Sari answers your questions about painting retreats: how she got involved teaching them internationally, what happens at one, what materials to bring, what experience is needed etc. She also discusses these events from the instructor perspective so that artists interested in teaching can learn how to start teaching retreats themselves.

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Sari's next painting retreat (September 30-October 7 in Spain)

Sari speaks with Gamblin product expert Mary Tevlin on the intricacies of painting mediums and the myriad ways that artists have approached oil painting throughout history. Mary shares her product knowledge about solvent and solvent free options so that artists can be fully informed on their brush cleaning choices and understand what might work best for them.

This episode is sponsored by my upcoming book, Modern Still Life: From Fruit Bowls to Disco Balls, which you can pre-order now :)

This episode is also sponsored by Not Sorry Art

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Contact Mary

Gamblin's website

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Sari speaks with Natural Earth Paint founder Leah Fanning on her journey to creating a safe and eco responsible painting product line, the health risks associated with traditional acrylics and solvents, and how artists can make small changes in their routines to benefit themselves and the environment.

This episode is sponsored by my upcoming book, Modern Still Life: From Fruit Bowls to Disco Balls, which you can pre-order now :)

This episode is also sponsored by Not Sorry Art

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Natural Earth Paint website

Natural Earth IG

Eco-Solve

Natural Acryliks

Natural Varnish

Sari discusses the often overlooked impact that intentional observation can have on artists and non-artists alike.

This episode is sponsored by my upcoming book, Modern Still Life: From Fruit Bowls to Disco Balls, which you can pre-order now :) This episode is also sponsored by Not Sorry Art

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It's Not Easy Seeing Green: The Himba people of Namibia

Sari chats about how limitations in an art practice can be helpful in uncovering style and setting us apart as artists.

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Sari chats with Erika Lamar of Flynn Craft House about balancing her duties as a full-time artist and high school art teacher.

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Follow Erika: IG, Website, YouTube

Sari discusses how French philosopher Pierre Bourdieu's seminal book, Distinction, has influenced her thoughts about taste and how having (or lacking) cultural capital influences how a person and their work is received by the world.

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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu

Sari speaks with curator and director of programming at Big Medium, Coka Treviño, about Austin, Tx arts community and what it's like curating and organizing some of state's largest art events each year.

This episode is sponsored by my upcoming book, Modern Still Life: From Fruit Bowls to Disco Balls, which you can pre-order now :) This episode is also sponsored by Not Sorry Art

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Big Medium

The Projecto

Sari chats with Massachusetts-based oil painter Sophie Pearson (@creating.sophie) whose work is a powerful reflection of childhood and familial relationships, as well as the modern realities of living in a larger body.

This episode is sponsored by my upcoming book, Modern Still Life: From Fruit Bowls to Disco Balls, which you can pre-order now :) This episode is also sponsored by Not Sorry Art

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Follow Sophie:

Instagram, Patreon, TikTok, YouTube

Check out Sophie's upcoming show, Beneath the Memory, this May at Arts Worcester

There's been a lot of online discourse recently on the modern reality for artists marketing ourselves as brands, and in this week's podcast Sari discusses a recent Vox article on this very subject.

Everyone's a sellout now by Rebecca Jennings

This episode is sponsored by my upcoming book, Modern Still Life: From Fruit Bowls to Disco Balls, which you can pre-order now :) This episode is also sponsored by Not Sorry Art

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"Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain