The Town Herald

Holy Fox

  
First: Ice-cream, second: Husaria, Third: No Time for Fish

Q: How did you come to be an artist?
A: I drew horses when I was young, because I was obsessed with them. I got easily bored in class so drawing was something fun to do - but when I moved away at thirteen, it became a lot more important to me. My pencil and paper suddenly turned me from "the new kid" to someone interesting. Since then I've held on to it, because it became a form of expression for me and because so many wonderful people have supported me in my artistic endeavors.


Q: How would you describe your work?
A: "Slow."

My style started out "manga"-ish, but I have tried to move in a different direction lately. I love realism and super-stylistic art equally, so I can't decide.
I would not describe my work as "professional." Definitely not. In fact I hope never to get to that point, because I feel that I will have stopped growing as an artist.


The King is Dead

Q: Where do you find your inspiration?
A: I'm most inspired by art galleries. Contemporary or historical, nothing is quite as thrilling as being face-to-face with a piece of art in all its glory.


The Hungry Spirit

Q: What inspired this piece (our cover art)?
A: I'd wanted for a while to do a cute piece of an all-boys Alice in Wonderland (and then Ouran Host Club did it, hahah) so this was meant to be the first. Poor Alice is all alone, though.

I've noticed most people think of him as a girl - since he's wearing a dress and all. Much as I'd love to pretend he's some sweet tomboyish gal with a pixie cut, he's not! ^_^ Not that I mind. People have been confusing my genders for longer than I can remember.


Self portrait

Q: What do you consider your influence?
A: I was strongly influenced by Adele Sessler when I was younger; she's a wonderful artist who's only gotten better, and I tried to borrow some elements of her style. But I can't say I am particularly attached to one movement or style of art, because I have never studied it or been very aware of what's what.


Imogen's Dream

Q: Where do you see yourself going with your art?
A: I hope to continue developing my artistic side; my most ambitious goal is to create a graphic novel (well, my MOST ambitious goal is to create an animated feature film, but let's not talk about that) which would stretch my lamentable skills at expression, backgrounds, and other such nightmares to their very limit; more modestly, I would like to just keep it in my daily life.


Q: Are there any other types of art you'd like to branch into? Why?
A: I would love to try sculpture, film, or a full scale installation in a gallery. Film is such an elusive medium that it would be interesting for me as a hands-on person to try and capture something beautiful with it.


Every Moment

Q: What do you consider your most important pieces of art?
A: The ones I haven't made yet.

I'm always looking ahead. There's no way I could look back at a piece now and say, "This is the most important thing I've ever done." When I've done that, I know it'll be time to move on to something new.


Thank you (: