Artist Interview With Michael Dykstra
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Michael Dykstra from Madison, Wisconsin.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Michael D.: As a percentage of my life time, really not long I guess. I always dabbled and enjoyed it very much in school and college but did not really pursue it meaningfully until a few years ago. Something clicked about four years ago, don’t really know why, and I decided I just had to pursue being more creative. To be honest it was like something was missing in my life and this was at least part of it. I’m so glad I came to this realization.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Michael D.: Well, I can remember projects in highschool but I assume you mean later than that. To be honest the bug probably started biting me during the early days of the Web. I was a manager of a web development team at the University. This is early on way before Web 2.0, etc. From 94 until about 2000. I ended up getting more and more interested in the design process, using photoshop, etc. I ended up working on some of the projects myself as a kind of graphic artist. I think all that led to where I am now.
Artist Interview With Mikel Patrik
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Mikel Patrik From Henderson, Nevada.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Mikel: I’ve been an artist my entire life. I was always drawing, painting, sketching or doodling ever since I can remember!
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Mikel: My First attempts that I can remember being creative was in Kindergarten. I was always found playing w/the building blocks building huge structures and designs.
Artist Interview With Massimo Cremagnani
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Massimo Cremagnani From Milano, Italy.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Massimo: Since I’ve been born, I think. But as a primary way of life it is quite 20 years.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Massimo: In the early days I was influenced by surrealism. In that period (for 10 years +/-) I used most of the traditional techniques: oil, mixed, sculpture, etching, silkscreen… Then, in the middle of 90′s, I began a research in digital ways, before just in imagery and then in more deep techniques of printing with special medias.
