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Keemo – The Simplicity

// May 13th, 2011 // View Comments // Uncategorized, b-loud, featured

b-uncut: Your paintings are vibrant, expressive, and emotionally complex—does your art define you? Or do you keep your professional life separate?

Keemo: Well, my goal as an artist has always been to create artwork that I think represents who I am. This is why partly why my artwork is often accompanied by a short story or poem. I always thought that if I am not being honest and open myself up in these paintings and stories, than there is no reason to really be doing all of this. If I am not doing this to express myself, than I might as well just go cut the grass or wash the car or take a sleeping pill. So, I suppose there is very little separation between my artwork and me.

b-uncut: If you were to design the ultimate dinner party, what 5 artists (dead or alive) would you include for stimulating conversation?

Keemo: David Lynch, Tom Waits, Henry Miller, Beethoven and Leonardo da Vince. I would also ask John Coltrane to supply the music.

b-uncut: Which museum would you like to exhibit your work?

Keemo: I don’t really have any particular museum that I am striving to get into. If there is a wall, I am happy to hang my work.

b-uncut: Your biggest (albeit endearing) flaw?

Keemo: Hmmmmm…. I suppose I work too much. Most evenings ends somewhere between 1:00 and 3:00 AM and as consequence I am always a bit tired.

b-uncut: Your parents advice you should have followed, but didn’t?

Keemo: They weren’t really the kind of people that gave advice. Shoot, I was the youngest of 6 kids, so by the time I came around my parents had their hands pretty full. They were pretty distracted and hands off. I will say though, that my mother led more by example. She never seemed to tell you what you should do but was a fantastic listener and helped you come to conclusions by helping you along your own path. (Even though I am sure my path at time was not always quite what she had hoped for me).

b-uncut: The superhero power you wish you had?

Keemo: The ability to live without the need for sleep.

b-uncut: Your least favorite interview question?

Keemo: Any question that contains words that end with -ism.

b-uncut: Where do you see yourself in…

One month? In the studio, pushing the paints.

One year? In the studio, pushing the paints.

One decade? In the studio, pushing the paints.

Art Censorship: Whose Right Is It Anyway?

// December 20th, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

Art and freedom of speech have always been intrinsically linked. So who has the right to tell us what art we can or can’t see?

Art can be beautiful, thought provoking and sometimes, downright controversial. Politics and art are never too far apart, with art as important as literature in demonstrating creative insight into political issues. The same can be said of arts’ illustrated insight into socially relevant issues. Art is the social voice of the creative. Some might go too far in its expression for certain people, be this because it is indecent or because the views of those people are too narrow to accept a differing interpretation. With this in mind, who do you think, if anyone, has the right to censor what the public view? Is it the place of the government to protect the people from ‘harmful’ opinions and expression, or should they trust the people to be perceptive and individual?

In New York, around 500 protesters walked a stretch of the Museum Mile in Manhattan, on Sunday to demand that the Smithsonian restore the David Wojnarowicz video, “A Fire in My Belly,” to an exhibition on same-sex desire in Washington, D.C. They believe that the admission of the video was discriminatory to sexual minorities. “This is to send a very loud and clear message to the Smithsonian: Put the piece back now,” said Bill Dobbs of the direct action group Art+, organisers of the protest. “The yanking of the video sends a very chilling message, and it raises the larger issue of how cultural institutions deal with sexual minority people and culture.”

Wojnarowicz, who died in 1992, was considered extremely controversial whilst alive and it seems he has maintained the same notoriety in his death. Homophobic, or in the best interests of the people, the Smithsonian’s approach over the piece has clearly divided opinion. But who is to say what art we should or shouldn’t be allowed to see? The Smithsonian might well have acted in good faith over the Wojnarowicz piece, which isn’t always the case with the censorship of art, but with such a thin dividing line between what the majority of what people find acceptable and what is too explicit, who can we trust to decide what art is readily visible?

Is it acceptable to have sexually gratuitous art in the public domain, where young people might be able to view it? What even defines sexually gratuitous? The whole debate is a very carefully balanced issue and it is genuinely hard to find a happy medium. Where I do think some degree of control has to be exerted, it is imperative that the censorship of art isn’t a means of suppressing the minds and beliefs of a nation’s people. In such a diverse society, this will always prove a difficult subject.

The old adage is true, you can’t please everyone…

Please share your views on this contentious subject, what do you think?

Drum Roll Please… Presenting the NEW b-uncut.com

// September 3rd, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

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Crowdsourcing Art | Neon Burns

// September 1st, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

Crowdsourcing art is just what we do. This week we have the wonderful Debra D’Breau to showcase. Her digitally enhanced art is beguilingly brash & bold. Her confidence in lustrous form erupts in a high-octane contrast. Each image whips viewers in the gut and her powerful pictures leave a long-lasting sensory hit. She is a greatly valued artist in our Crowd and always offers positive feedback to many of our emerging artists. To commission art from Debra’s colour brandishing brilliance go here. Otherwise enjoy the interview…

What was your very first artwork?
Doodles of my “Lines” as far back as grade school.

Describe the piece you love the most—why?
“Fallopia” It was part of my theses in college. It took over a hundred hours to complete and I received an A+ for it. The crazy thing is I painted it with my then 6-year-old daughter’s grade school, glitter paints. The one I have posted is not the original.

What are your methods? Your inspirations?
I paint, draw and write, but at this time I am having an epiphany with photography. The world and the people in it are my inspirations.

What did it take to make it to where you are now?
Success, poverty, success, poverty, success, poverty. . .

Do you make a living from your artwork?
My artwork is giving me life.

Who has helped you along the way?
My mother has been my greatest support. She always saw the artist within, but I never dreamed it would ever be a possibility. I was a corporate girl chasing the money and found it didn’t necessarily bring me fulfillment.

What 5 artists (dead or alive) would you invite for the ultimate dinner party?
Ansel Adams, Georgia O’Keeffe, Salvador Dali, Richard Avedon, Francesco Scavullo, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rin. I know I named (6), but I couldn’t choose one to leave out.

Your favourite curse?
A bit embarrassed to say, but it’s “f_ _k!” It’s a word that fits every occasion.

Your biggest (albeit endearing) flaw?
Overly emotional and overly sensitive..

Qualities a man needs to seduce you and the flaws that will repel you? Seduce? He must be a true gentleman. Repel? A man that has no respect for himself.

Your parents advice you should have followed, but didn’t?
You cannot spend $3, when you only have $1.

Your idea of the perfect weekend?
Room 26, in the Victorian House, at the Beachmere Inn in Ogunquit, ME.

Who would you chose to rule the world?
The universe, but it already does so I’m good.

Favourite ice-cream?
Breyers Butter Pecan

Where do you see yourself in…..One month? One Year? One Decade?
I don’t even know where I’ll be tomorrow. Life can change in an instant.

Crowdsourcing Art | Rippling The Realities of Pornography

// August 4th, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

We are a fairtrade Crowdsourcing art agency. The incredibly talented and experienced DongSheng Guan joined our Crowdsourced art community in March. His latest works took us all by surprise. I’ve never seen pornographic imagery transformed so uniquely. His digitally remastered images play with our notions of reality, toying with our perceptions of graphic and recognisable forms. His new work lures you in and conjures temptations for more. Each distorted picture traps you lusting to know the original image whilst enjoying the vast possibilities. Commission enticing artwork from DongSheng here.

Your first work of art?
Sorry, I cannot exactly answer you, a long time ago, you know, I’ve been engaged in painting for 30 years. The first time I participated in a national exhibition was in 2000; the work was in a realistic style in watercolours.

What is your favourite work of art?
If you mean the world and all works of art, I like too much, if referring to my own, I like the current batch of digital works mine. This is because they are distant reality from our own with strong visual impact and important to me.

Methods and inspiration?
I choose pictures and then use digital technology to transform them until there is the birth of a new image. From reproduction to show, from watercolour to oil painting and then to digital art; I pass a long process and have gradually realized the relationship between technology and art and won my freedom of artistic expression.

What are your artistic aims?
To create desire.

Who has helped you along the way?
Mainly my brother, he graduated from Tsinghua University and then the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. He opened my eyes to make decisive change.

Where five artists will be invited to the last dinner you?
Van Gogh, Picasso, Dali, Andy Warhol, Beuys

What is your favorite curse?
Fuck

Your biggest (although endearing) flaw?
No artistic talent.

Who would you choose to rule the world?
God’s doing well.

Favourite ice-cream?
With Strawberries

Where do you see yourself in a decade?
After ten years, hoping to travel to Europe, where the best exhibitions are.

Commission Art | Meet the Humanimals

// July 28th, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

Commission art from Caitlin Hackett (interviewed below). She is an artist, illustrator and creature-concept designer based out of Brooklyn, NY who joined our art community in June. She creates astonishingly fantastical creatures exploring the relationship between humans and animals; the idea of the human denial of our animal nature and of humans as the dominant species. You can buy art from Caitlin’s meticulous and imaginative hand by using our commission art service at b-uncut.

“I grew up in northern California, in a tiny town in an area called the “lost coast”, due to it’s remoteness. I grew up hiking and backpacking in the Pacific Northwest, living amongst the ancient redwoods and the many creatures therein. From an early age I came to respect the natural world, and to be intrigued by it’s creatures, rituals, mythology, and sciences, thanks especially to my father who taught me much about the natural world. I always wanted to be an animal as a young child, mostly I longed to grow up to be a cat, a dream which of course, did not come true ; ). This unusual childhood longing did however shape my later work, where often human and animal figures combine to form new creatures. I have now been living in New York City for roughly five years, and although I miss the wilderness of my youth, the urban landscape of New York has become a fitting home.”

What was your very first artwork?
That’s hard to say, I’ve been drawing since I could smear paint or crayon on a piece of paper, my parents used to set my twin sister and I down with a stack of printer paper and we would draw for hours, and apparently narrate the stories of our drawings out loud to one another the whole time. Some of the first drawings that could actually be recognized as mine though were all of cats and horses, running through bizarre landscapes. My mother has told me that all of my drawings were always filled with action, creatures running and flying and building nests, never at rest. One of the earliest drawings that I have is of a tiny, scribbled pink creature with wings, vaguely reminiscent of a Pegasus, which I did when I was four, and which my grandma of course has saved in a large file full of other such creatures from my youth.

Describe the piece you love the most—why?
My favorite piece currently is the drawing that started my current trend of work, it is approximately four feet by four feet square, done mostly in ballpoint pen, with water color, ebony pencil, micron pen, colored pencil and gesso. It is of a two headed, vulture like bird, with bubbling wattles on it’s neck, irrationally small wings for it’s size, human arms instead of bird legs, and a gaping mouth in it’s stomach from out of which small birds fly. This is was the first piece where I really began to use color, the first piece where I achieved the level of detail I was aspiring for, and the first piece where I put in a background instead of just having the creature floating on white like a scientific specimen. This drawing was a launching point for me, into more detailed, more realized, more colorful works of ever growing scale. I love it’s detail, the faces of the birds alone took a month to do, and the pinks and reds in it’s skin and wattles remain some of my favorite colors to work with, along with the smokey blue green of the sky behind it.

What are your methods? Your inspirations?
When I start a large drawing I rarely do sketches unless I know I’m going to need to figure out scale for multiple creatures, most often I just cut off a big piece from one of my paper rolls, and just start sketching with pencil straight onto it. My ideas change as I work, so I start in pencil then let the ballpoint pen take over slowly, as the piece becomes more conceptually realized. I love ball point pens, although finding archival ink ballpoint is actually very challenging. If I am drawing an animal I haven’t drawn before, then I use reference, but since so many of my creatures are collages of animal parts, I most often just work from my mind. My inspiration comes from all kinds of things, images I see in magazines, things I hear on the news, conversations, dreams, I have more ideas for pieces than I will ever be able to complete, and they are constantly shifting and changing, so that I have to start a piece as the inspiration hits me, or it will fade or shift away. Because of that I usually have more than one piece at a time that I work on, so that I can continuously start new pieces and not let good ideas pass me by. Also due to how long each drawing takes me to complete, it’s essential to have multiple drawings to work on so that I never get too sick of any one of them. Animal rights issues are my main inspiration, I have always been moved by the natural world, it is the source of my greatest curiosities and passions.

What did it take to make it to where you are now?
Moving across the country, having some brutal professors while at Pratt, some who loved my work and some who hated it, to push me to work harder, to focus on the art that I really wanted to do. The turning point had to be during my sophomore year in school, when I went to see a show at the Brooklyn Museum of Walton Ford’s watercolors. It was then that I realized that I could draw what I wanted to, (which of course is eerie animal hybrids), and that forcing myself to draw and paint things which were more acceptable as “fine art” but were not my passion was not going to work for me.

Do you make a living from your artwork?
Only partially, I have sold some works, and I also do creature concept design for a small Brooklyn based gaming company, but mostly I waitress and serve steak to customers who are often as monstrous as my creatures ; )

Who has helped you along the way?
My parents, who have always supported my artistic endeavors, my sister who is an artist as well, a few professors in particular have guided, pushed and inspired me, Chris Wright, Nanette Carter, Dennis Masback, and Dominique Nahas, all of whom are artists and art critiques in their own right. All the people at Ox Bow, an amazing artist residency program out in Michigan, my good friend and fellow artist Christina Mrozik who’s amazingly detailed work has pushed me to do better in my own, and my boyfriend David McHale, who has photographed all my work for me, and continually pushes me to do my drawings even when all I want to do is be lazy.

What 5 artists (dead or alive) would you invite for the ultimate dinner party?
James Audubon, Walton Ford, Hieronymus Bosch, Martin Wittfooth, and Hannah Dougherty.

Your favourite curse?
Honestly I think I say Damnit more than anything, which isn’t really that colorful. God fucking damn it happens too.

Your biggest (albeit endearing) flaw?
I don’t know about endearing, but part of my process of coping with stress or anger is having minor to major freak-outs and panic attacks that nothing can solve and wherein I refuse to hear any advice and am convinced that everything is hopeless. About half an hour after a good freak-out session, I’m fine and ready to go as if nothing happened, it’s annoying for those around me I’m sure, but it helps me work.

Qualities a man needs to seduce you and the flaws that will repel you?
Funny, motivated, creative, goal oriented, animal lover, adventurer, and more than a little bit silly/nerdy, with a great sense of curiosity for the world. Flaws would be; judgmental, hubristic, lazy, hairy back, butt or shoulders are a big no, bad breath is one of my ticks, and anyone who isn’t driven by something, it doesn’t have to be art, I just like to be around people with passion.

Your parents advice you should have followed, but didn’t?
Maybe, “read all the instructions first” that’s definitely one I have trouble with haha.

Your idea of the perfect weekend?
Camping at surprise creek, way up in the hills of northern California, surrounded by ancient trees, warm sun and water a that’s a deep, clear green so that you can see straight down the bottom no matter how deep. Staying up all night telling stories around the bonfire on the river beach with the people I grew up with, sleeping without a tent and waking up throughout the night so that you can see how the stars have rotated through the sky. That’s my perfect weekend, back home in the wilderness.

Who would you chose to rule the world?
I have no idea, off the top of my head I can’t think of anyone who would be able to rule the world alone, I don’t think any one person should have that much power or responsibility.

Favourite ice-cream?
Mint chip. Or black raspberry cheesecake. It’s a hard choice.

Where do you see yourself in…..One month?
Probably hanging out with my cat in my apartment, working on my next large drawing, and trying to get more shows.

One Year?
Starting graduate school to get my MFA, living in New York, LA, or San Francisco, or who knows where, depending on where I get accepted. Drawing and meeting fabulous new people.

One Decade?
I don’t know what coast I’ll be on, but I’ll be doing show’s, teaching, working on an animation, and will have at least one, hopefully more, illustrated books out. By then hopefully I will have seen more of the world, and who knows what turns my art will have taken, I’m curious to know myself. I will be well on my way to being a crazy cat lady.

Crowdsourcing Art | Addicted to Photography

// July 14th, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

Yes she is, Szilvi Mucsy lives by photography. She joined our art community in February and has been a wonderful part of our crowd. Szilvi’s photography celebrates the world around her. The captivating colours and strikingly humble scenes have been exhibited many times in Hungary and she is now looking at galleries further afield. See out some of her engrossing work below and get to know the artist in the interview. You can buy art from Szilvi through our unique commission art system and download her winning iPhone4 wallpaper here.

What was your very first artwork?
It was an interior of a desolate factory building, where the incoming light crossed the pipelines.

Describe the piece you love the most—why?
It was shot in Kefalonia, Greece. I spent a wonderful time there. It was a beautiful morning and the ray of sun lighted the dew and contrast of the hills, and there was an interesting building also, and a man walking, so I just had to wait the right moment.

What are your methods? Your inspirations?
The magic of life in the everyday moments. Maybe it sounds pathetic… I can be inspired by contrasts, extreme places, where different cultures meet, everyday situations, landscapes.
I like the symmetry and asymmetry, to show perspectives and the black and white material.

What did it take to make it to where you are now?
Addicted to photography. Photography is a part of my identity, I feel meaningless if I can’t do it.

Do you make a living from your artwork?
I try. I teach art photography. I’d like to sell my works or exhibit them outside of Hungary where I’ve had many exhibitions, but not easy to get connections.

Who has helped you along the way?
My family and people who I don’t know personally, like Paulo Coelho, but helped a lot to be assiduous. I was lucky to meet some great minds; teachers in art universities, mentors who believed in me, and friends who brought treasures into my life.

What 5 artists (dead or alive) would you invite for the ultimate dinner party?

Josef Koudelka, Constantine Manos, Francois Truffaut, Paulo Coelho, Fernando Botero

Your favourite curse?
Hungarian is the most creative language in curses, but my favourite is a not so rude, but more funny Greek one: malaka!

Your biggest (albeit endearing) flaw?
People can take advantage of me.

Qualities a man needs to seduce you and the flaws that will repel you?
Intelligent, sensuality, open-minded, loyalty, humor.
Arrogance, violence, mediocrity, irresponsible.

Your parents advice you should have followed, but didn’t?
I didn’t have an ordinary childhood, but I found the harmony to be with my grandmother she always helped me with good advice that I followed.

Your idea of the perfect weekend?
Drinking frappe in a beach bar near Athens, feel the sea breeze on my skin, going to an island by ferry, swimming, meditating in a monastery, wandering around the landscape and the people, shooting great photos and dancing at night in a beachclub. Or the same in Barcelona with a perfect glass of wine instead of frappe.

Who would you chose to rule the world?
The God, Creator of the Universe

Favourite ice-cream?
Hungarian: Somlói (chocolate, cake, vanilla), Italian: all of them, specially Zuppa Inglese

Where do you see yourself in…..One month?
Just coming back from the wonderful Greek island Corfu, after a great holiday.

One Year?
Galleries in Europe representing my photography.

One Decade?
Living happy with my family and living from my art, exhibiting in galleries in Europe and New York, making new photo books, walking by the seaside, feeling the breeze and enjoying life.

Commission Art | Collage Shapes Cut Colours

// July 7th, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

Swedish artist Stefan Fransson joined our art community in February. He contributed an awesome iPhone 4 wallpaper and was crowned a winner in our competition this week. In the past few years he has taken to a distinctive digital style. He creates collages from photographs, previous paintings and 3D works. One of his digital collages ‘Thin Ice’ became a large print commssioned for the new Google Centre in Stockholm,Sweden. It became a theme for a permanent installation for the reception room where he also created a big 3D tree branch that was decorated with different prints of his collages. Get to know the wonderfully talented artist Stefan  better in the interview below. Commission art here.

What was your very first artwork?
Kind off self-tought expressionism:My Primal Scream.

Describe the piece you love the most-why?

I like ‘Thin Ice’,most.It has an interesting combination of abstraction and photographic reality. Off my latest works,it is Deep Surface.

What are your methods? Your inspirations?

I like to mix things.Fit things together,so that new images appears. Everything has to ‘melt’ into the compositons.For me this is a way to find unpredictibal meetings,of different images. Also,when I look back at my works over the years,it seems as I have been collecting patterns.Patterns that might have connection with life,change and movements,but also with image making.

What did it take to make it to where you are now?
Drawing,Composing,Collecting,Balancing.

Do you make a living from your artwork?
I am an art teacher, part-time.The rest comes from my art.

Who has helped you along the way?

Family, freinds,and other artists. Have got a lot of inspiration from the nordic nature,with the interesting changes of seasons and light.

Commission Art | Paintings For Musing

// June 30th, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

An incredibly talented artist who joined our art community in May was born under the warm November sun and security surveillance of Johannesburg in South Africa. Gerda Magdalena le Roux van Wyk found her escape in daydreams. After completing a degree in Fine Art and embarking on a career in education, she recently relocated to the UK and is living in tranquil Teddington from where she observes migrating birds. Her paintings reveal the meditative times between moments when we are lost in thought. Using our leading crowdsourcing commission art service at b-uncut you can buy paintings online in Gerda’s fresh, serene style from her delicate and skilled hand. As you will see Gerda also creates enchanting drawings, photographs and digital work. Read the interview below and get to know the artist fancy Gerda Magdalena le Roux van Wyk.

“In self-absorption we contemplate decisions by considering the past and the future.”

What was your very first artwork?

I think the first time I realized that I was making something worth mentioning above the pictures the other kids were colouring, was when the headmaster of my primary school called me to his office in year 3. I was naturally frightened to death as I had no idea what the reason was for me being called in. I imagined the worst and started inventing excuses for any naughtiness that might have occurred in the weeks before. When I was sat before him, he took out a picture that I had drawn of a dove with a Munch-like background and asked me whether I had drawn it – my mind spiraled into inventing a series of reasons why he thought I had done something wrong by drawing it (having grown up in a conservative Christian community under the Apartheid government, you can imagine my fears!). He proceeded however, by praising my artistic talent and suggested to my parents that I should take art lessons.

Describe the piece you love the most—why?

My favorite piece is probably ‘Leave’, a painting made in the weeks before I left my life and family behind to live and work in the UK. It is probably one of my most honest works and a portrayal of my way of dealing with the world. I think I achieved something unique in the technique: using a combination of collage, acrylic and spray-paint on wood.

What are your methods? Your inspirations?

I usually work quite slowly and create work when I am inspired to do so rather than trying to turn out a large quantity of emotionless works. I find my inspiration in uncertainty, emotional turmoil and phases of transition and change. When life is stable and predictable I become restless and I seek adventure. Paradoxically I have had a storm-free life, a peaceful childhood and have been exceptionally well provided for. I have been told that I exude an aura of calm!

I have always been an ardently passionate photographer and have continually documented my life and the people around me. From these images I draw my inspiration. My immediate surroundings have become an essential element in my art.

It was programmed into my genetics to be a collector and I gather items of nostalgic value in sketchbooks and on photographs. I am fascinated by the ties that link the women in our family and the traits and talents that have been passed down through many generations.

So the themes in my work revolve around travelling, migration, dreaming, meditation, environment and a sense of place, ancestry and heritage, safety and protection and the inherent phenomenon of universal balance.

In terms of technique I have explored the mysterious depths of darkroom photography, digital photography and the boundless possibilities offered by Adobe Photoshop, acrylic painting, drawing and sculpture. And as I am a hopelessly indecisive person, I just combine all of these into the works you see in my portfolio.

What did it take to make it to where you are now?

An incurable addiction to adventure! The lack of foresight to realize that I should have followed a sensible and responsible career path, and well intended encouragement from all the right people. Naturally spiced with the narcissistic compulsion all artists have, to share my experiences and emotions.

Do you make a living from your artwork?

No, I realised soon enough that the ‘suffering artist’ tag does not hang well around my neck and completed a PGCE and became an ashamedly passionate teacher of Art. It pays the bills and allows for long holidays in which to make some work of my own. Strangely I am quite inspired by my students.

Who has helped you along the way?

My parents who took me to art lessons all my life and allowed me to study as frivolous a degree as Art, and became my most merciless (and highly valued!) critics.
There are a coulpe of muses, artists and mentors that I meet per chance from time to time and encourage me to continue making work: the South African artists Gordon Froud (also a gallery owner and former lecturer of mine), Dianne Victor (who taught me that one should continually reinvent one self, and that mediocre is never acceptable) and Carl Jeppe (who taught me that drawing is a continual process of comparison and adjustment), and finally the photographer and gallery owner Christo Harvey.

What 5 artists (DoA) would you invite for the ultimate dinner party?

Egon Schiele, Friedrich Hundertwasser, Frieda Kahlo, Francisco de Goya and (Not an artist but intricately woven into art history:) Peggy Guggenheim

Your favourite curse?

May you live in interesting times.

Your biggest (albeit endearing) flaw?

Stubbornness

Qualities a man needs to seduce you and the flaws that will repel you?

+  Intellect, enlightenment, ambition, sense for adventure, very strong personality, loyal heart.
-   Not keep a date or a promise without excuse or notifying me. Faint-heartedness.

Your parents advice you should have followed, but didn’t?

Not much besides the regular teenager stuff. They weren’t too keen on my desire to ride a motorcycle (off road), but gave in and bought me a fairly flashy one anyway and sent me for advanced rider’s lessons.

Your idea of the perfect weekend?

Filled with adventures, sight seeing, and a spice rack of activities: art museums, picnicking, nature, socializing and travel.
The cool ocean or a picturesque mountain… dinners at home with friends and bubbly.

Who would you chose to rule the world?

TED.com

Favourite ice-cream?

Nothing like the real thing in Rome! Something nutty or a simple vanilla.

Where do you see yourself in…..One month?

I will be doing an art Residency at Gallerie Myra in Vence, France from 13 June 2010 – 30 July 2010!
Wine, cheese, paint and the French riviera!

One Year?

Lecturing art at an FE college and producing my own art on the side. Bringing enlightenment to the young generation.
Or perhaps I might have made up my mind as to what I want to do with my life.

One Decade?

Continuing my education with a Masters and later a PhD.
Per chance running a gallery or working for one.
I might have chosen an entirely new career.
Hopefully still in Europe or the UK.
Married to a rich prince charming who will allow me to paint all day and run private art classes when we are not globe trotting.
Bringing cultural and environmental awareness to Africa.

Buy Art Online: Feng Shui Photography

// June 23rd, 2010 // View Comments // b-loud

David Lorenz Winston is a fine art photographer based in Talent, Oregon. An amazing photographer who joined our art community in March, David enjoys pickleball, piano. walking, free-form dancing, travel, social networking and photographing the local landscape. As you’ll see in his deeply soothing photographs David captures the stillness in nature and surprise in the ordinary. His imagery is about discovery and takes the viewer on his refreshing journey discovering peaceful, isolated moments. Our leading crowdsourced commission art service at b-uncut means you can buy photography online in his clean, distinguished style from his ever observing eye. Read the interview below and get to know the artist that is David Lorenz Winston.

What was your very first artwork?

In third grade I recall using black and brown crayons to bring out the tactile quality of a large tree trunk. I had no idea what I was doing, but it made me feel great.

Describe the piece you love the most—why?

There are so many pieces that I love, that I would be hard pressed to come up with one. Solitude is the image that I’m most grateful for finding as it propelled my career as a fine art photographer. I discovered it on a foggy morning after a light snowfall in the horse country, west of Philadelphia. It was a magical moment, a zigzag fence leading into a beautifully formed bare tree and then into nothingness as the fog took over. I had no idea at the time that this image would one day be on posters, greeting cards, magazines and more, that it would touch the lives of so many all over the world.

What are your methods? Your inspirations?

Originally I was inspired by the street photography of my teacher, George Krause and also that of Henri Cartier Bresson. As I started to show my work, I began to move more toward the landscape and to use color. My inspiration was the great color photographer, Ernst Haas. I continue to love both street photography and landscape photography. I use a digital SLR camera to capture my images and then use Photoshop in subtle ways to bring out my work. Its very much a two tiered process, capturing the image and then using digital processing to bring it to another level.

What did it take to make it to where you are now?
I started out doing art and craft fairs from Maine to Florida. They were both a great education and at the same time, a wonderful means for me to begin selling my work to the public. They taught me a lot about presenting and marketing my work. From there, I worked with corporate clients who used my work in their offices as wall decor and with art consultants who sold to healthcare facilities, law offices, among others. My work was also sold through stock photography companies. In 1999, Bruce McGaw Graphics accepted three images for posters, one of which, Solitude (mentioned above), has had unusual mass appeal and continues to do well.
I have also been involved with internet marketing, starting a weekly photoletter, archived on The Winston Weekly blog. I started the photoletter in January, 2007 with a list of 36 and over three plus years it has grown to over 1000. I find this to be a wonderful way to make contact and to make occasional sales. It delivers my latest work
on a regular and predictable basis keeping me in the awareness of many. It has also helped me with clients who also see what I’m up to. This has also led to new work.

Do you make a living from your artwork?
Yes

Who has helped you along the way?
Art show promoters and companies that have published my work, including, UNICEF, The National Wildlife Federation, Bruce McGaw Graphics, Pomegranate, Palm Press,
and Hallmark.

What 5 artists (dead or alive) would you invite for the ultimate dinner party?
Henri Cartier Bresson, Ernst Haas, Lewis Hine, Sebastiao Salgado, Minor White

Your favourite curse?
Chocolate

Your biggest (albeit endearing) flaw?
Forgetfulness

Qualities a woman needs to seduce you and the flaws that will repel you?
Good listener, Intelligent, Confident, Open to new ideas and charming.
Poor listener, talking too much, poor sense of feng shui

Your parents advice you should have followed, but didn’t?
Save your money

Your idea of the perfect weekend?
Traveling to the Oregon Coast, finding an amazingly lit landscape which I totally take in through my heart and eye, having a wonderful dinner with my partner and finding another amazing landscape the next day that blows me away.

Who would you chose to rule the world?
The Dalai Lama

Favourite ice-cream?
mint chocolate chip

Where do you see yourself in…..
One month?
Creating short videos

One Year?
Doing less and accomplishing more

One Decade?
Doing nothing and accomplishing everything