She especially loves challenging works, ones that are odd or complex, or ones which make you question their meaning. Those works have more longevity, she says.
Hawkins has been an interior designer for 30 years, and in that work she advises clients to “look and look and look” at art to help them hone their choosing skills.
“Whether that’s at a public gallery where art is not for sale or at a dealer gallery, it gives you get an idea of what resonates.”
Hawkins and her husband Glenn Hawkins are helping others grow – or begin – their art collections through loan scheme My Art.