Hooked on Art Podcast

Veronica Winters

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My goal with this project is to expand on our understanding of art, emotion and life. This art podcast captures personal stories about art, the business of art, art collecting, and everything else that comes with being an artist or loving the arts. This podcast is available in a video format on YouTube: https://youtube.com/veronicasart Host: Veronica Winters, M.F.A. | https://VeronicasArt.com | Instagram https://www.instagram.com/veronicawintersart

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Veronika Winters connects museum visits, historical research, and an artist's attention to materials, technique, and visual form.

Hooked on Art Podcast turns visits to museums and historic sites into personal, research-led tours. Veronika Winters moves between archaeology, mythology, architecture, and painting with the eye of someone attentive to how objects were made and encountered.

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A Greek sphinx becomes a research rabbit hole; you may never pass its lion paws so quickly again.

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  • Veronica Winters to follow a Greek sphinx from myth to marble, with its Egyptian and Near Eastern influences in view
  • an artist's eye on Rembrandt's paint textures, including marks made with the back of a brush
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Holy Meteora: Discover Magical Place on Earth

A measured travel piece that finds history, craft, and scale in a cliff-top monastic landscape.

Holy Meteora in Greece treats the monastery complex as a lived-in place rather than a scenic stop. Maria and Veronica Winters move from the feeling of entering the center to the story of the rocks themselves, which gives the site weight without overexplaining it.

The Enigmatic World of Greek Sphinxes: history, mythology & art

A reflective art-history tour that links the Greek sphinx to griffins, tombs, and Delphi.

This episode follows the Greek sphinx beyond a simple mythic image, showing how its wings, lion's paws, and mixed Near East and Egyptian influences surface across Greek museums, archaeology, and the Naxian sphinx at Delphi.

Rembrandt’s Rise & Fall: inside Amsterdam’s House-Museum

A measured house tour that makes Rembrandt's technique feel visible and lived-in.

This episode frames the Rembrandt House Museum as both a guided walk through a home and a compact study of a career, linking Amsterdam, the Dutch Golden Age, and Rembrandt van Rijn's working methods without losing its sense of place.

The best art in the Louvre art museum

A slow walk through the Louvre that favors scale, detail, and guided looking over spectacle.

The piece treats the Louvre as a place to be entered slowly, room by room, until the museum's scale becomes part of the point. It is at its best in the Assyrian reliefs, winged bulls, and classical galleries, where the writing uses those works to show how wide the museum's reach…

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Episodes

  1. 1

    What you don’t know about Ancient Delphi, God Apollo, Oracle, Myths, History, Architecture & Art

    Hidden gem

    Delphi first looks almost empty.

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  2. 2

    Rembrandt’s Rise & Fall: inside Amsterdam’s House-Museum

    Veronika Winters takes listeners through the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam.

    ·28m·5 clips
  3. 3

    How to find your unique art style

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    ·12m
  4. 4

    The Enigmatic World of Greek Sphinxes: history, mythology & art

    Hidden gem

    Greek sphinxes puzzle the host, in the best museum-object way.

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  5. 5

    Holy Meteora: Discover Magical Place on Earth

    Hidden gem

    Holy Meteora rises on steep rock cliffs, and the host takes the listener through Greece's six suspended monasteries without rushing the view.

    ·35m·2 clips
  6. 6

    The best art in the Louvre art museum

    Two long days inside the Louvre.

    ·34m·3 clips
  7. 7

    The Truth about Predynastic Egyptian Stone Vessels Revealed, interview with Dr. Max Fomitchev

    ·51m
  8. 8

    An Artist’s Love letter to the Scottish National Gallery

    ·21m·10 clips
  9. 9

    From Faber-Castell Polychromos to Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils: reviewing their characteristics to create realism art

    Hidden gem

    Artist Veronika Winters provides a detailed, technical comparison of Faber-Castell Polychromos and Prismacolor Premier colored pencils, evaluating them on five key criteria: softness, saturation, durability, lightfastness, and price.

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    From Perseus to Trojan War: 7 strange myths of Mycenae that changed ancient Greece

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    Artist Veronika Winters explores seven fascinating myths and archaeological discoveries about ancient Mycenae, from its founding by Perseus to the mysteries of the Lion Gate and the controversial Mask of Agamemnon.

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    On artist sensitivity, jealousy, self-doubt, failure, work and dreams

    Hidden gem

    The host, an artist, reads from her personal journal, offering a raw and reflective monologue on the unspoken psychological struggles of creative life.

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  12. 12

    Strasbourg art guide

    The cathedral features an automated astronomical clock with a celestial globe showing 5,000 stars.

    ·19m·1 clip
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    The Eleusinian Mysteries: A Window into the History of Mystery Religions and Ancient Spirituality

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    This episode explores the Eleusinian Mysteries, ancient secret rituals of Demeter's cult practiced from 1500 BC to 390 AD near Eleusis, 14 miles northwest of Athens.

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    How to boost your reach on Instagram

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    An artist host provides a candid, practical guide for fellow artists on how to navigate Instagram in late 2024, covering profile optimization, the critical shift to video and Reels, engagement strategies, and warnings about common scams.

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    From Venice to Boston: The TRUE Story of America’s Craziest Art Collection & the Thieves Who Stole It

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    This episode tells the dramatic story of Isabella Stewart Gardner, the eccentric socialite who built a Venetian palace in Boston to house her unparalleled art collection, and the infamous 1990 heist where thieves stole 13 priceless works, including a Vermeer and Rembrandts, in the largest art theft in history.

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    Art, creativity & commercial success: the infamous fate of some famous artists

    Mar 1, 2024·14m
  17. 17

    4 Best Brands of Colored Pencils: are they worth the splurge?

    Feb 17, 2024·11m
  18. 18

    3 Surprising Reasons How Art Improves Creativity & Well-Being

    Feb 3, 2024·13m
  19. 19

    This is why you have unique perception of reality, emotions & awareness

    Jan 12, 2024·10m
  20. 20

    4 best papers for colored pencil drawing

    Jan 6, 2024·11m
  21. 21

    Learn art promotion and colored pencil techniques with Megan Seiter

    Nov 18, 2023·59m
  22. 22

    Accelerate your creativity with John Dalton

    Sep 1, 2023·1h 44m
  23. 23

    7 art corruption schemes that rule the art world

    Aug 19, 2023·39m
  24. 24

    Basic copyright law for artists to learn on a go

    Jul 26, 2023·27m
  25. 25

    Uncover the secrets to networking to grow your art career with art advisor Emily McElwreath

    Jun 2, 2023·41m
  26. 26

    Unlocking the secrets of master oil painters: interview with George O’Hanlon & Tatiana Zaytseva at Natural Pigments

    Apr 22, 2023·1h 35m
  27. 27

    Nicole Finger: Unlocking the Secrets of Stunning Realism Art

    Apr 4, 2023·1h 1m
  28. 28

    Dan Lam: questioning reality with resin-based psychedelic art in 2023

    Mar 2, 2023·43m
  29. 29

    Jack of the Dust: the man behind the skulls in 2023

    Feb 10, 2023·45m
  30. 30

    Stop sending artist portfolio to galleries, this is how it works! Tips from Courtney Miley & Sensei Alford | Ellemnop.art gallery

    Jan 28, 2023·54m
  31. 31

    Highly sensitive people: how to prioritize well-being to tackle personal crisis

    Jan 8, 2023·1h 10m
  32. 32

    Art to Collect: How the Bennetts Champion Female Figurative Artists in the Evolving Art Market

    Jul 15, 2022·41m
  33. 33

    7 income streams for artists to make money

    Jun 30, 2022·28m
  34. 34

    How to use Instagram for artists in 2022

    Apr 1, 2022·13m
  35. 35

    How to use varnishes and fixatives with technical consultant Ed S Brickler

    Mar 13, 2022·59m
  36. 36

    Tanja Gant: show me the attitude! Interview with realist colored pencil artist

    Jan 5, 2022·1h 7m
  37. 37

    Jesse Lane, realist colored pencil artist

    Dec 6, 2021·1h 4m
  38. 38

    Alayne Sahar interview

    Dec 5, 2021·47m
  39. 39

    Michael Hlousek-Nagle Interview: how painting becomes solace in solitude

    Dec 2, 2021·1h 2m
  40. 40

    How to make money as an artist: interview with John Middick

    Nov 16, 2021·58m
  41. 41

    How to commission art as thoughtful art collector

    Oct 29, 2021·11m
  42. 42

    How to overcome limiting beliefs for artists with Kat Popova & Veronica Winters

    Aug 18, 2021·57m
  43. 43

    How to overcome negative thinking and liming beliefs for artists

    Aug 9, 2021·9m
  44. 44

    Free your mind to create art to your fullest potential: interview with hypnotherapist James Browning

    Jul 25, 2021·1h 16m
  45. 45

    Amanda Greive: oil painter who speaks of equal rights

    Jul 25, 2021·45m
  46. 46

    Anna Wypych: art interview with oil painting artist who embraces change

    Jul 25, 2021·50m
  47. 47

    Karen Hull: art interview with colored pencil artist & reiki master

    Jul 25, 2021·1h 22m
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    Eric Rhoads: interview with art publisher

    Jul 25, 2021·1h 2m