interview with Olivia Rose | art style | painted dark canvas 01/10/2013
Q: Who was the most inspiring person for you at the
beginning? Do you have any influences?
A: I always say this but I feel that my mother has always been my
biggest inspiration, its because of her that I even started drawing
in the first place. Artistic influences would probably have to be
Giger. I'm a huge fan of his work. I don't really take inspiration
from his style of painting, its more that he inspires me as a
person/artist and shows me what can be achieved through hard work
and creativity.
Q: Art is your first love? Would you say that art is a form
of self expression?
A: Art will always be my first love, I have no idea where I would be
without it! Part of me feels its a form of self expression but not
that much thought goes into it. All my pieces are very
subconsciously drawn. I never plan a piece, I just go with the flow
and let my hand do all the work.
Q: How has your style developed?
A: If anything over the years my style has become a lot more
refined. Its taken me years to figure out what materials and paper I
enjoy using to create my pieces.
Q: Talking about your style... I find
it very expressive and unique! Seems like you are very inspired by
the female nature, are you? What type of women are your bigest
inspiration?
A: First of all thank you aha, every now and then I get the comment
'My friend draws like this' so its really nice to hear someone call
my work unique! I absolutely love the female nature and just drawing
women in general. If I'm honest I have no idea what type of women
are my inspiration since all the girls I draw come from my
imagination, If I was to describe the women that appears in my work
Id say she is strong but with a sad history, she has a story to
tell.
- Why not men? I think it would be nice if you do some
versus version of female and male nature... :)
haha that's a tough one. In all honesty I just love the female form
and enjoy drawing girls, I'm yet to explore expressing the male
nature/mentality in my work. It really is something I've been
wanting to do more of but just haven't gotten round to it. My sad
eye'd girls occupy most of my brains space haha.
Q: Probably the most interesting details are the eyes in
almost every creation. Why? Do you feel like there is enough place
for symbolism, if so what would be the message?
A: Ahh the eyes! The eyes for me are key in all my pieces. I don't
want to sound like a crazy person but I feel all my girls have a
personality and a character that the audience connect with through
the eyes. None of my pieces have hidden messages but I like to think
people take away there own stories when they look at my work. Each
piece is very open to interpretation.
Q: Some people might say that your style is dark, a bit
controversial, how would you describe your style in a few words?
A: Its funny you say that! Everyone always say's my work is very
dark or really sad. Its not deliberate aha they just come out that
way. I'm not sure what words I would use to describe my style!
That's a hard one.
Q: Philosophically and creativity, seems like you try to
blur the boundaries between the popular media and your own
perceptions. Have you ever connected yourself with some of your characters?
A: Since selling my pieces I've been hearing more and more comments
about how my work looks like me. I guess subconsciously I have given
my characters some of my features without realizing.
Q: "Silent Whispers" is your
newest project, what was the basic idea?
A: Oh, Silent whispers was actually part of a university project. I
studied animation and silent whispers was the name of the piece I
worked on. I done a series of illustrations to accompany the
animation. But overall the idea of 'silent whispers' was giving
something back to nature and how as humans in the end we all go back
to nature.
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Q: What's next? Any feature plans? Maybe an exhibition?
A: For the time being ill most likely just continue working on
personal pieces. I have a couple of ideas for potential exhibitions
in the future but nothing has been set in stone :)
Q: To be a talented person must be a blast. Have you ever
thought to make some changes in your style or start working on
something completely different? Maybe change the art medium?
A: I've considered making a few changes in the way that I work. I'm
really interested in starting to use different kinds of paints such
as oil and acrylic. Id love to start working on some larger painted
pieces.
Q: What would be the most rewarding aspect of your art?
A: Nothing is more rewarding than seeing the final piece of artwork
sitting there in front of you :)
Q: As an artist, what are some of your greatest challenges
or obstacles you face?
A: Aha well Id say one of the obstacles is what to do when you make
a mistake. It can be easy to turn a mistake around but every now and
then a piece can really be ruined by bad color choices or misusing
materials.
Q: What keeps you creative?
A: A healthy and refreshed supply of copic markers ;)
Q: Any message for the new artists?
A: Draw as much as you can every day! Practice really does make
perfect.
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Olivia Rose
www.lalasdreambox.com
info@lalaillustrations.co.uk