Category: Artist Interviews
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Category: Artist Interviews

Q&A interviews with the artists whose work is chosen by jurors as best in show in our monthly exhibits. Learn about the stories and the creative process behind these award-winning works of art from the artists who created them!

Moira McQuillen has been featured on this blog before, for another piece of Americana — a piece of dessert, to be exact….
We like to say the best artwork “speaks to us” — and sometimes, it screams….
“Sometimes viewers have revealed to me what I hadn’t fully understood was there, or they have found something personal to themselves—that is very exciting.”…
Rush hour finds peace in a cool palette — and a quiet moment plucked from a stressful routine….
With goat horns and a friendly smile, Legends of Zelda won the Monkith Saaid Memorial Sculpture Award in this month’s sculpture-only exhibit, “Taking Shape.”…
“After a while, all of the bends start to make sense as the final product grows nearer to being finished.”…
“ My goal was to build a familiar object in an unfamiliar way, and see what came of it.”…
Sonia’s art career started with photography, and she has added layers — literally and figuratively — as time goes on….
“Quite often the colors are not what I saw but my feelings about the place.”…
It’s always a good thing when someone calls to commission a portrait. It’s even better if they share the result on national TV….
Whether it’s the clicking, the clacking, the reflections, or its unpredictable movement, there’s something mesmerizing about this sculpture….
I love the airbrush better than the brush because of the smooth transition of the paint to the canvas….
“The subject’s profile and heavily textured skin beckons you to address the sense of pride, self-confidence and wisdom that comes with age.”…
“I had no idea what I was doing when I started painting abstractly.”…
“Have you ever seen a child in a new place, eyes wide, looking around curiously?”…
“I think that a successful painting happens when you really enjoy the process.”…
The Last Woman is not only the first piece Caprica ever entered at The Art League. At one time, it was the last piece…
Works in colored pencil do not preclude they be exclusively rendered in a full spectrum of “color.”…
“I was a painter in my early days, and I find the process is about the same.”…
“I started seeing horse images in the abstractions and was possessed.”…
“My job is to keep the faith and see where the process takes me.”…
“I draw energy through line. I have always loved pen & ink, don’t know why. I really prefer black & white.”…