Stephanie Lerma

Best advice you’ve been given•Go to your studio every day and make something. Making is your job.

Goals/Aspirations•I would like the art to make a difference in a person's life. I believe that art is necessary - it is certainly necessary for me to make things.

Favorite artist•Joan Mitchell, Joan Snyder, Jaune Quick to See Smith, Ann Hamilton - women who invent their own ways of painting-making; women who make in a way that feels right for them. 

What are you reading•A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Hope to learn how to •Speak Italian

You spend a lot of time thinking about•Creating the next body of work

Favorite musical artist•I am a classically trained pianist, so Chopin, Brahms, Bartok, Philip Glass. But also RadioHead, Amy Winehouse and Robert Plant are fabulous.

What do you do when not creating art •Thinking about making art, hiking, spending time with my family, cooking and gardening