“Complexity and convolution can often lead to a painting’s downfall but I tend to push things in that direction despite this… I often find that the more a composition teeters towards total collapse, the more exciting it becomes.”
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Laurent Allard | Artist Interview Series
“More and more we know that the whole system is not going in the right direction… But sometimes such a serious subject deserves a little derision and humor.”
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Michael Haight | Artist Interview Series
“I’ve been slowly working on a series focusing on folks reaching enlightenment in Walmart… The subjects are like the Buddhist image of the lotus which rises from muddy dirty waters without a speck of dust adhering to it as it proceeds to bloom pristine.”
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Jack Sutherland | Artist Interview Series
“I was thinking about what it means to be lost but still know where you are; am I emotionally lost, does being lost imply distance? Is the tool I’m using the find my way actually making me more lost?”
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Matt Bannister | Artist Interview Series
“I genuinely enjoy noticing something like weeds growing through the paint of a double yellow line on the road – these beautiful, almost poetic details are everywhere and are strangely uplifting and reassuring if you take time to see them.”
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Amaia Marzabal | Artist Interview Series
“I realized my art opened some personal doors that connected me with my past emotions and that questioned me… And that meant a big healing process for me.”
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MURUGIAH | Artist Interview Series
“To be unapologetic as an artist is to truly explore things that you feel very personal to and not really care what anyone else thinks… In terms of what did it take? A lot of life experience and therapy haha!”
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Jack Dunnett | Artist Interview Series
“I really do think the ambiguity lends a lot to my work… if I were to lean too heavily on the research behind [it], I’m in danger of over-intellectualizing and disappearing ever so gracefully up my own arse.”
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Oliver Lunn | Artist Interview Series
“I am constantly searching for something… It’s like a scratch I can’t itch. It’s a constant searching and refining. It’s a search for perfection, where the search is the driving factor, the perfection less important.”
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Ewan Keenan | Artist Interview Series
“The audience is a huge part of my work. There’s a real sense of exclusivity in the art world with conceptual art distancing itself from the masses. I hate this bubble. I want everyone, not just those in the art bubble, to appreciate my paintings.”
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