I laughed a lot in my chat with artist Alicia Armstrong in North Carolina. Alicia paints figurative and abstract paintings about memories, longings, dreams and inconsistencies. She has had numerous solo exhibitions and her work is collected throughout America and the rest of the world. We talked about the winter blues, talking to yourself out loud, working with dogs, tasting colour and a lot more . . .

Here are the main points of what we talk about:

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