Artists at Large -- Interview with Alison Watt

In this Interview, Alison is interviewed by the Toronto artist and writer, Kelley Aitken.
Here's what they talked about:
6:45 botanical paintings
15:11 writing and illustrating Alison’s book The Last Island
20:35 how Alison became a painting teacher
22:00 journalling practice/drawing nature
32:02 teaching travel journalling in France
35:52 transition to acrylic and mixed media from watercolour/experimental techniques
43:14 complex surfaces, abstraction and the intuitive process
49:30 how teaching influences Alison’s work
51:30 the connection between writing and painting
52:00 poetry and abraction/ the differences and similarities between painting and writing as art forms
58:13 narrative in painting
58:46 water paintings
103:43 landscape as a subject matter (vs. still life and portraiture)
104:56 how the landscapes Alison knows come through even when she starts without specific intent; using experimental techniques to abstract.
107:45 Layering as a process and as a metaphor
111:32 painting snow
112:44 how painting helps us to see in more complex ways
114:11 acrylic as water media
115:15 possible series of chats together in the future.