• S2E43: Natasha Ruschka, Landscape & Still Life Oil Painter

  • Oct 22 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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S2E43: Natasha Ruschka, Landscape & Still Life Oil Painter

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  • This week is the Australian landscape and still life oil painter Natasha Ruschka. Natasha says: “Taking seemingly simple scenes and transforming them into a beautiful and interesting vignette with only oil paints feels like my very own form of magic.” Natasha was born in Subiaco, Western Australia in 1974 and has two step sisters. Her mother Linda is also a prolific artist, as is her biological father John. Natasha was raised by her step-father David, who was an army officer, which meant the family frequently relocated in the South Pacific region. At the age of four, Natasha moved to Papua New Guinea for two years and again later as a teenager. She attended St Hilda’s School in Southport on the Gold Coast before moving back to Canberra to her family to finish school. After graduating high school Natasha decided to study business computing as a way to find employment. At the age of 18 she found herself working in the Hyatt hotel where she met her future husband. The couple moved to Brisbane for his work and later to Colorado. It was there that Natasha discovered an interest in art at the Park Hill Art school and she never looked back. The couple returned to Canberra in 2019, by which time Natasha had established herself as an artist. She say’s she doesn’t believe in talent but has a good eye. She loves the excitement of a blank canvas and the promise at the beginning. Natasha lives in Canberra with her husband Greg. They have three children, Nadya, Vienne and Zach.

    Natasha’s website: https://www.natasharuschka.com/
    Instagram: @natasharuschka
    https://www.instagram.com/natasharuschka_art

    Natasha’s favorite female artists
    Carol Marine
    Lori Putnam
    Haidee Jo Summers
    Clarice Beckett (d)

    Margaret Ollie (d)
    Hilda Rix Nicholas (d)

    Host: Chris Stafford
    Produced by Hollowell Studios
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