Late last year I was interviewed by the New Rochelle Council on the Arts. They asked various questions about my art practice and, themes and how I draw inspiration for my work. NCRA is currently sharing my interview and those of other artists on their Facebook page (find them here!) and I thought it would be fun to share a couple of my pull quotes from the interview. Both photos here were taken by the wonderful photographer Rodney Bedsole and the interview for NCRA was conducted by Mellisa Riebe. Thanks Melissa!

“Art is what I am. It is the definition of me, artist.”

-Marie Hines Cowan, artist, NRCA member

“I see everything in terms of color and form. I don’t think in words. I think in pictures. It is like, I am a terrible speller because I don’t think or see a word made up of letters. I see a word made up of images.”

-Marie Hines Cowan, artist, NRCA member

“Use the biggest brush possible. So you don’t get fiddling into the details before you have gotten the larger picture there. Paint what you see, not what you know. Because if you are just painting what you know, you are not really seeing what is there.”

-Marie Hines Cowan, artist, NRCA member