Joan Mitchell

“She transformed the gestural painterliness of Abstract Expressionism into a vocabulary so completely her own that it could become ours as well. And her total absorption of the lessons of Matisse and van Gogh led to a mastery of color inseparable from the movement of light and paint. Her ability to reflect the flow of her consciousness in that of nature, and in paint, is all but unparalleled.”

Art Institute of Chicago

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16. Ani DiFranco
Buffalo, N.Y., singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco was a pioneer of independent recording, releasing 17 albums on her own label, Righteous Babe. In 2006, she received the Woman of Courage award from the National Organization for Women, and she won a Grammy for Best Packaging in 2004. Her latest album, ¿Which Side Are You On?, features Pete Seeger, The Neville Brothers, Anaïs Mitchell, Galactic and Rebirth Brass Band.

When did you first start painting?
I started painting as a child but developed a deeper interest as a teenager. At 16 I enrolled as a fine arts major at Buffalo State College and took a lot of drawing and painting classes.

Are you inspired by a particular painter or artistic movement?
I was very inspired by the abstract expressionist movement, with it’s emphasis on the emotional moment of creation instead of the calculation of a result or outcome.

How does painting differ from music as a creative outlet for you?
Both seem to be about turning off the left brain narrative of fear and self-consciousness and giving voice to the intuitive awareness of the right brain.

Where can we see your work in person?
Nowhere really, except for my house. I’ve been flirting with the idea of having a show some day but I need to develop what I’m doing some more first.

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Arthur Dove

Dove’s works were based on natural forms and he referred to his type of abstraction as “extraction” where, in essence, he extracted the essential forms of a scene from nature