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Today’s Artist Interview is With Margaret Zox Brown From New York, New York.

Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Margaret: 23 years

Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Margaret: Originally I distorted my images, in what I thought at the time was a way of being painterly. I was always though interested in and a natural with color.

Whopple: Do you make a living with your art?
Margaret: Yes, that along with teaching painting and drawing.

Whopple: How many hours a day do you create?
Margaret: Depends on the day. I also teach and have children but I put in several hours almost every day and when I am not painting, I am drawing.

Whopple: How did you pick your creative medium?
Margaret: I tried it and just fell in love with it. I keep expanding with it, trying different mediums and tools and I keep loving it all the more.

Whopple: What are your inspirations?
Margaret: All my paintings come from drawings that I do loosely with a pen. I never know what will inspire me to do a drawing; it could be a line or a shape or a gesture or a mood. But when I get a a strong drawing, that is what will inspire me to do a painting.

Whopple: How do you recharge when your creativity hits the wall?
Margaret: I just do more drawings. And, I run.

Whopple: What was your first job?
Margaret: Very first job? I worked for a magazine publisher dealing with print ads and film and type.

Whopple: What are your favorite snacks when you are creating?
Margaret: I love a good cup of coffee or tea with either a cheese danish or a cruller. I eat and drink these delicious things voraciously while I am observing and figuring out a painting.

Whopple: What gives you hope in the world?
Margaret: Everything, from my children to wonderful friendships to exciting things to look forward to. There’s is always another opportunity and another moment to create, to receive, to give, to achieve. Life is great!

Whopple: What do you wish you could do?
Margaret: With my career, I would like to produce pieces that are publicly displayed in cultural centers in culturally sophisticated cities all over the world. With my children, I would like to give them whatever they could possibly want in this world and with the world, I would like to give back to people less fortunate by supplying the tools and offering lessons in art to poor people who otherwise never could enjoy something so basic and enriching and fulfilling.

Whopple: What are your artistic goals?
Margaret: Other than the large, public exposure I have just mentioned, I would like my artwork to be widely known and for my efforts to be revered and sought after. I feel like I am supplying the world with something of value and I want that just to keep on growing.

Whopple: What has been your most exciting moment as an artist?
Margaret: I was invited to be the Keynote Speaker at my esteemed college around an exhibition of my art.

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Classification:  Expressionist Art