Q&A: Daniel Minter - The Things That Cannot Be Taken

INTERVIEW BY ROBERT ROSEN, ZEST MAINE

“States Of…. (6),” Daniel Minter

What type of reference material do you work from?

The reference material I most prefer is lived experience. It is the seed for imagination; the experience of observing a beetle and allowing it to walk across your hand can set the mind to wonder or fill the mind with disgust. Short of personal experience I am inspired by the expertise of others. Much of the work that I do requires the use of history as a reference so I often use old photographs and descriptions of events. I will also use family and friends as references for people in my painting.

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