Fiona Maher Midlothian TX Age 62
What keeps you excited in the studio? Having the freedom to play and test ideas, explore new materials and indulge my inner child.
Looking back at your trajectory as an artist, how would you say your work has developed? In a zig zag line and still developing.
What role do you think the artist has in today’s society? As a catalyst for change , and showing different ways of looking and understanding the world . We are radical ( making things with our hands and our imagination).
What’s the most important advice you could give to an aspiring artist? Keep doing what makes you happy , you may need to do other things to earn a crust , but keep your arts practice live.
Does age matter in art? Why or why not? No, I don’t think so – I challenge a lot of perceptions about women of ‘my age’ – Life experience does inform what I do and how I do it, and I’m still learning.
What can we look forward to from you next? I’m not quite sure…I’m on a journey and where I’m going still surprises me.
Is there anything else you would like to share about being an artist later in life? I feel at this time in my life I feel free of other constraints that were present in my life as a younger woman and I am able to devote my time 100% to my art, I don’t have much income, but I don’t need much…
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Lost for words , Intaglio and Collagraph print 53x 53 cm 2024