The Questionnaire: Hylla Evans

The Questionnaire is meant to be a lighter version of a bio, a little more revealing in some respects and personal without all the facts bogging it down. I supply the questions and the respondents supply the answers. Either one or both of us supply the images.

                 H y l l a  E v a n s               

What is your favorite color?

Light violet-blue gray 

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 

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 

Vincent van Gogh, La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle), 1889, oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 29 inches

Rembrandt van Rijn, "Herman Doomer," 1640

Paul McCartney, "The Queen Getting a Joke," 1991

Alice Neel, "Nancy and Olivia," 1967

Name an artist whose work you admire but which may be unlike yours.

Joanne Mattera 

Joanne Mattera, "Vicolo 7," 2004, 12 x 12 inches

What is your idea of earthly happiness?

Family and friends together on the farm laughing