Name: Kate Staines
Age: 20
Residence: Brisbane, Australia
Marital Status: Single and flying free.
Children: Oh hell no.
Hobbies:
Drawing for the most part, horse riding and bush walking are great. Fine Dining and Cafe Crawls are always fun with a good group of friends... we can turn that into a hobby can’t we.
Started creating art in:
2000 I think, grade 8/9?
Artist most inspired by:
Everything, honestly! Empty cup of coffee turns into inspiration. So sad really.
Media you work in:
Pencil and Digital are the main favorites.
Where you work has been published or displayed: Only online as of yet, and no official publishing, but looking to change that.
Where someone can buy your art, or contact you professionally:
Art can be bought through prints on deviantART I suppose, but if you would like to contact me professionally please feel free to send me an email at blackbirdssong
@hotmail.com
Website: http://blackbirdkat.deviantart.com
Q: How did you come to be an artist?
A: It honestly started out as scribbling, especially during math class, and it just grew into a hobby that grew out of control. Now studying it officially for the first time at University.
One of the most noticeable factors of Kate Staines’ work is the playfulness of the themes and imagery. Largely featuring animals, her pieces are fun, quirky and sometimes just a little bit creepy, but always exceptionally well rendered in which medium she chooses. Also keep a look out for her signature pied currawong birds appearing throughout her work. These birds are native to Australia, Staines’ home, and are a beautiful but unusual addition to her artwork.
Q: How would you describe your work?
A: Describe my work? Ah... that is an interesting question. I’d describe it as scribbles and half formed ideas so I supposed stylised and slightly surreal might be a good term for it.
Q: Where do you find your inspiration?
A: Inspiration comes from everywhere, though you can find great things while people watching and reading, animals are also a great source. The more weird and wonderful the better.
Q: What inspired this piece (our cover art)?
A: Blast from a past this one is, I had just watched Alien VS Predator for the first time, and then went on to watch the Predator movies on their own. Throughout the whole movie, all I could think of was how cute the Predator was and it sort of just evolved into that. It was really just for laughs between a friend and myself.
Q: What do you consider your influence?
A: There are a lot of amazingly spectacular artists out there, and I look up to each and every one of them. I spend hours in Folio books simply drooling over the published works of the artists I admire. Others great artworks are wonderful motivation.
Stumble!
