When I’m in front of empty canvas, I have led up to that blank white canvas for probably at least ten days, all storing up. It seems to be one reaches at a given moment the point where the creative imaging is poised and ready to flow out. That means for me that I’m in a state of being receptive and creative at the same time. Before starting, it’s like the eye of the storm: it’s quiet but there’s some kind of momentary feeling of almost exploding inside, like it needs to come out. And I think that’s really
Sheila Isham, quoted in the film, “Sheila Isham,” directed and edited by Luc Cote, 1984
Sheila Eaton Isham (b. 1927)