It is always a pleasure and very exciting to share the work of someone you admire and are so lucky to call them your friend. Caterina Pacialeo is as good photographers should be. She is very meticulous with an eye for detail that is impressive. Combine those skills with a very sutil way of looking and a profound love of nature and voila!! How did art find you? Art found me as a little child. I would love to draw and paint. It was always my favorite subject in class. When did you decide to become an Artist? I fell in love with photography in year 10. I think I was 15 or 16 years old. I saw my very first print come to life in the darkroom. It was then I knew I wanted to be a photographer. Please tell us a bit about you and your artwork? I’m a Photographic Artist and I also teach photography in various colleges and Universities. I’m currently at TAFE St George College of Fine Art and the National Art School, Sydney. My work explores Nature and the elements of nature. It what makes up this planet its who we are as humans. We are one and the same. I want to be able to feel the elements within these images. Connecting with you. What is your favourite medium, technique? My medium is photography I use a combination of film and digital. I also am using video to produce small short abstract stories. I feel the urge to pick up my large format 5x4 camera. To slow down the image process of making images. Film has a beautiful quality it gives you. It’s a feeling. I love the way you immerse yourself in the darkroom. Do I have a favourite colour? That’s a hard question to ask a photographer I see colour as a palette to make up the mood, the story for the image. In Black and White it’s the tone that tells the story it’s all about the light. Though to answer your question directly. I do like Black and shades of Black. I have a monochromatic taste of late. Though red is amazing! Who was or is your favourite art teacher and why? I have so many art and photography teachers who are my favourites and it’s a great question. The 3 most influential were art teachers who have really inspired and encouraged me. My first art teacher in high school Mrs. Cronk she was British and very funny, I loved painting and drawing at that time and it was she who she introduced me to the darkroom which was the size of a closet. Then there was Mrs. Hampson in my senior years of high school year 12. Interesting enough just realised as I’m writing this was British as well. She was a tough nut but I see know it was her passion. I learned lots from her this is where the theory of art came together for me. We had the most beautiful art room any school could ask for it was a large open plan studio wrapped with with floor to ceiling windows 3 of the four walls. It was away from the main campus out near the sports field and a darkroom was in the building behind so large you could dance in it (we did). This was truly were I immersed my self in art and lots of photography. She taught us with such passion and was very generous with her time and incredibly supportive. She was so dedicated to her teaching. Moving on to University straight out of high school I decided to do a B.A in Visual Arts and I would have to say were some of the best years of my life. I met some amazing lecturers, I felt a little intimidated at first. I was inspired by many teachers here but a few stood out the most Lynne Roberts- Goodwin very inspirational, funny and full of energy and incredibly intelligent. She is wonderful photographic artist and I connect with her work. Very supportive and encouraging. They all were. Who or what inspires you? Being out in nature inspires me watching the light change throughout the day. I love the ocean and the bush. It’s like a deep meditation for me. Being with friends whom I love and respect and sharing our life, connecting conversation with meaning that leave you feeling inspired, heard and loved and experiencing wonderful moments like dancing all night. Very simple moments even if it’s over a cup of marsala chai. Music and art always inspires its food to my soul. Why do you think Art is key? Art is incredibility important for culture and society. It enriches lives. It subjective it inspires so that it may inspire and touches our souls. It all around us Galleries, Museums, opera, Dance, theatre, movies, great design, architecture etc. It operates on multiple levels. If you could ask your favorite artist any question what will it be? I would ask: How is it that an artist can stay consistent with our practice without getting caught up in everyday affairs. Its one I struggle with. When creating with children what are three things that work wonders? I absolutely whole heartily believe that we need to support, encourage and acknowledge our children in whatever creative project they decide on and in all areas of life. That’s the foundation to a happy and healthy co-existence. Make it fun and never say it’s wrong or right, art is experimental and it’s all subjective. With those three elements in place they will grow to feel supported in what ever they choose to DO, BE or HAVE in their life. Could you share with us 3 Artists you follow in instagram: I follow many though the ones I enjoy to watch are: antoniaperriconemrljak@antoniaperriconemrljak a wonderful painter. @Natalie_sharpe_art Daniel_Shipp My website: www.caterinapacialeo.com My instagram is personal snapshots of my life around me what inspires me and ‘m in the moment. I will start another account very soon and will share it with you when I’m ready. WIND #2 SERIES ELEMENTE #2 A series of images that belong to a body of work titled ‘Elements'. These images make reference to the four Elements that reflect our seasons, all photographed within the landscape of native Australia in context and in season. A research and journey into a limitless substance, energy that all is one and one is all. In Air, Fire, Earth, & Water, we are all interwoven, connected. I float on the surface. I expand. I am one with the source. When I sit and go within, my world one and I am but a part of all earthly elements. The breath reminds me that I am Air, Fire, Water and Earth. EARTH #2 FIRE #2 Water #2 Surrender
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How did art find you? As a young child I loved colour, the natural world around me and creating things with my hands. I remember making posies from flowers in the garden, drawing, cutting, pasting, marbling, painting. As I grew up I made beeswax candles, beaded jewellery and cards for friends, I painted, sewed and drew. In school I loved a range of subjects, but art was what really made my heart sing. It’s where I felt the most alive, where I could play and create and challenge myself for no other reason than pure enjoyment. When did you decide to become an artist? Following high school I felt immense pressure to study something “hard to get into”. Towards the end of a year-long exchange in Germany, I knew that I needed to listen to myself and to study art. Art is vital to my being and the way that I experience the world, but making my own work is only part of a bigger relationship that I have with art. I think that being an artist is a decision that I am constantly making and coming back to. Please tell us a bit about you and your artwork? Before moving to Germany in 2019, I worked in various roles within the Sydney art world – from education and visitor engagement to curatorial and gallery assistance. Alongside these roles, making and exhibiting my own work has ebbed and flowed from season to season. For many years my practice was based around observational drawing. In a way that’s similar to blind-contour drawing, I don’t look at the surface that I’m drawing on, but rather at the subject that I’m observing and documenting. This was the foundation for pen-on-paper drawings, lino cuts, paintings, video animations, drawing performances and installations. More recently I’ve been working with found images – photographs, books, postcards, discarded paintings – which I use as the basis for new works. I draw into and paint on these images, or cut into them to create collages. I’m making minimal interventions into the original images, using the process to think about different ideas or to question the original maker’s intention. Since moving to Germany in January 2019, I’ve mainly been working with images of Germany and Australia, thinking about culture, home, homelands, belonging, landscape, ideas of ‘the foreigner’ and ‘the other’. What is your favourite medium, technique? I always come back to drawing, usually with some kind of black felt-tip pen or marker. The allure and tactility of blank paper will never grow old for me, and I love the directness and no-nonsense process of drawing without the option of erasure. Do you have a favourite colour? I often say that I have favourite colour combinations, rather than having one favourite colour. If I had to pick one, I would probably swing towards green. Eucalypt green, forest green, lime green, all types of green! Who was or is your favourite Art Teacher and why? My art teachers in high school were both wonderful. Ms Huggins was a ball of enthusiasm, knowledge and matter-of-factness; she taught me so many skills and to believe in my own artistic abilities. Mr Lording was perhaps the most kind-hearted teacher ever, and delightfully scatter-brained. He opened my eyes up to so many artists who’ve stuck with me over the years. Who or what inspires you? I feel most inspired when I’m connecting – whether it be with myself, with other people, with a particular activity or with the natural world around me. At the moment (and since moving to Germany) I am in love with watching the seasons and colours changing. Why do you think Art is key? Art gives us a way of putting our inner world out into the physical world – and this, in turn, allows us to connect with each other as humans. If you could ask your favourite artist any question, what would it be? I don’t think I have one favourite artist…but I’d ask all of them the same, super open-ended question: what makes you tick? When creating with children what are three things that work wonders? Be open, see the world with the eyes of a child, and remember that they have things to teach you, too. Rachael Helmore www.rachaelhelmore.com @rachaelhelmore @hiergelandet Could you share with us 3 Artist you follow in Instagram? For sure! Lily Cummins @lilycummins James Tylor @jamesptylor Nicole Kelly @nk_nk_ Hier Gelandet (Hexenloch) 2019 Marker on found Otto Siegner Image Bollenhut Frau überblickt Surfersparadies (Bollenhut Lady overlooks Surfers Paradise) 2019 collage Position Doubtful 2016 documentation of drawing installation Photo of the artist
Window Drawing 11.11.2017, Out of Line, MAY SPACE. Image by Mariam Slewo. Para los que no la conocen, les presento a la multifacética Adriana Berrio, alias Lady Bionika. Borda, dibuja, ilustra y además corta el pelo en su taller La Mata de Pelo Una mujer que lleva la creatividad a flor de piel y no da puntada sin dedal. Disfruten sus respuestas refrescantes y transparentes. Cómo te encontró el arte? El arte me encontró desde adolescente, siento que fue un regalo, un don, yo no sabía que estaba haciendo arte pero evidentemente me fascinaba dibujar y hacía rituales que nadie me enseñó para hacer esos dibujos. Cuando decidiste convertirte en artista? Pienso que volverme artista fue una decisión que tomé pensando que el arte podía salvarme y redimirme con la vida, tenía muchas contradicciones internas y sentía que sólo embelleciéndola podía transformarla. Fue como una válvula de escape pero también un camino. (Primera pregunta ) Cuéntanos un poco acerca de ti, tu obra y tus proyectos ? Creo que mi camino como artista ha sido muy torpe y desigual. He tomado muchos caminos y me estrellado muchas veces porque luego me doy cuenta que no era por ahí. Yo me he considerado siempre dibujante y desde esa percepción he hecho todo lo demás: joyería, bordado, ilustración y cortar el pelo... al final todo está regido por la línea; últimamente he dedicado mi mayor energía creativa al bordado. El bordado para mí es una magia y una conexión maravillosa con el presente, mi proyecto ha sido bordar a mano alzada, y sin proponérmelo he estado bordando por encargo órganos del cuerpo que requieren sanación o atención de parte de la persona que me las encarga. Estas piezas toman mucho tiempo en hacerse desaforadamente pero es una actividad que me encanta porque puedo llevarla conmigo y estar en diferentes espacios interactuando y eso me gusta porque el bordado dame alimenta de esa energía. Por ejemplo mi último bordado fue un sostén digestivo que estuvo de viaje por 3 ciudades y cambios Radicales. Cada año desde el 2010 con mi amiga Powerpaola comenzamos un calendario de chicas dibujantes, cada año hemos invitado a diferentes artistas y hay varias que han ido permaneciendo. El calendario es un proyecto que queremos mantener de por vida, lo hacemos completamente autofinanciado y eso nos da absoluta independencia de ir cada año experimentando diferentes papeles, colores, temas y artistas. El año pasado también hice dos publicaciones una de muñecas de papel y otra que fue un proyecto de dibujo y poesía sobre la vida doméstica y la maternidad con la poeta Fátima Velez Cual es tu técnica o medio favorito para trabajar? Me encanta bordar y tristemente y no me siento tan buena dibujante porque he primado el bordado y el dibujo requiere mucha dedicación y práctica. Tienes un color favorito? En general he aprendido amar todos los colores incluso los que antes me parecían feos los he aprendido a valorar. Quien o que te inspira? Cuando era adolescente amaba a Frida Khalo y Paul Klee, ahora me fascinan los bordados y textiles ancestrales, todo el arte ancestral me encanta, me parece lleno de misterio y conexión. En bordado he estado mirando muchas cosas del bordado japonés pero inconscientemente creo que el bordado de las culturas indígenas está muy presente también, me fascinan las técnicas de textiles tradicionales... Yo literalmente pendo de un hilo!!! Mi pasión por el hilo es lo que me ata a la vida, pensar en bordar y tener ese espacio es como una bocanada de oxígeno, me da sentido y me sorprende, mi abuela y bisabuela eran bordadoras y cuando bordo las tengo muy presentes como que siento que ellas me dieron ese legado sin saberlo y me hace sentir conectada con mis ancestros de una forma increíble. Si te encontraras con tu artista favorito, que le preguntarías? Mi pregunta favorita para cualquier artista siempre será cómo es tu proceso creativo y cómo lo descubriste :) Que estrategias son maravillosas cuando trabajas con niñ@s? Con los niños yo siempre he creído qué hay tratarlos con seriedad y gozo, no tomarlos a la ligera y ni infantilizarlos. Los niños tienen visiones maravillosas y frescas del mundo y vale la pena escucharlos. Comparte con nosotros 3 artistas que sigas en Instagram? @lisacongdon @Lizpayne @donnawilsonltd Cómo te encontró el arte? El arte, o más bien la creatividad expresada gráficamente, siempre ha estado en mi vida. Mis recuerdos más lejanos incluyen colorear y pintar en cuanto espacio hubiese libre a mi alrededor. Cuándo decidiste convertirte en artista o acercarte al mundo creativo? Aunque estudié Diseño Industrial, supe desde temprano que me iría por una rama más artística. Pasé por diseño gráfico y de web y finalmente comencé a llamarme artista a partir del 2014, cuando quise volver a crear con mis manos y a ver la vida por fuera del rectángulo del computador. Cuéntanos un poco acerca de ti y lo que creas Nací en Bogotá, Colombia y vivo ya hace 17 años en Houston, EEUU. Soy de naturaleza muy soñadora y me gusta que mi práctica sea casi infantil. En el año 2016 pasé por un evento neurológico que afectó mi centro de coordinación y motricidad, lo cual cambió por completo mi expresión artística, mi ritmo de vida y, por supuesto, me cambio a mí para siempre. Perdí completamente la manera como solía crear, pero en las primeras manchas “torpes” que pinté después de ese evento, entendí que nunca perdí mi creatividad. Fue una época de mucho aislamiento y de estar en casa, lo cual me hizo acudir a aventurarme por mi imaginación más que nunca. Hoy en dia estoy construyendo mi trabajo como artista y diseñadora de superficies inspiradas en mis pinturas. Mi proceso es lleno de juego e historias que salen de cada página para convertirse en estampados para productos. También me gusta hablar de procesos de sanación en mis piezas. ¡Sé que eventualmente haré una nueva serie de pinturas originales para compartir! Cual es tu técnica o medio favorito para trabajar? Hoy en día pinto con acuarelas y tinta. Después intervengo estas pinturas con programas como Photoshop o Adobe Illustrator para crear ciertos detalles pequeños que no tengo la capacidad de hacer manualmente. Tienes un color favorito? ¡Difícil pregunta! En mi ropa y mi casa me encanta el gris porque va con todos los accesorios coloridos que me gustan. En mi arte, siempre aparecen las gamas azul-verde y nunca uso negro. Quién fue tu maestr@ de arte favorit@ y porque? La verdad, no tuve muchos profesores de arte en la infancia. Amanda (no recuerdo su apellido), profesora del colegio, porque siempre me impulsaba y creía en mí. Hubo una época en la que iba perdiendo todas las materias menos Arte. En los últimos años, he aprendido mucho de artistas como Robert Joyner, Yao Cheng y Adolfo Serra. Quién o qué te inspira? Siempre digo que mi imaginación vive entre los páramos de mi tierra, y la libertad de perseguir la vida y la naturaleza que encuentro de manera intuitiva entre mis manchas de pintura. Me inspiran mucho los colores y sonidos armónicos, sobretodo el canto de los pájaros. Ahora escucho más fuerte de lo normal, entonces los sonidos lindos me llenan los sentidos de alegría y me hacen soñar. Cuéntanos, por qué el arte es primordial y cómo te ha ayudado? Mi recuperación a través del arte ha sido una celebración que dice “Aquí estoy y aquí sigo. ¡No soy lo que solía hacer ni las técnicas que usaba!”. Aunque me he recuperado muchísimo, vivo con un nivel de discapacidad que es parte de mi proceso creativo, tanto motriz como emocionalmente. Eso me ha llevado a redescubrir mi voz artística y a adaptarme a mis posibilidades, reevaluando conocimientos previos. ¡El arte ha sido mi manera de celebrar vivir! Eso es primordial, especialmente cuando el entorno es difícil. En los momentos más arduos de mi recuperación, crear ha sido el cable a tierra que me permite estar 100% conectada con el presente y a la vez distraerme. Cuando pinto, vivo en el momento la mayoría del tiempo, agradezco lo que puedo hacer y soy libre de jugar, imaginar o conectarme con lugares que me gustan o personas importantes para mí. Cada obra que creamos va construyendo nuestra resiliencia y nos invita a afrontar nuestros miedos y desafíos. Creo firmemente que cuando creamos con plena libertad sin juzgar el resultado, también pasamos procesos de limpiar y sanarnos como personas. Si te encontraras con tu artista favorito, qué le preguntarías? ¡Otra pregunta difícil! A Joan Miró o al artista holandés Sieb Posthuma, les preguntaría cómo se dieron el permiso de crear sin precisión, de torcer las líneas, salirse de los bordes y permitir la naturaleza de las manchas. Cómo sería el mundo sin arte? Sombrío y solitario. No podríamos disfrutar la diversidad de pensamientos y sueños de nuestras comunidades. Tampoco habría infinitas maneras de representar los sentimientos que en algún momento todos experimentamos. Estas representaciones nos hacen saber que no somos los únicos pasando por ciertas vivencias, que pueden ser de todo tipo. Qué estrategias son maravillosas cuando trabajas con niñ@s? Mi mayor acercamiento a trabajar con niñ@s, ha sido en las terapias con mi propia niña interior, que comencé cuando perdí mi motricidad y que sigo haciendo hoy en día. Entrar a mi sesión de pintura sin ninguna expectativa más allá de divertirme y dejar salir lo que fluya, sin juzgarlo como bonito o feo. Esos juicios, especialmente a edad temprana, le cortan el vuelo a las ideas y a los sueños drásticamente, y pueden sembrar un sentimiento de falta de merecimiento o valía; un “No soy o no seré lo suficientemente bueno”. Encuentro muy valioso preguntar qué se siente al crear o después de crear, para así tener un poco más de conciencia al respecto y poder desmontar cualquier idea de perfeccionismo o comparación con otros, o incluso, con lo que creamos el día anterior; si es más feo o más bonito, si es mejor o peor, si vemos todo lo que nos falta en lugar de celebrar lo que hemos hecho. Cuando no me gusta lo que hago, le digo a esa niña que hay en mí, que está perfectamente bien que no le guste. Resalto la importancia de la diversión y el descubrimiento, y le recuerdo que ese “resultado” es solo un experimento. Comparte con nosotros 3 artistas que sigas en Instagram? @kelliwassomart @lisagreenfineart @kaitlynheriford.art How did art find you? Art, as in creativity expressed in graphic ways, has always been in my life. My farthest memories include coloring and painting on any blank space available around me. When did you decide to become an artist or to get close to the creative world? Even though I went to school for Industrial Design, I knew early on that I’d be pursuing a more artistic path. I worked as a graphic and web designer until I declared myself an artist in 2014. I wanted to create with my hands again and to look at life outside the rectangle of a computer. Tell us a bit about you and what you create I was born in Bogotá, Colombia and have been living in Houston, USA for 17 years. I am a natural dreamer who loves a child-like creative practice. Back in 2016 I went through a neurological event that affected my motor and coordination center, which completely changed my artistic expression, my pace of life, and me forever. I completely lost how I used to create, but in the first “clumsy” blobs I painted while in recovery, I understood how I never lost my creativity. This season was filled with stillness and staying at home, which made me adventure into my imagination more than ever. Nowadays I am rebuilding my work as an artist and surface designer, using my paintings for inspiration. My process is full of stories that come out of sketchbook pages to become patterns for products. I also like sharing about my healing process in my pieces. I know that eventually, I will have a new series of original art on paper to share! What is your favorite art medium? I mostly use watercolors and ink that I process digitally with software such as Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, to create the files needed for applying to products or to add certain small details I can’t do manually. Do you have a favorite color? Tough question! For my home and clothing, I love gray because it goes with the colorful accessories I enjoy but in my art, shades of turquoise are always present and I never use black. Who was your favorite art teacher and why? I didn’t have a lot of art teachers during childhood. Amanda, whose last name I can’t remember, was my favorite because she was encouraging and believed in me, especially since at the time, I was failing all other subjects. In the last few years, I have learnt a lot from artists like Robert Joyner, Yao Cheng, and Adolfo Serra. Who or what inspires you? I always say that my imagination lives between the páramos (Equatorial high altitude climate) of my homeland, and the freedom of chasing nature and life in the intuitive way my blobs of color evolve. I am inspired by harmonious colors and sounds, especially of birds singing. My hearing is increased above normal and beautiful sounds fill my senses with joy and dreams. Tell us why art is important and how it has benefited you My recovery through art has been a celebration that says “I am still here. I am not what I used to do or the techniques I used”. Although I have recovered significantly, I experience a level of disability on a daily basis that has become part of my creative process, both motor wise and emotionally. This continuous process has made me adapt to my possibilities, rediscover my new artistic voice, and constantly reevaluate my choices. Art has been my way of celebrating life! This has been key, especially when circumstances are difficult. During the hardest moments of my recovery, creating has been my grounding rock because it allows me to be 100% present and it gives me a healthy distraction. When I paint, I am usually in the moment, I feel grateful for what I can do, and I am free to use my imagination or to connect with important people or places in my life. Each piece we create builds our resilience and presents an invitation to look at our fears and challenges. I firmly believe that when we create without judgement, we also heal. If you ran into your favorite artist, what would you ask them? Another tricky question! If I ran into Joan Miró or the Dutch artist Sieb Posthuma, I would ask them how they gave themselves permission to be imprecise, to allow for crooked lines and to color outside the edges; how to let the nature of staining to happen. What would the world be like without art? Somber and lonely, I think. We wouldn’t be able to enjoy the diversity of thoughts and dreams of our communities. There wouldn’t be infinite ways to represent the emotions and situations we experience at one point or another. Different artistic expressions unite us as we learn that we are not alone in our life experiences. Are there any wonderful strategies you use when working with children? The closest I have been to working with children has been in my own sessions with my inner child at top of mind. I started practicing this when I lost my motor skills and still do. Entering my practice clear of expectations other than to have fun and to let myself flow without judging what I make as beautiful or ugly. Judging this way, especially at an early age, cuts off creativity and dreams in a drastic way. It can also plant the idea of being unworthy; “I am not and will never be good enough”. It’s something I experienced as a child. I find it really valuable to ask what feelings come up after a creative session to have awareness and to dismantle perfectionism and comparison with others or even to what we created the day before. I constantly ask myself “am I seeing my work as less than? Am I celebrating what I did or focusing on what is missing? When I dislike what I make, I tell my inner child that it's perfectly fine that I don’t, and remind her of the importance of having fun and discovering new ways. I do my best to tell her that the “result” is only an experiment. Share 3 artists that you follow on Instagram @kelliwassomart @lisagreenfineart @kaitlynheriford.art Juliana Alonso Artist & Surface Designer Website • Instagram “First Light” - “Alborada” Selection of Pattern Collection - September, 2019 Aparte de colección de estampados Watercolor and digital “To heal, I listen” - “Para sanar, escucho” Illustration - December, 2019 Watercolor and digital “Touching the Sky” - “Tocando el Cielo” (3 imagenes)
Sketchbook Story - Historieta de bitácora - April, 2020 Watercolor and Ink - Acuarela y tinta sobre papel. Los invito a conocer la obra y un poco de la vida y forma de pensar de María Pía Mosquera, una talentosa artista Colombo Australiana. Cómo te encontró el arte? Yo creo que desde niña. Me encantaba dibujar retratos de nuestras mascotas, luego de la familia. A veces les escribía poemas y agregaba paisajes a las historias, hacia mis propios libros ilustrados. Cuándo decidiste convertirte en artista? Tomo tiempo. El amor y la inquietud siempre estaban, pero en mi casa no lo veían como una opción profesional. Pase por Derecho, luego Ecología y hasta que llegue a Diseño Gráfico, que estudie con énfasis en ilustración. Desde ahí todo comenzó a tomar rumbo. He estudiado en múltiples academias de arte en Colombia y Australia, perfeccionando técnica y desarrollando mi lenguaje visual. Cuéntanos un poco acerca de ti y tu obra? Soy de Bogotá, llevo 23 años viviendo en Australia y soy mamá. Cuando no estoy haciendo arte, me encontrarás diseñando exhibiciones para museos y galerías. Yo me enfoco en la interpretación gráfica de contenido y la experiencia del visitante. Trabajo con historiadores, artistas, diseñadores y curadores, he tenido la oportunidad de diseñar para exhibiciones desde momias egipcias, dinosaurios hasta diseñadores de modas. En mi obra por ahora estoy enrollada en una serie de dibujos donde el simbolismo de varias culturas se mezclan entre sí y tratan de reflejar nuestra existencia actual. Es algo divertido, confrontante y aveces un poco macabro. Cual es tu técnica o medio favorito para trabajar? Dibujar es lo que más me apasiona. Óleo es otro medio que me encanta y últimamente estoy pintado en gouache. Y no puedo dejar de mencionar el computador. Es increíble lo que puedes crear en programas como Illustrator, Photoshop o Procreate. Tienes un color favorito? No creo. Pero si tengo algunas combinaciones que se repiten frecuentemente. Ahora estoy en blanco, rojo y gris. Quién fue tu maestr@ de arte favorit@ y porque? He tenido varios. Pero que recuerdo con cariño, son Lia Garcia (lia_garcia) y Ben Smith (bensmithartist). Ambos tienen una obra increíble y sus técnicas para mi fueron una realización, como si alguien te diera la combinación de la caja fuerte. Quién o qué te inspira? La naturaleza y la historia. La tradición cultural y el folclor. La humanidad dando significado a su entorno en maneras místicas. Cuéntanos, por qué el arte es primordial Es una forma de expresión pura y un medio poderoso de comunicación. Si te encontraras con tu artista favorito, qué le preguntarías? Si en algún momento pensó que no podía encontrar su propia voz y que hizo para superarlo. Qué estrategias son maravillosas cuando trabajas con niñ@s? Dejarlos que interpreten la tarea / el objetivo a su manera. Si uno lo quiere hacer dibujando y el otro en palitos de madera, que busquen, inventen y que se ensucien! Comparte con nosotros 3 artistas que sigas en Instagram? Tantos! Pero así de todo un poco: Vanessa Stockard. @vanessastockard Huge Skull. @hugeskull Malika Favre. @malikafavre You are more than invited to get to know the work and a little bit about the life and work of María Pía Mosquera. A talented Colombo Australian artist. How did art find you? I think since I was a little girl. I used to love drawing portraits of our pets and later of our family members. Sometimes I would write poems and add landscapes to them, I made my own illustrated books. When did you decide to become an artist? It took time. The love and inquietude were always there, but at home my parents didn’t see it as a professional option. So from Law, then Ecology until I got to Graphic Design, which I studied with a major in illustration. From there things started to take off. I have studied in multiple art schools in Colombia and Australia, perfecting my technique and developing my visual language. Please tell us about you and your work I’m from Bogotá, Colombia. I have been living in Australia for 23 years and I’m a mum. When I’m not making art, you can find me designing exhibitions for museums and galleries. My focus is on the graphic interpretation of the content and the visitor experience. I work with historians, artists, designers and curators. I have had the opportunity to design exhibitions on subjects from Egyptian mummies and dinosaurs to fashion designers. In my current work I’m exploring a series of drawings where the symbolism of various cultures blend together and try to reflect our current existence. It’s fun, confronting and sometimes macabre. What is your favourite medium, technique? Drawing is what I love the most. Oils are another medium that I love and lately I’ve been painting in gouache. And I can’t fail to mention the computer. It’s incredible what you can create with software like Illustrator, Photoshop or Procreate. Have you got a favourite colour? I don’t think so. But I do have some colour combinations that show up frequently. Now, I’m in white, red and grey. Who was or is your favourite Art Teacher and why? I had a few. But those I remember very fondly are Lia Garcia and Ben Smith. Both make incredible work and their technique for me was a revelation, like someone had given me the combination to the safe. Who or what inspires you? Nature and history. Cultural tradition and folklore. Humanity giving meaning to its surroundings in mystical ways. Why do you think Art is key? It’s a form of pure expression and a powerful medium of communication. If you could ask your favourite artist any question, what would it be? If anytime they thought they couldn’t find their own voice and what they did to get over it. When creating with children what are three things that work wonders? To let them interpret the assignment or task their own way. If one wants to draw it and the other make it out of wooden sticks, that’s fine. That they search, test, invent and get dirty! Please share with us three artists that you follow on Instagram. So many! Here is a bit of everything: Vanessa Stockard. @vanessastockard Huge Skull. @hugeskull Malika Favre. @malikafavre The Penitents Second thoughts Digital 21x27cm 2020 The Penitents Stigmata (flores) Digital 21x27cm 2020 Abuela Oil on board 30x40cm 2016 El Pájaro: Jungle Gouache on watercolour paper 30x45cm 2019 The Penitents Dream catcher (gato) Digital 21x27cm 2020 Este taller que llevo a cabo María Pia quedó grabado en instagram de @artysteps en IGTV para que puedan crear estas demonios fantásticos que mueven as orejas. Necesitan cuatro papeles de colores, tijeras, pegante, lapiz y una regla.
María Pia is such a good sport on top of a talented artist that she designed this fantastic paper devils that move their ears. You can watch the tutorial on our Instagram page, @artysteps. You'll only need 4 different colour papers, scissors, glue, a ruler and a pencil!!! |
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