Alright, Philemona thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?
I was introduced to art in JHS by a wonderful Painter/Teacher, Joan Thorne. Joan was and still is a working and exhibiting Artist. I fell completely in love with the decision-making process of painting. As an adolescent there are so few things you are in control of. Painting became the one place where I was in total control. I continued studying art at the High School of Music and Art in NYC and then on to Bennington College. During college I realized making a career of being a painter was what I wanted and it seemed like a possibility. Painting has been so much a part of me becoming the person I am. It is what I love doing everyday, I find starting a painting is always an adventure into a magical place. I love using intense color and figures in motion to develop a narrative that offers the viewer a way to enter and explore my invented world.
