Artist Interview With Michelle Beaulieu
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Michelle Beaulieu From Worcester, MA.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Michelle: I guess really started to consider myself a true artist around my junior year of high school, when I really started becoming interested in art, and could actually see myself pursuing it as a career.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Michelle: I was always pretty creative growing up. I always liked to color when I was a little kid and throughout high school I loved to draw (especially portraits). Looking back on alot of my old artwork I have definitely seen myself grow alot.
Artist Interview With Andrea Jones
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Andrea Jones From Greensboro, NC.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Andrea: Art was always in my heart. Growing up in Slovakia, surrounded by rich Slovak folk traditions and colorful Slovak folk art helped me to appreciate and even try all different kinds of art during my childhood and teen years. It’s not unusual for me even today to pick up a guitar and make a quick, fun song, or write an essay, or make a piece of jewelry or take some pictures. But it was about 10 years ago that I considered painting as one of the most important parts of my life. Recently, I devoted all my time to painting. In the process I found the style that is most soothing to my soul and best communicates what I want to express to the world. Original Whimsical Folk Art it is.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Andrea: I was about 9 years old and I would draw in my bed each night for as long as I could. Absolutely loved it! I would fill pages of my sketchbook with all kinds of miniature drawings of various objects from one corner to another. It looked like geometrical abstract from distance, but when you looked closer you could see each object very clearly. These objects,such as sunglasses, vases, dogs, cars, etc., would overlap sometimes and I tried to draw them 3 dimensionally. I also used to love to draw cubic drawings. That was the first time that I thought to myself, wow, it looks good! These positive art memories stayed with me until today. Under the drudgery of Communism, art in school wasn’t fun for me, and the only praise I would get from my art teachers was when I drew a picture of Red Square in Moscow.
Artist Interview With Robert Burke
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Robert Burke From Belmont, NC.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Robert: Twenty Years
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Robert: I was home from college during Christmas break and was snowed in. I had some poster board and colored pencils, so started drawing to pass the time. I did five drawings and was hooked!
