My lead supervisor encouraged me to use the creative research method of artist interviews. During the summer, I applied for and obtained ethics approval, wrote interview questions, invited about 30, and scheduled interviews with 10 different abstract painters. Between September 1 and October 10, unless otherwise indicated, I remotely conducted and recorded 10 artist interviews. The artists I interviewed are listed in alphabetical order by last name: Gina Dominique (my husband asked me my questions in our Olive, NY home), Suzan Frecon (conducted in her Germantown, NY studio), Jason Hackenwerth, Heather Hutchison, Kei Ito, Anne Sophie L’orange, Jeff Lewis (in his Manhattan studio), Alisa Sikelianos-Carter, Xochi Solis, and Dannielle Tegeder.
