Liette Marcil

Best advice you’ve been given•Paint with your heart and always mean it. Never be wishy-washy while going through the creative process or it will show in your work.

Goals/Aspirations•Remain passionate and driven and support myself with my artwork, so I can immerse myself in it to the fullest.

Favorite artist•Picasso is a great inspiration, also Francis Bacon, Gottlieb, Klimt, Klee, Matisse, Miro, Scholder, Motherwell but I am influenced most by African, American Indian and Aboriginal art.

What are you reading•I am always reading a few books at the same time: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris K. Goodwin, Crimes by Ferdinand Von Schirach, Verre Casse by Alain Mabanckou. Art Favorites: The Beginning of Seeing: Tribal Art & Pictographs of Adolph Gottlieb, Fritz Scholder: Indian Not Indian, Gustave Klimt by Comini.

Hope to learn how to •Speak Italian, learn printmaking and hang glide!

You spend a lot of time thinking about•My artwork and the strong influence ancestral art has on my creative process. Also, my loved ones and their well being.

Favorite musical artist•I enjoy so many but if I have to pick one - John Coltrane.

What do you do when not creating art •Movies, concerts, art exhibits, reading, traveling or having dinner with family and friends, sharing good conversation and lots of laughter.