Artist Interview With Lynn Matsuoka
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Lynn Matsuoka From The Hamptons, NY.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Lynn: Since I was about 10. Before that I was a musician.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Lynn: I used to copy the drawings from the Love Comics when I was a child. Then I started doing portraits of my high school classmates , as gifts for them.
Whopple: Do you make a living with your art?
Lynn: Yes, since I graduated from college.
Whopple: How many hours a day do you create?
Lynn: Some days, all day. Some days not at all.
Whopple: How did you pick your creative medium?
Lynn: I developed my graphite & oil reportage technique over about 20 years, to enable me to work on location using a very small , unobtrusive footprint, while being able to capture everything I need quickly and accurately.
Whopple: What are your inspirations?
Lynn: Ahh… birds, beautiful skies and trees, people in action, whether in sports or on the stage…seeing great artwork.
Whopple: What is your favorite art related book?
Lynn: Any book on the Impressionists or Maxfield Parrish
Whopple: How do you recharge when your creativity hits the wall?
Lynn: It never ends if I am working in front of a chosen subject, IE, on a football field, back stage at a production…
Whopple: What was your first job?
Lynn: After college, I was a staff fashion illustrator at Gimbels…
Whopple: What are your favorite snacks when you are creating?
Lynn: Hmmm, smoked salmon and toast, or homemade rugula and great coffee, or potato chips with onion dip. yes.
Whopple: What gives you hope in the world?
Lynn: Someone saying, “I want that” , or the zen of watching the birds peacefully eating on the bird tables in my garden.
Also, seeing the Vets I have worked with smile when I hand them a drawing I just did for them.
Whopple: What do you wish you could do?
Lynn: Act in a movie, finish my BOOK!
Whopple: What are your artistic goals?
Lynn: To again paint daily and bring out the brilliance I feel I have inside. To work backstage on major productions creating gorgeous, collectible reportage drawings of the performers.
Whopple: What has been your most exciting moment as an artist?
Lynn: Sitting in the SUMO dressing room during the Grand Tournaments (which I did for 20 years) doing fabulous drawings of my subjects.
To See More Of Lynn Matsuoka’s Artwork Please Visit The Following:
hamptonsartist.com
http://www.cafepress.com/sumoartist
http://www.kiptonart.com/artists/lynn-matsuoka
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I love your art work a lot..thanks for sharing..
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment.
Lynn
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