Interview with:Brenda Hofreiter [brendah]
ART
 | What do you do? How do you define yourself as an artist? I paint "en plein air" landscapes in oil, or oil landscapes created on location. |
| What is your message? The natural world is part of us and understanding and interacting with it is part of our humanity. |
| Your biography in four lines. Brenda Hofreiter is US artist and a 4th generation Floridian who has been painting professionally and winning awards since 1999. She is a Signature Member if IPAP, AIS, and PAF, and a member of OPA, SMI and LAI. |
| Do you upload your work to the web? If so, where could we see it? |
| What is art? A painting becomes "art" when the viewer has an emotional reaction to what is painted. Essentially, the viewer completes and joins with the artist in the creation of "art". |
| When do you get your best ideas? When sitting in front of an awe inspiring landscape. |
| When and how did you begin to see yourself as an artist? I started seeing myself as an artist during my Fellowship at Crealde' School of Art. It was during a drawing class and I was working on a homework assignment for a self-portrait. It was the first time I went into the "zone". When I came out of it and looked at the work I had created, it was as if someone else had done it. I started to cry and I realized that I had been an "artist" all of my life and never knew it until now. |
| Is art necessary? No. Art is never "necessary" for survival. It just makes living a little less lonely and more lovely. |
| Does it pain you to let go of a piece you have sold? Since my art really feels like a part of me, it used to be. Now, I content myself with the thought that it is giving someone else the same joy that it's creation gave me. Besides, selling it makes room for the next creation. |
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