Notes from the Studio: with Kayoon Anderson

HP What is the first thing you do in the morning?
KA Play with my toddler, make a green tea.

HP Describe where you produce your work, and why you chose that space.
KA I have a studio in the garden – I love that I can go there in my pyjamas, and that I can play my music out loud without bothering anyone.

HP Where do you go to feel energised creatively?
KA Every time I go to Korea, I come back with my head full of painting ideas.

HP If you could choose one word to describe your work, what would it be?
KA Quiet.

HP What do you do when you need to escape the studio and reset your mind?
KA Snuggle down on the sofa and read my book.

HP What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?
KA Trust yourself, don’t think too hard.

HP If you weren’t an artist what would you do?
KA I think I’d be working with children – I would have loved to study education or child psychology.

HP What is one thing you couldn’t live without in your studio?
KA Snacks.

HP What book are you reading right now?
KA I normally read fiction but recently I’ve been mixing it up with parenting books. At the moment I’m reading The Whole-Brain Child.

HP What is the best decision you have made?
KA In the year after studying architecture, I made decisions to properly pursue painting and to live in Siena for a while. I’ll always be grateful to have had the opportunity to make these decisions