“Art as Autobiography” – an Interview with Rachel Stallings Thomander

Why or how did you decide to become an artist?From a young age, I was interested in making things with my hands and was always obsessed with color, especially the colors that I wore. I had the privilege of being born into a family that valued writers, musicians, and artists, and was always exposed to this world. My mother studied art at UC Irvine, and I attended classes with her as a child. I fell in love with using clay and oil paint at age seven. I always knew I loved art, but artists seemed like magicians to me, endowed […]