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Evalyn Boyd Hines
Interview with artist Evalyn Boyd Hines —

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Acrylic on canvas
18″ x 24″

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1. Who are you and what do you do?
My name is Evalyn Boyd Hines, I’m a non-objectivepainter.

2. Why art?
Art is my way of releasing my feelings and sharing them with others.

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Acrylic-on-panel

Acrylic on canvas

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18″ x 24″

3. What is your earliest memory of wanting to be an artist?
The earliest memory I have of making art was when I was about five years old. I was drawing on a piece of paper when our wood heating stove started a fire around the chimney. Mother told me to take my little brother outside. I took my drawing outside first, then went back to get my brother. We were lucky it was a small fire and my parents were able to put it out before doing much damage.

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Acrylic on PVC

4. What are your favorite subject(s) and media(s)?
From a very early age I was drawn to making art. Growing up on a farm in ruralArkansas. I was always aware of the beauty that I saw around me. I was fascinated with the color and patterns used by my mother in her patchwork quilts, and the beautiful flowers she planted alongside our vegetable garden.

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Acrylic on canvas

5. How do you work and approach your subject?
I approach my art the same way I approach everything in my life… with urgency. I act and react to my paintings, working with shapes and color until I’m satisfied with the balance of the piece. I enjoy using acrylic paint because it allows me to work quickly.

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Acrylic, pencil on PVC

6. What are your favorite art work(s), artist(s)?
I love all art that moves me. Some of my favorite artists are Vincent Van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, the list could go on and on.

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Acrylic, pencil on paper
3.5′ x 5′

7. What are the best responses you have had to your work?
I think the best response to my work was when a dear friend and fellow artist was looking at one of my paintings and started crying. She told me that the colors moved her to tears.

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Acrylic, pencil on panel
10″ x 10″

8. What do you like about your work?
What I like most about my work is going into my studio, picking up a tube of paint, looking at a perfect white surface and smothering it with color.

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Acrylic, pencil on panel
10″ x 10″

9. What advice would you give to other artists?
The only advice I can give to other artist is to paint what is inside you and to enjoy what you do.

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Acrylic on panel
10″ x 10″

10. Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years?
In five to ten years I see myself still painting and sharing.