This is a link to an interview that I have read many a time. It is between Phong Bui, writer of the Brooklyn Rail, and the painter Josephine Halvorsen. Halvorsen's paintings are made in one sitting, and they are simple, luscious, and fresh.

http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/11/art/josephine-halvorson-with-phong-bui

Another painter that I have been interested in for a while is Keltie Ferris. Check out two great videos on her work on art 21:

http://www.art21.org/newyorkcloseup/artists/keltie-ferris/