[Art Connoisseurs (AC)]

• [AC] When you're not creating art, what other activities do you enjoy?
  
  [Anne Elise] I like spending time with my husband and friends, walking, exploring new places, and listening to music. Also, I love nature and the countryside. Even being in our screened porch on a nice day, surrounded by flowers, is a wonderful experience - something I did not experience growing up in rainy England! I enjoy meeting new people, going to galleries, museums and concerts, and reading - particularly about art.
  
  

• [AC] How would people who know you best, describe you?
  
  [Anne Elise] I think they would say that I am warm, spontaneous, very creative, and sometimes shy.
  
  

• [AC] What is your greatest source of inspiration?
  
  [Anne Elise] Whatever moves me most intensely - which can be people, nature, events, and experiences. The Iraq war and my mother's death inspired some work, and another fairly recent piece is named "Hope". Also some music makes me want to create. If I've been to a good exhibition, film, or concert, I get inspired.
  
  

• [AC] Who is your favorite artist and piece of art work?
  
  [Anne Elise] I don't have one favourite. I like Kandinsky's Compositions, William Morris's translucent sculptures, the Starn Brothers Black Pulse 3D video animation, and Colin Reid's cast work.
  
  

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