Marion Epting is an artist who works primarily in printmaking. Epting was born in Forest, Mississippi, in 1940, and mainly grew up in Los Angeles, California. He attended Los Angeles City College (LACC), and then Otis Institute of Art, where he earned a BFA and MFA. His work includes Ying Yang, Butterfly, and Alternative. Epting taught at California State University, Chico from 1969-2007, becoming the first Black professor to achieve tenure at the university. In this interview, Epting discusses his childhood, including family, early education, and community in Los Angeles; early spiritual awakening; early exposure to art and music; arts education at LACC and Otis, including professors such as Charles White, and work created; techniques of printmaking; creative process, including reading about physics and philosophy; interest in the perpetual alternation of opposites; university service work, students, and colleagues; marriages and children; shows, including Life Model: Charles White and his Students and The Art of Marion Epting; prints, including Petition, One Flew Over East and the Other Flew West, and Ahura Mazda; gallery representation, including Brockman Gallery; and receiving the Turner Prize for Excellence in the Arts.