Artist Interview With Joan Dromey
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Joan Dromey From Kingston, Massachusetts.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Joan: Growing up, I did artwork on my own, took art classes and studied art fairly extensively in high school and college. Not having a talent for graphics or illustration, I couldn’t quite see my way to making it a career. So after college I went into business and took a lengthy sabbatical from doing any artwork. I resurfaced again when my children were very young, but then went back into hibernation when I returned to working full-time again.
Then, because I took an extended vacation following a corporate acquisition, I decided to take up doing some artwork again. That was just about four years ago and I chose pastels to begin again with – and I haven’t stopped painting since.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Joan: I don’t honestly recall not being able to draw and/or paint….when I was as young as four, I was doing endless drawings of horses, dogs and cats. I think I nearly drove my 1st grade teacher crazy because my desk was always stuffed full of sketches!
Artist Interview With Ruth Soller
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Ruth Soller From Broomfield, Colorado.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Ruth: I’ve been a professional artist since 1989.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Ruth: At age five I made my own paper dolls using crayons on shirt card-boards. At age eleven I took art lessons which exposed me to outdoor sketching, pen and ink, oil painting on canvas, pastel pencils, tempera, watercolor. I won many ribbons at the Washington County Fair.
Artist Interview With Karen McNab
Today’s Artist Interview Is With Karen McNab From Markham, Ontario, Canada.
Whopple: How long have you been an artist?
Karen: I discovered that I had some ability very late in life, when I finally had the time and support it requires. My work as an artist started about six years ago when I started taking lessons in a group setting.
Whopple: Tell us about your first attempts to be creative.
Karen: I tried throwing pottery and found out that I had no talent for making anything but ashtrays before I tried my hand at drawing at a local community center. Looking back on it I can laugh at my teacher saying “I suppose you’re doing the best that you can” when she saw my first attempt at drawing !
