Despite the fact that Lees works on paintings for as long as 30 years, they don’t appear overly precious. Instead, they seem human and vulnerable.
Beer With a Painter
Beer With a Painter: Janice Nowinski
“I am trying to keep the immediacy of my emotional experience while I’m painting.”
Beer With a Painter: Pat Adams
Adams finds beauty in the earth and nature through layers of complication, chaos, and everyday labor.
Beer With a Painter: Clare Grill
“If a painting doesn’t have the right seasoning, it has to wait.”
Beer With a Painter: Mernet Larsen
“Rather than being attracted to artists because of their skills or sensitivity, I was always more interested in ideas and imagination.”
Beer With a Painter: Chie Fueki
“I am interested in the symbols that are flooding our world, which everybody can recognize, but which have almost no meaning.”
Beer With a Painter: Lisa Corinne Davis
“Artists are cultural critics — but painting is a language.”
Beer with a Painter: Dan Walsh
“Twenty years ago, you wouldn’t be caught dead being called a colorist.”
Beer with a Painter: Dan Douke
“I was always good at drawing and I would get attention for it. But I wanted to be a rock star.”
Beer With a Painter: Roger Herman
“Struggle is okay, but how much struggle does one want?”
Beer With a Painter: Judy Pfaff
“Generosity and openness are important to me, so that the viewer is not intimidated, threatened, or belittled.”
Beer with a Painter: McArthur Binion
“I don’t come from art history, and even though I’m involved in the mainstream art world, I didn’t come from this.”