I love talking with artists who are so thoughtful about their work and who have such an interesting life journey and experiences to share.īig Blue 2019 60” x 48” ink on mulberry paper collage mounted to panel Naomi was just a joy to speak with and we laughed quite a bit. Her most recent body of work, Being Mobile, expresses the movement and iconic form of entities and symbols that seem familiar but also mysterious, elusive, and timeless. As Naomi says in the interview, she provokes the conditions where her work comes to life through many specific choices, but also leaves much up to chance and strives to push the elements of each piece until the whole is activated by the limitations of the extent of the chosen frame. But dance and movement still inform the spirit of her work and the way it is created. Naomi Schlinke is an visual artist who after many years as a professional dancer, decided to shift her energy primarily to painting. You have to put in your time to make this unreal thing real.”
You have to show up everyday in the studio. “You don’t just believe in yourself, You behave in a way that you can believe in yourself, trust yourself.
