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Ep 61: Michaye Boulter - Talking with Painters
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:49:04
Publish Date: 2018-12-16 19:42:02
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From the age of 2 years old, when she sailed with her parents from Australia to Canada, Michaye Boulter’s life has never been far from the sea.

Spending weeks at a time in her childhood sailing  on the ocean spending time staring out at that vastness, Michaye’s very being is connected with the water.

So it’s no surprise that she paints what she knows. In her recent show, ‘Shelter’, at Sydney’s Arthouse Gallery, her works of Tasmanian seascapes were breathtaking. They depict the Australian coastlines and ocean often with no sign of human life when the sun is not out in full force, creating a low light which darkens the land making the sky and the water the main players in her work.

We talk about her childhood memories but also about her current work and studio practice. Notably she’s been a finalist in the prestigious Glover landscape prize 7 times as well as many others. She’s had 20 solo shows and her work is also held in various public and private collections around Australia, including the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and Parliament House, Canberra.

We start this conversation at a time when Michaye was just 2 years old when her parents built a boat  when they were living in Brisbane in Queensland and they decided to take the family back to Canada with Michaye and her baby sister on board.  It would be the start of a childhood of travel and life on the sea.

To hear the podcast episode press ‘play’ beneath the feature photo above.

A short video of Michaye talking about her work at Arthouse Gallery will be online soon.

Upcoming show

  • Solo show at Handmark Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, December 2019

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