Interview With Artist: Colette Copeland
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Colette Copeland
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Colette: About 15 years.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Colette: I didn’t know I could draw or paint until one day, a small pan of watercolors beckoned, so I bought it and gave it a try. To my utter delight, I found I could!
Artist Interview With Lisa Palombo
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Lisa Palombo From Caldwell, New Jersey.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Lisa: Over 20 years professional, but I would be remiss in saying I felt like a “real” artist when I was 9 yrs old. I went to my first summer camp program at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Lisa: Oh I remember it so vividly. I was nine at the RISD beach summer camp. I overheard my teacher tell my mother not to worry because when I am older I will be able to “see” more. (I was the youngest in the class). That day, I forced my self to “see” more and painted a house with every detailed shingle on the roof. That painting won an award at the end of the summer. The president of RISD approached my mother to purchase the painting, but she declined. To this day, I challenge myself to look more than I think I know. I challenge myself everyday to paint better than yesterday. Little did I know at nine I “caught the creative bug” that has since fueled me for 44 years!
Artist Interview With Lori Ramotar
Our Artist Interview Today Is With Lori Ramotar From Port St. Lucie, Florida
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Lori: My love affair with art began the first time I held a crayon in my hand. In high school, I began concentrating on painting, and my love for creating grew stronger. If you would have asked me what I wanted to be when I was in kindergarten, I would have answered “artist” before you could finish the question.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Lori: I am sure my family has plenty of stories on my first creative attempts. A few of my favorites include drawing Noah’s Ark (and as many animals as I could before being caught) on the laundry room wall, making a giant pair of butterfly wings and running around the front yard with them attached to my back, and drawing purposely unflattering portraits of my older sister’s boyfriends.
