Best advice you’ve been given • Find a way to support yourself that will allow you to think about your work and leave you with enough energy to make your work.
Goals/Aspirations • Work full time as an artist and continue to pursue what I have already begun.
Favorite artist • It is difficult to pick just one but Philip Guston has remained my most constant source of inspiration.
What are you reading • The Circle by Dave Eggers
Hope to learn how to • Speak Greek fluently. I have spent the last three summers in Greece and hope to live there one day, at least part time. I also want to learn the violin and re-learn the piano.
You spend a lot of time thinking about • Aside from the to-do lists, which seem to occupy way too much space in my mind, I think a lot about my family, my painting, my students and the general state of the world.
Favorite musical artist • I have very broad and eclectic taste in music, everything from classical to jazz to rock. It depends on my mood and the time of day.
What do you do when not creating art • Teaching, cooking, reading, traveling, spending time with my husband and son.
