Who are the artists who most inspire you? A few of the living ones: Beth Cavener Stichter, Fransciso Clemente, Martin Pur- year, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Susan Taylor Glasco, Sanford Biggers, Theaster Gates, Rocky Hawkins and Gabriel Kulka. Some of the classics: Marc Chagall, Kathy Kol- witz, Henry Moore, Earnst Barlach, Louise Nevelson, Gustav Klimt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Giacometti, and Frida Kahlo.
"Sojourn," Life- size bison bench to be permanently placed at the Gallatin Valley International Airport
You live in a remote cabin in Paradise Valley, yet you seem to enjoy connecting with people. How does the choice of seclusion for a place to live fit in with your lifestyle and art?
Solitude is necessary in my creative process, but art itself seeks connection. I desire both the energy of humanity and monk-like seclusion.
Is there an art form you have tried which did not work for you? I can't sing. If I could sing I would love to have a deep powerful belt-it-out and lick-your-bones type of voice.
If you could describe yourself in five words, what would they be?
Audacious passionate being — always creating.
~ Interview by Bill Muhlenfeld To follow Amber Jean, visit www.amberjean.com and read her blog,
www.amberjean.com/blog.
confirm our humanity-such is art.
Amber's "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" reliquary features one-hundred-year-old barbed wire, Schwarski Crystals, and a carved Douglas Fir log. The final piece is now on view at Museum of the Rockies.
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