Artist Interview With Miz Katie
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Miz Katie From The State Of Kansas.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Miz Katie: I started out writing, and was published a few times. I also had a great love for photography. I moved on to being an artist about ten years ago.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Miz Katie: I started out using PhotoShop, and learned how to alter my photos. I loved taking a plain looking photo and turning it into a scene from a dream-like world. I also did custom work restoring vintage photographs. But, deep down inside, I was always attracted to painting. I didn’t think I was an artist, though. I didn’t give myself much credit back then.
I took baby steps. I decided to get my hands dirty making collages with painted backgrounds. I found out I liked it. That turned into making handmade books with collaged/painted covers. I made and sold handmade books for ten years, on and off. I still had an incredible urge to paint, though. Last February I got up my nerve, and ordered 6 canvases. I haven’t stopped painting since then.
Artist Interview With Dania Reichmuth
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Dania Reichmuth from Winterthur, Switzerland
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Dania: As far back as I can remember, I have been into some drawing, stenciling, faux painting. Furthermore, if you take being artistic in it’s broader sense, I have always worked my hands – ceramics, faux painting, music etc. – So, you could say that I have always had the creative bug.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Dania: I became interested in imaging back in 1987 when I began using a computer/projector to present my school work. I started scanning images and learned my way around the digital darkroom. I took an interest in photography in 1990. Thus, I was weaned on digital photography.
If there is any theme to my work, is that I tend to photograph living things. Nature is beautiful and I like to capture it. I specially enjoy macro photography, because you see what we ordinarily cannot. I also particularly enjoy portraiture. Photography fills a creative void for me. I have explored all kinds of creative arts over the years – piano, guitar, when I was young, oil painting, ceramic studio owner, these things have gone with me through life and all hold a special place for me. But still, they don’t quite touch that part of me that wants to ‘draw’ the real world as I see it around me.
Artist Interview With Malcolm Barker
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Malcolm Barker From Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Malcolm: I have been creating art of some form since I was a child. However, it was the beginning of 2009 that I started painting seriously.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Malcolm: Actually, I do not remember my first creative moment as I have always been creating something, whether it was cooking, sculpting, playing music or painting.
