 
 And I wanted to find out how she is able to bring those memories and sensations to the studio. 
 Her quite rapid rise came after...a very unusual career hiatus in London which, it turns out, became very helpful to the way she works.

Julz is represented by Michael Reid Sydney (@michaelreidsydney)
And her upcoming exhibition Between Dust & Rain, with former guest @carlylecerf will be at Michael Reid Murrurundi (@murraart) from 1 - 31 May 2026
 
Images

Australian Women Artists
 The podcast
 Ep 60 Kiata Mason
 
 Kiata Mason’s work explores the quiet drama of domestic life. 
 Her paintings showcase rooms we all have and often just rush through them but, like all good painters, Kiata’s work causes us to pause. And reflect. 
 Her paintings often reference her own family history and the coastal home she now lives and works in.  
 Kiata’s formal training was at the National Art School in Sydney, where she undertook a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting. She later built on this foundation with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in Drawing, and then a Master of Fine Arts (Drawing), all at National Art School. 
 She’s been a finalist and semi-finalist in many major painting prizes including the Sulman, Doug Moran, Black Swan and Paddington art prizes and she has won the Muswellbrook Art prize for works on paper. 
 Across prizes, residencies and exhibitions, Kiata has held onto a deeply personal, drawing-led practice that honours the everyday without sentimentalising it.
 Our discussion was broad and covered a lot of areas of interest to all artists I reckon. She’s a deep thinker and a very talented and compassionate painter. 
 
Head to the link in my bio to have a listen to our conversation. 
 
 
@kiatamasonart is represented by @akbellingergallery and   @curatorialandco 
 
Images
1 KM
2 Breakfast with Dorris, 2019 122 x 91
3 Because of the Spring Flowers 2019 122 x 92
4 One of Gran’s Good Plates 2017 45.8 x 61
5 Surrounded by Art 2025 73 x 90
6 From the Gallery of Small Things exhibition Paintings and Ceramics, 2026

Australian Women Artists 
 The Podcast
 Ep. 59.  Adriane Strampp
 
 Adriane’s is a fascinating journey. She was born in the United States and educated in the UK before settling in Australia. 
 She brings the effect of that peripatetic life to her work. Her work is defined by its sensitivity to light, memory and place. Interiors soaked in soft light, distant landscapes, objects held in suspension. 
 We talked about her fabulously eclectic group of subjects she’s explored in her art including horses, dresses, landscapes, interiors, still lifes and the thread which weaves itself through all of them.
 She has held more than 30 solo exhibitions around Australia and internationally and has been selected as a finalist multiple times for a number of awards including the Sulman, Dobell, Calleen, Ravenswood, Len Fox and Adelaide Perry. 
 And alongside her studio practice, Adriane has also made a profound contribution as a teacher. She is also the Founder and Director of the Fitzroy Painting Studio which has had probably thousands of students through its doors. 
 
Head to the link in my bio to listen to our conversation. 
 
Adriane is represented by 
King Street Gallery on William (Sydney)
Jan Manton Gallery (Brisbane)
 
You can see some of her works there or on her website:
www.adrianestampp.com
 
 Images
 
1 AS by Hugh Stewart
2 The Wait (long days and longer nights) 2022, 152 x 152 
3 Lucy’s Light, 2022, 152 x 152
4 Celosia, 2025, 91 x 91
5 Silent World, 2025, 162 x 205
6 Paper Lamp, 2025, 91 x 91
7 Hydrangea, 2025, 30 x 30
8 Cornucopia (painting number 2), 1996, 122 x 153
9 Passage, 2019, 91 x 91

Australian Women Artists
 The Podcast
 Ep. 58 Amanda Penrose Hart
 
 Amanda Penrose Hart is one of Australia’s most compelling contemporary interpreters of landscape. 
 In fact, judges at the Calleen Art Award recently described her as one of Australia’s most accomplished senior plein-air painters. 
 Amanda graduated with a Diploma of Fine Art from Queensland College of Art and then a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Griffith University, she developed a practice grounded in drawing, composition and a love of paint – which is becoming a wonderful thread through a number of the artists I’ve spoken to. 
 Travelling is central to her work: from Sofala and the Central West of New South Wales to European battlefields and coastal sites, she paints landscapes that really feel familiar. 
 She’s widely exhibited across Australia and has received major recognition including the Gallipoli Art Prize (2017), the Clayton Utz Art Award (2019) and the aforementioned Calleen Art Award (2024). Her work is held in significant public and private collections nationwide as well.
 Amanda is part of the upcoming exhibition Lustre: Australian Artists in Greece & Crete WWll at Anzac Memorial Hyde Park Sydney. It will open on May 20 and will feature both Amanda and a previous guest on AWA, @joannalogue
 
Head to my bio above to hear our conversation
 
Amanda is represented by:
@kingstreetgallery
@philipbacongalleries
And you will find some of her works there as well as at her website:
www.amandapenrosehart.com.au
 
 
Images
1 APH by Michael Bradfield
2 Butter cloud 2021 110 x 110 (oil on canvas)
3 Sally’s Flat 2017, 38 x 52 (ooc)
4 Go lightly 2023 76 x 120 (oil on board)
5 Shepherds lookout ACT 2023 121 x 198 (oil on linen)
6 The Somme 1, 2017 100 x 180 (ooc)
7 Australian first division memorial, Pozieres 2017 41 x 62 (ooc)

Australian Women Artists
The Podcast
Ep. 57.     Sophie Perez
Sophie Perez was born in Brighton, England. Her early love of art led to her formal academic training which culminated in her obtaining a Master of Arts in Painting at the Royal College of Art in London. 
How she ended up in Australia...is an interesting story. 
When she settled in the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, she embraced the unique landscape, and it informed her artistic practice. Her work was described as loose, gestural brushwork, with sensitive colour relationships that sought to evoke the feeling of place rather than replicate it literally. 
By the latter half of the 2010s, Sophie’s work had begun to gain broader visibility within Australia. In 2022, she was awarded the People’s Choice Award at the prestigious Paddington Art Prize. She has also been a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize (2020, 2022) and the Lethbridge Landscape Prize. 
"For me, painting transcends observation—it’s an invitation to connect with the beauty and complexity of our surroundings. Through my obsession to paint, I seek to forge meaningful connections that bridge the gap between artist and audience, celebrating the shared experience of the world around us." Sophie Perez

Head to the link in my bio to have a listen to our conversation...or head to wherever you get your podcasts.
Sophie is represented by 
Australian Galleries, Salt Contemporary Art and Art Images Gallery

Images
1 SP (in front of The Language of Trees ’ 170 x 300 cm diptych)
2 The daily commute, 2025 140 x 130 Oil on Belgian linen (all images are OOBL)
3 The joy and weight of MOtherhood 2025 140 x 130
4 Sundown 2025 75 x 70
5 Morning in the studio 2025 45 x 40
Check www.australiangalleries.com.au for availability of Sophie's works