Artist Interview With Victoria Ryan
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Victoria Ryan From Eureka, California
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Victoria: All my life really. I had a conscious drive and awareness that I could draw well at about age 9. I followed through with my intention to become an artist and earned my B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing in 1983. I’ve been a professional artist since then.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Victoria: My dad had his shirts professionally laundered and I would appropriate the cardboard stiffeners as a drawing surface as a young child. I mainly drew people in those early attempts but later started drawing from everything in my surroundings.
Artist Interview With Ade Ogundimu
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Ade Ogundimu From London, England.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Ade: As long as I have known myself, I was mostly kept indoors by my parents because we had just come from England where they were educated,to Nigeria. When they went to work I was not allowed to leave the house, so my only escape was drawing and painting the place I would have loved to be.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Ade: Coming from England to my country of origin Nigeria, at a young age I was fascinated by my new surroundings and always documented new phenomenons by drawing and painting on a daily basis, as there was always a splash of bright colors everywhere.
Artist Interview With Ian Ridpath
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Ian Ridpath From Milton, Ontario, Canada
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Ian: Basically all my life but in terms of my oil painting, I started in 1995. I took a break from it until 2000 and now that I am retired, restarted my painting in September 2009.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Ian: I first began acting on my creative side back in High School when I took art as an elective. I did several projects using charcoal and pastels and water colors. I actually produced a portfolio that I showed my dad and he encouraged me to do more. College came along and then marriage and family and so I left formal ‘art’ for many years. My work involved electronic designs that I guess are sort of creative. I took up playing the guitar at age 15 and haven’t stopped playing all these years.
