LOST FREEDOM: Tell us a little about yourself. How old are you and where are you from? AMANDA BROWN: I feel like my work says the most about me, but the stats are that I am a 26 year old New Yorker by way of Wisconsin. I have my BFA in printmaking and painting and I’m currently studying at Hunter College here in NYC. I live in East Harlem with my amazing boyfriend Matt and our pit bull pup Molly. When did you first become interested in art? How has your work changed since then? We’ll have to go way back for that. In pre-school I would talk my teachers out of nap time so we could write stories for me to illustrate. There were mermaids who I forgot to give arms, families of dinosaurs and hot pink unicorns with a rainbow for a mane. I have been very lucky in my life to be surrounded by people who supported my passion and saw my art as something with real importance and not simply a hobby I would grow out of.
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