Naomi McCavitt is from Richmond VA. She has lived in many different places including San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, and New York. She believes that every
place you live has an effect on your art. She says that Richmond and the South have always been important to her and her art. McCavitt compulsively creates art during her spare time. In McCavitt's interview, she mentioned that she recently started to appreciate the stupid parts of a piece. She thinks of them as
her version of the Navaho spirit line. McCavitt believes that if one achieves perfection, what's the point of doing any more work?