Susan Washington’s serene Poconos mountain surroundings are a far cry from the hustle and bustle of her New York upbringing. With a godmother that taught her origami techniques as a child, a punk-flavored city adolescence and over a decade of experience in the fashion industry, creativity has always decorated her days and merged with business endeavors to result in an…
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It’s time to step into Erick Artik’s moonlit, vibrant and positively pop-flavored studio. Fascinated by pop culture icons, committed to cleverly combining them with interesting broader messages, and now poised to launch a fashion line, he’s bringing street art into the home – with some serious style. Read on to learn about his artistic process, daily rituals and idealdinner guests……
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This interview features as the first in our new series –My Hometown. Broken Hill isn’t especially known for breeding ballet dancers-turned-visual artists. But this is exactly the path Stephen Rowe found himself on. From outback Australia to Opera Houses to opening his own art studio in LA, Rowe’s journey sounds like biopic material. Until someone makes a movie out of…
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How did you come to art, or how did art come to you? Since I was a child I have loved drawing, it was my real environment and the moments I felt the best were when I was drawing. I kept that passion, and after school, it was pretty clear to me that my studies would have been in that…
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If you had to describe yourself briefly in a couple of words, what would you say? Punk-pop artist. The music that matches with my paintings can be found on the album “Surfer Rosa“ by The Pixies. Growing up as a free spirit in East Germany, popular culture was my passion and subversion my stylistic device. The most important stages of…
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How did you come to art, or how did art come to you? I grew up in a family of artists, my father was a cameraman for movies, my aunts actresses or painters, my grandfather a theater writer, It felt normal to be artistic in every move . Only when I attended school I realized that my upbringing was not…
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Short summary about you? I am a landscape-focused painter, who has lived and worked in East London for 20 years. What is your art about? We live on the edge of Epping Forest in East London and the relationship between the urban and the natural is a constant source of inspiration to me. My most recent series of paintings was…
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Brief introduction of yourself. Talking about oneself is always difficult for me. I am me I paint in traditional oil techniques but in a different style. People have to go away from my paintings to see the details. Do your work engage with current events (and how)? It is difficult not to react on current events or impressions. I hear…
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Where comes your inspiration from? Inspiration I find in anything that has life, power, spirit, truth and reality in it. What does it mean to you to make art? It means taking something personal, private, prosaic and extract something permanent and broad out of it. The Horse, its Owner, His Wife and the Jockey© OFIR DOR How does your atelier…
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Until the era of the French Revolution, the presentation of nude figures in European art were only permitted in religious or mythological paintings. Even then, it was discouraged. The nineteenth century was a time of questioning these conventions when many modern artists began playing with the symbolism of the nude. In this article, Singulart takes a closer look at the…
