Mark Dagley and assistant 2018 Before there was art: Growing up, I liked collecting rocks and fossils, breeding tropical fish and playing classical guitar. I...

Art or music: When I was about ten my mother gave me the option of taking art or music lessons... Enter Rothko: I came from a family of mathematicians and sc...

Mind/Eye exploration: My work owes a lot to optical illusions... Cities and pillars: I was born in Brooklyn, raised on Long Island.. My painting demands . . ...

Light and California: I was born in Bakersfield, California but grew up ... Personal lenses + Cultural mirrors: My work has a lot of handcraft but .... Custo...

NY, NY: I grew up in Brownsville, in Brooklyn... Matching paint to paper: My father was a general contractor and sometimes... Color distribution games: After...

Early patterning: When I was four, my mother taught me... Early expectations and more patterns: I grew up in a working-class family... Influencers: One major...

Soccer, skateboarding . . . art: When I was growing up I wanted to be a professional soccer player or skateboarder. Classical training, abstract tendencies: ...

Visual values: My grandfather attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago . . . . Visual impressions: My sister is eight years older. . . . Whatever ...

Marilyn Nelson Our Capacities for Self Repair and Resistance to Damage Decrease Acrylic on canvas 1982 65" x 66" x 1.25" Marilyn Nelson Artist on the move...