Deborah Barlow

Best advice you’ve been given•If you are not completely in love with the work you are doing, then you are doing the wrong work.

Goals/Aspirations•I recently sat with an elderly artist the day before he passed. I would like to do as he did, make it all the way to the end of life and still be utterly engaged in my work.

Favorite artist•Gerhard Richter, Richard Diebenkorn, Mark Rothko, Richard Tuttle, Agnes Martin, Joan Mitchell, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Ken Price, among others.

What are you reading•The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner

Hope to learn how to •Navigate a hot air balloon

You spend a lot of time thinking about•The non-duality of life and the profound difficulty we humans have in understanding that everything is connected.

Favorite musical artist•Jason Moran, jazz musician extraordinaire

What do you do when not creating art •Reading, theater, conversation, wisdom traditions, trekking, biking