Artist Interviews
Jake Mosher Interview
Jake Mother Interview – Forty Nine Questions and Art ain’t One
- Favourite Colour? Violet
- When you were growing up what did you want to be?A professional baseball player
- Name the Place you’d most like to live in?Big Sky, Montana USA
- Seaside or Countryside Countryside
- You’re hosting a dinner party what’s your signature dish? Steak
- Dogs or Cats? Cats – large heads, extra toes and stub tails are a plus
- What was your nickname at school? Woody
- Most influential person in your life?My mother and father, who both encouraged me to do what I want
- If you could go back in time to which period would you go to? The 80s. Why, oh why did mullets go out of style?
- Name an Instagram account you follow?What’s Instagram?
- Favourite Museum or Gallery? Museum of Natural History, NYC
- If money was no object, what luxury item would you buy yourself?1970 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet
- Favorite Album (music)?Linda Ronstadt – Poor Poor Pitiful Me
- Person you’d love to meet?Ted Williams
- Describe your ultimate romantic date. A picnic high in the mountains of Montana during the middle of summer when the wildflowers are blooming
- You are happiest when…….I’m in remote country far from civilization
- What makes you sad?The rate at which this Earth’s wild places are disappearing
- If you could change one thing about the world. Less hate, more love, and a universal notion of compromise
- Whats the first thing on your bucket list? Photographing the aurora borealis from Norway
- Favorite Restaurant? Rib and Chop House, Livingston, Montana
- Book shop or Record Shop? Book Shop
- Name your favourite book? Walking to Gatlinburg by Howard Frank Mosher
- Pet Hate Bullies
- Prize Possession A 10,000-year-old spearhead I found in Montana, last carried by someone who believed they could kill a mammoth with a stick and a stone.
- How many tattoos/piercings do you have?One tattoo
- Gym or Jim Bean? What, is multitasking not allowed?
- What colour are your eyes? Blue
- Junk Food which is your dirty secret?Did someone say candy???
- What’s your poison? Starbucks
- Describe your morning routine. Ask myself why I run in the mornings. Go for my run. Repeat question.
- Where do you call home?Montana
- What makes you laugh?Half the things that happen to me on any given day. Better to laugh than to cry.
- What perfume/aftershave do you use?Aftershave? Now there’s something else I can add to my morning routine.
- Whats you favourite season and why?Autumn. Changing leaves, clean air, and a sense that summer is not quite gone.
- Describe the wildest night out you’ve ever had. I swore on my life I’d never tell….
- What opportunity have you turned down?To remain in a high-paying job with great benefits, working for a good company. I chose art. No regrets.
- Have you ever been arrested?I’ve never been convicted
- Favorite Quote? “I hate rude behaviour in a man. I won’t tolerate it.” – Capt. Woodrow Call, Lonesome Dove
- First live band you went to see?Metallica
- Biggest Regret? Not spending more time with my grandparents
- Describe something that you are proud of?I’ve had two novels published
- Describe yourself in 3 words. Loyal, Competitive, Adventurous
- Favourite film.Legends of the Fall
- How many pairs of shoes do you own?This is cowboy country. Do six pairs of boots count?
- Describe a favourite walkA hike to a mountain lake on a summer evening
- Tell us whats in your bag/pocketsTruck keys and a voucher for a free cup of coffee
- Who was the last person you called?My friend, Jeff Vickers, the ambassador for the Royal Photographic Society
- Whats the tune/band that you are listening to the most?Lady Gaga
- Whats your cure for a hangover? Nothing gets you over the last one like the next one, right?
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