Iโm not sure a lot of other people would walk up to the same artwork and see the shadow on the personโs face from the hat and be like โDo you see that!โ Itโs about noticing things that interest you, and that definitely happens with the natural world as well.
Laura OwensI think a lot of male artists should and probably are thinking in the same ways. The culture has moved in a more democratic, pluralistic direction. You now find a lot of people who are looking outside of the mainstream of the history of art for their mentors. Maybe not heroes, but mentors.
Laura OwensIn terms of my inspirations to become an artist, I think they come from early ideas and impressions about community, and the type of community I wanted to be in, and the type of thinking I wanted to do.
Laura OwensFor me, at some point, the idea of struggling through the process was not as interesting as doing tests and executing the painting after I figured out all of its elements and how they were going to work together.
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