About - Talking with Painters

Hi!

Thanks for visiting my website.

Talking with Painters is a podcast and YouTube channel now in its seventh year, where I talk with Australian painters about their lives and art. It’s something I’m passionate about, not only because I’m personally interested in painting but because we have so many incredible painters in Australia I just want to share their stories with the world!

The podcast is full of the personal stories of the painters of Australia – leading, mid-career and emerging – not only as to how they live and work as artists, but how they became an artist in the first place, the highs and lows and what they’re working on now.

In 2020 the podcast was listed in British auction house Christie’s ‘Best art-world podcasts’ and frequently appears at the top of the Apple Podcasts Australian Visual Arts charts. It has also been finalist in the Australian Podcast Awards and has been recommended by Art Almanac and featured in Zart Art magazine.

Apart from the podcast interviews, I’ve also filmed and produced over 190 videos of my guests, either in their studio or at their exhibitions. You can visit my YouTube channel here or see the video relating to each artist on this website. Among the most watched videos are those of Nicole Kelly, Joanna Logue, Jo Bertini, Guido Maestri, Nicholas Harding, Wendy Sharpe, Ken Done, Juliet Holmes a Court, Vanessa Stockard, Lucy Culliton, Aida Tomescu, Euan Macleod, Luke Sciberras, Belynda Henry and interviews of the entrants to the Archibald Prize.

You can join me on social media where there is a fabulous art community. On Instagram I often go live and interview artists who would like to chat with me. It’s usually random and unrehearsed and lots of fun. You can also connect with Talking with Painters on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Over the last few years I’ve also facilitated live interviews with artists in the ‘Artists in Conversation’ program through the Art Gallery of NSW.

Hope you enjoy the show!

Maria Stoljar

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