Q&A and Conversation with Harvey Pratt
After Objets Trouve Zoom interview Susan McCalmont had a one on one Q&A with Harvey Pratt.
Q: What are you working on right now?
A: Paintings.
Q: What was your inspiration for this work?
A: Watching Horses
Q: Which artists have inspired your work, in general?
A: Russell and early native artists.
Q: When did you first know that you wanted to make art, and/or how did you start?
A: School teachers told me I had talent. I sold my first painting in high school.
Q: If you could choose one word to describe what it feels like when you are making art, what would it be?
A: Satisfied.
Q: Who or what inspires you right now?
A: Other artists, history, nature, and events.
Q: When you think about life after COVID-19, what’s one change you hope to see in the “new normal”?
A: That the earth is recovering water, air regards for the earth
Q: It’s a stressful, uncertain time. What do you do to relax?
A: Yard work, art, and exercises.
About Harvey Pratt
Harvey’s work has assisted in thousands of arrests and hundreds of identification of unidentified human remains throughout America. Retired as the police forensic artist for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), Harvey still responds to agencies that request his assistance.
