H y l l a E v a n s
What is your favorite color?
Light violet-blue gray
Light violet-blue gray
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| Hylla's sample of her favorite color |
What is your favorite word?
Yes
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Daydreaming, planning, down time with friends
What turns you off?
Meanness, rudeness, inappropriate use of apostrophes
What profession other than artist would you most like to be?
Teacher/facilitator and paintmaker
What is your favorite book or movie?
At this moment, Munich (movie), Melting the Darkness by Warren Poland (book)
Who is your favorite musician, musical group or style of music?
Rock
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty and humor
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| Hylla with Eloise at 8 weeks |
Name three artists whose work has influenced your own or whose work you most relate to.
Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Alice Neel, Paul McCartney
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| Vincent van Gogh, La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle), 1889, oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 29 inches |
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| Rembrandt van Rijn, "Herman Doomer," 1640 |
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| Paul McCartney, "The Queen Getting a Joke," 1991 |
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| Alice Neel, "Nancy and Olivia," 1967 |
Name an artist whose work you admire but which may be unlike yours.
Joanne Mattera
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| Joanne Mattera, "Vicolo 7," 2004, 12 x 12 inches |
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Family and friends together on the farm laughing
7 comments:
These interviews are marvelous. I love "cut to the chase" and that last photo makes me want to smell and taste it!
I am really enjoying this format! I appreciated Alice Neal listed as an inspiration. She was such an original as was her work.
Hylla is delightful to work with and her Evans materials are superb quality. Bravo to her! I am a loyal customer! Jan
Thanks Deb, Terry and Jan for your comments. Hylla is great and her paints are really fabulous. Her colors are unbeatable as is her understanding of pigments, color mixing and so much more!
I LOVE Hylla and her paints! <3
I'm really enjoying these interviews Nancy!
This was a good opportunity to simplify answers. It ties in nicely with Joanne's Marketing Mondays post on interviews and here it's okay to be camera shy.
Eloise, the chicken with the heart shaped face is available for anyone else to use as a prop.
Really, thank you, Nancy, for giving me the opportunity to answer questions one on one on one on one, as only the safety of an email interview can do.
The flawless Herman Doomer portrait by Rembrandt is on display always at the Metropolitan in NYC.
There was an Alice Neel late full-body nude self-portrait on display at the Yale Gallery maybe 10 years ago. Large and incredibly powerful, her honesty was humbling. It's not in any books or online. There is much to learn from Paul McCartney's freedom and confidence to make bold work and not second guess himself. Don't we all need that reminder sometimes?
love this...
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