#spraypaint #showercurtains #contemporaryart #artistlife #juannegroni #jamesmaynorth 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? Vivir para contarla / Gabriel García Marquez Memory (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art) / Various Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Photography / Robert Farris Thompson 2. What are you currently working on? I am working on drawings that explore the influence of the African heritage in the Caribbean. The relati

#emilypettigrew #figurativepainting #figureinlandscape #creativelife #creativewisdom #artistblog #jamesmaynorth 1.    What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? My ‘straight’ job is antiquarian bookseller, so books play a huge part in my daily life. My favorite of all time is Mary Webb’s Gone to Earth. Two and three would be Sarah Orne Jewett’s Country of the Pointed Firs and Twenty Years A-Growing by Maurice O’Sullivan, not necessarily in order of preference.    2.

#motherartist #publicart #installationart #sculpture #creativelife #artistblog #jamesmaynorth #12questions 1. Can you tell me a bit about yourself? What stage in your career were you when you had children? I received my BFA in Sculpture and Art History from Milwaukee Institute of Design (MIAD) in 2001. Choosing to stay in Milwaukee, I received an MA and MFA in InterMedia Students at The University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM) in 2005 and 2007 respectively. I continue to tea

#motherartist #collageartist #jamesmaynorth #artistblog #creativelife #localartist #mixedmediaartist #12questions 1. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? What stage in your career were you when you had children? I'm a mixed media artist living and working in West Bend, WI. I'm currently exploring 2D abstract work layering acrylic, collage, oil pastel, graphite and colored pencil. Although I studied art all the way through school, including a Graphic Design degree in college,

#motherartist #textileartist #contemporarytextile #jamesmaynorth #mariaamaliawood 1. Can you tell me a bit about yourself? What stage in your career were you when you had children? I was born and raised in Honduras. At 17 I moved to the United States to pursue my dream of going to College. After graduating from Judson University with a Bachelors in General Art and minor in Visual Communication (Graphic Design), I worked in product development and had the opportunity to travel

#motherartist #fiberartist #contemporarytextiles #jamesmaynorth #fiberart #mindysuewittock 1. Can you tell me a bit about yourself? What stage in your career were you when you had children? I’m Mindy Sue Wittock and I currently live in Cedarburg, Wi with my husband, six year old daughter and our porky little puppy Chuck. I was a couple years out of graduate school and adjuncting at University when I had my daughter. 2. What first inspired you to begin working with your chosen

#artblog #creativelife #womenartists #newrealism #oilpainting #raeklein #upcomingexhibition #jamesmaynorth #dogpainting Rae Klein will be part of the inaugural group exhibition at James May North opening June 7 5:30-8. You can find her work on our Artsy page. 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? “Art and Fear” by David Bayles and Ted Orland, “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, and ‘Creating a Charmed Life’ by Victoria Moran. All of them basically have the sa