003: Art, motherhood and time with Lily Mae Martin

Lily Mae Martin is a visual artist working predominately with drawing.  She was born in Melbourne and currently resides in Regional Victoria.  Lily Mae’s distinctive style is influenced by the mark-making of etching and the layering techniques of master painters, and characterised by delicate and detailed cross-hatching with a fine pen. She is represented by Scott Livesey Galleries. In this episode, we chat about Lily Mae’s path from Melbourne to Berlin to England to Berlin to Regional Victoria, and what happened with her practice in-between.  She also had her daughter while living overseas and we discuss how she makes time for her practice, her support team, self promotion and how admin is always the first thing to go.   / Lily’s TWS portrait and interview is on our website at thiswildsong.com.au/lily-mae-martin/ / See Lily’s work at lilymaemartin.com   Music: Rapture by Myfawny Hunter myfanwyhunter.com Editing: Alana Helbig alanahelbig.com   To support TWS and continue the conversation go to patreon.com/thiswildsong If you like what you hear please Subscribe, Review and Share!

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This Wild Song (TWS) celebrates Australian female identifying artists through portraits, interviews, exhibitions and events. This podcast is a series of honest conversations with TWS artists about art, business and life. We address the practicalities and realities of being a professional artist, and the ‘business’ of art. Designed as a resource for artists, we answer your questions such as how do you support your arts practice financially? How important is an arts education? How do you structure your days? Plus we also discuss representation, self promotion, motherhood, self care and share advice for emerging artists. Melbourne artist Ilona Nelson created TWS to support female artists and address gender equality in the arts in a positive way. Although the featured artists are at different stages of their arts career, from varying backgrounds, and use a diverse range of mediums; they are unified by their unique voices and distinct style. The inclusion of so many artistic mediums in TWS offers a broad synopsis of contemporary Australian art. To learn more about This Wild Song please go to www.thiswildsong.com.au and follow us on instagram at @thiswildsong.