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nniversary greetings from me to Artflow Magazine teamand subscribers, this time last year, I was welcoming you toour maiden edition but it is my greatest pleasure andhonour to welcome you to our second volume. It is ourfirst year anniversary. We appreciate, as ever, yourunalloyed support and interest in our publications and theartist we featured. Nice to hear feedbacks and we hope tocontinually improve. Check the last twelve front covers onPage8.As usual, we bring you creative individuals around the world; BeatriceCalastrini is based in Florence, Italy. Like many artists' beginnings, heracademic experience provided the foundation and encouraged thediscipline needed to weather the screams and cries of an artist's career.Meet an outstanding Tactile Typographer: Dom in iq ue F alla . She hasexplored a diversity of different techniques and media over the yearsand has recently settled into creating typographic pieces for exhibition,using different tactile media.Fred Camargo is the kid that likes to jump fences and explore what's onthe other side. His medium varies depending on his mood. Currently Heis really digging watercolours again. He also enjoys Photography andIllustrations. On this edition's front cover is the work of Ryan No re . Hebecame more of a cartoonist and even entertained the idea of being ananimator at Disney Studios. And now, he has melted the two ...maybe itcould be considered a form of surrealism.Please keep your emails coming to [email protected] and letus know what you think about this issue and how best to improve.Please do keep in touch with us on Facebook, follow us on twitter@ArtflowMagazine and check our website for updates -www.artflowmagazine.com.

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Going back almost 30years ago, more precisely in late February of1981,when the city of Firenzewas submerged under an icy glaze,Beatrice was born to the sounds of screaming and crying. Yearspassand she was sent off for her first day at school where, from the verybeginning of her education, she realized she felt happy and free whilepainting, drawing and scribbling.

Fastforward to the fateful day when, in Italy, students must choose aspecific high school that will more or lessdetermine their "path" in life.It was then that she decided to fully pursue her earliest passion,enrolling with a focus on Interior Design at the Institute of Art. By2004,she completed her university studies with top honors degree inDecoration from Florence's Academy of BeautyArts. Her thesis topic:"Assymetry, parallelism and chromatic contrasts.'Like many artists' beginnings, her academic experience provided thefoundation and encouraged the discipline needed to weather thescreams and cries of an artist's career.Today, she continues to createand this makes her happy.


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B e a t r i c e C a la s t r in iW h a t w a s y o u r a m b i t i o n , w h i l e g ro w in gu p a s a C h i l d ?I nev er h ad big am bitions , I lik e tobecome famou s, I alw ays c ontin ued to dowh at m ak es m e h ap py and wh at I lik ew ith out th ink ing th at th os e th ings w ouldle ad me to s ometh in g p rofitable . I j us tcontinued to p aint and p roject m y life onth e " can vas " jus t for p ure p leas ure .W h y d i d y o u c h o s e t h i s f o rm o f a r t ?I ch oos e th is becaus e from w hen I w asrea lly little, p ain ting was m y way o f s elfex p res sio n. T h roug h th e yea rs , m yp ainting turned w ith m e. A ls o th emateria ls I us e e xp re ss w h at I fe el.C h oos ing to us e collage tech niq ue, I h av eth e p os sibility to ex perim ent and w ork onman y ty pes o f re ally d iffe re nt mate ria lsth at als o giv es m e ch ances to m ak e m orech an ge s on th e work s.H o w w o u l d y o u b e s t d e sc r i b e y o u rs t y l e ?V i s ce ra l, s ent imental , o f cou rses ur re al. . ..p e op le th a t th in k to b e "mode rn "m aybe can us e th e w ord " pulp " to judgemy work .P le a s e t e ll u s a b o u t y o u r e d u ca t i o n a lb a c k g r o u n d ?F rom th e eleme ntary s ch oo l, th e th in gth at made me h ap pies t was to des ign, s oit w as p retty eas y t o figure out w hatc ou rs e o f s tu dy I wou ld s ub se qu en tlyund ertak e. I ch oo se to e nrol a t th e s tate'sin stitu te o f a rt w ith a dd re ss es " in te rio rdes ig n" , earning a h igh s ch ool dip loma,after w hich I d ecided to continue m ya rt is tic c ar ee r b y e nr ollin g a t th e'A cademy of F ine A rts in F lore nce ,ch oo sing " dec ora tion " a nd ach iev ing in 4y ea rs , a u niv er sity d eg re e w ith ho nours .H o w m u c h i n f l u e n c e h a s f o rm a le d u c a t i o n h a d o n y o u r f o rm o f a r t ?T h e s ch ool education, of cours e, h ad a biginfluence on m y p ainting; firs t of all, itgav e m e th e tech niq ue and th ek now le dge of differe nt too ls an dmate ria ls , s ub se quently a ls o a bout mys tyle th at h as de velop ed d urin g tim e.C a n y o u p l e a s e t e ll u s m o r e a bo u tC o n s c i o u s n e s s ?A s in 9 0% of m y w ork s hows a femalefig ure . T h e woman look s d own, s h e'sth ink ing, s he is s ad and h olding a w ire

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connected to h er h eart th at flies aw aylik e a little balloon. T h e h eart is th es ym bol of our irrational p art, th e m os ts ens itiv e and irrational p art of all of us .Y o u u s e d m i x e d t e c h n iq u e f o r y o u rp a in ti n g t i t l e d G O O D B Y E , W h a t w a st h e i n s p ir a ti o n b e h in d t h e a r t w o rk ?T he idea of goodbye was born from th ew ill to ex p re ss an d dis p la y de tachmentfrom a s ituation liv ed for too long. T hered balloon, in th is w ork , s ym bolize afarew ell and th e w om an look ing dow ns ignifies th at it's " th e end" of th isemotiv e ch aining , th is conn ectio n, s os he h as to look forward, but als ounders tand th at not all is los t, als o ifs h e's p as s ing th ro ugh really s ad tim e.W h y d i d y o u c ho os e to u s e s u c h as im p le a p p ro a c h t o y o u r b u s i n e s s c a rda n d f ly e r s d e s i g n ?I f ound th at trying to im pres s s om eonewith th e grap hics of a bus ines s card is alittle ridicu lous and anx ie ty. H owev er, abus ines s card m us t communicate in th em os t s im ple and bas ic w ays for us efulre ferenc es . T h e re cip ien t m us t tak e th etime to go and see t he works on th einternet or in p hys ical s paces th at th eartis t is ab le to fin d.H o w h a s y o u r w o r k d e ve lo p e dt h ro u g h o u t t h e y e a r s ?During th e s ch ool years m y creativ ew ork w as directed tow ards a m oretech nical an d d eco rativ e w ork , I realize dmain ly d ec ora tiv e pa ne ls fo r in te rio rfittings , w ork ing a lot on colours andform s. M y work s h as been dev elop ed in am ore intim ate w ay, I c ould dis cov er h owto ex pres s feelings and em otions notonly th rough s trong us e of colours andits m eaning, but als o by th e figures , andp articu larly th e face s, th e figu res n owre pres en ted in m y p ain ting s, ea ch on etrying to tell a s tory.W h a t d o y o u d o i n y o u r s p a r e t im e ?R ead and tak e p ictures . A s w ell as tak ecare of m y dogs .A n y t h i n g e ls e y o u w a n tt o s h a re ?I w ould only add my link s:h t t p : / / w w w . b e h a n c e . n e t / F l o w e r sh t t p : // fl o w e r s w o r k , t u m b l r ,c o m /

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She is also known as the 'Tactile Typoqrapher" due to the specific nature ofher art practice. She has explored a diversity of different techniques and mediaover the years and has recently settled into creating typographic pieces forexhibition, using different tactile media.Originally from Melbourne, Dominique now divides her time between theGold Coast and Byron Bay,and her artistic career spans more than 20 years asa graphic designer, illustrator, artist, author and university lecturer.Dominique has lectured at various educational institutions, and given papersat venous conferences including the Queensland College of Art, CentralQueensland University, KingscliffTAFE, Swinburne TAFE,Monash University,SMAANZ conference in Melbourne and INTEDConference in Valencia, SPAIN.Dominique has had features in art and review publications including: GoldCoast Creative, Twofold, ArtBox Magazine, Winter For Elbows and The HeraldSun. She also writes for Desktop Magazine and the Design Federation and hasauthored several creative publications, including: Tfie {Tague} Project','Looking Better in Print' and 'Goodbye Helvetica'.


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D o m in iq u e F aC an y ou p lea se b riefly d escr ib e y ou rself?I a m a g r a p h i c d e s i g n e r / a r t i s t w h o w o r k si n a v a r i e t y o f t a c t i l e m e d i u m s a n dc o m b i n es d ig it a l c r e a t i o n w i t h a n a l o gu eo u t p u t f o r e x h ib i t i o n a n d p ub l i c a t i o n . Ic r e a t e p ie c e s k no w n a s " t a c t i l et y po g r a p hy " . I a l s o c o n v en e t h e g r a p h icd es i g n p ro g r a m a t G r i f f i t h U n i v er s i t y o nQ u ee n sl a n d ' s G o ld C o a s t .H ow w as your b ackground grow ing up ?I w a s a n o n l y c h i l d , a n d a s a r e s u l t . I h a d t oe n t e r t a i n m y s e l f , s o I t h i n k t h i s i s w h y I ama b l e t o f o c u s o n w o r k i n g b y m y s e l f o n a r tp ie c e s f o r a v er y l o ng t im e . I a c t u a l l y p re f e rs o l i t u d e w h e n I 'm w o r k i n g , a s I f i n d l o t s o fp e o p l e d i s t r a c t m e . I w a s a l s o v e r yi n t e r e s t e d i n m a k i n g t h i n g s a s a c h i l d . Iw o u l d p u t t o g e t h e r e l e c t r o n ic k i t s w i t hm y f a t h e r , a n d m a k e l o t s o f a r t s a n d c r a f t sp r o j e c t s i f I s a w t h e m o n T V . I a l s o l i k e dc r a f t b o o k s a n d w a s g i v e n m a n y a s a c h i l da n d I e n j o y e d m a k i n g a l l t h e p r o j e c t s f r o mt h e m s o I g u e s s I h a v e c o n t i n u e d w it h t h i si n m y a d u l t l i f e .Wh at w as y ou r am b ition , w hile g row in gup as a C hild?F i r s t l y , I w a n t e d t o b e a n a s t r o n a u t , s o Iw r o t e a l e t t e r t o N A SA a s k i n g i f I c o u ldb e c o m e o n e a n d t h e y n e v e r w ro t e b a c k ,s o t h e n I w a n t e d t o b e a g e o l o g i s t , b u t Ig o t b o r e d o f r o c k s a f t e r a w h i l e , t h e n If o u n d a b o o k i n a s e c o n d h a n d b o o k s h o pw h i c h w a s t h e w o r k o f g r a p h i c d e s i g ns t u d e n t s f r o m S w in b u r n e U n i v er s i t y , s o Id e c i d e d I w a n t e d t o g o t h e r e i n s t e a d , a n dI d i d .W hy did y ou choose this form of art?I n it i a l l y I t r a i n ed a s a g ra p h i c d es i g ne r a n dI r a n a d e s i g n a n d i l l u s t r a t i o n s t u d i o I nM e l b o u r n e f o r m a n y y ea r s , b u t a f t e rm o v i n g n o r t h w it h m y h u s b a n d . I c h a n g e dc a r e e r p a t h s a n d b e c a m e a n a c a d e m ic i a n . In o w c o n v e n e t h e g r a p h i c d e s i g n p r o g r a ma t G r i f f i t h U n i v er s i t y o n t h e G o ld C o a s ta n d I a m a l s o s t u d y i n g f o r m y P h D .I t i s t h r o u g h t h is s t u d y t h a t I r e a l l y b e g ant o f o c u s o n t a c t i l e t y p o g r a p h y . I h av e u s e da M a c c o m p u t e r f o r o v e r 2 0 y e a r s a n d Ig u e s s I b e c a m e t i r e d o f p r o d u c i n g w e bd e s i g n s a nd d ig it a l i l l u s t r a ti o n s t h a tn o b o d y g e t s t o t o u c h , a n d s o I s t a r t e dc o m b i n i n g m y c r a f t s f r o m m y c h i l d h o o d ,w i t h m y c o m p u t e r a n d t y po g r a p h i cd e si g n s k i l l s .

D escrib e the best job y ou 'v e ev er had .I w o u l d s a y t h a t c o n v e n i n g t h e d e s i g np r o g r a m a t G r i f f i t h i s t h e b e s t d a y j o b I 'v ee v e r h a d . I g e t t o t r a v e l e v e r y y e a r f o rw o r k ,1 a m i n s p i r e d o n a d a i l y b a s i s b y m yf a n t a s t i c s t u d e n t s a n d I g e t t o p ro d u c et a c t i l e t y p o g r a p h y a r tw o r k s a s p a r t o f m yr e s e a r c h .I n t e rm s o f c o m m is s i o n s o r t y p o g r a p h yp r o j e c t s , I h a v e r e c e n t l y b e e n a s k e d b yW I R E D M a g az i n e a n d B ro w n b o o kM a ga z i n e t o p r o d u c e t y p o g r a p h y p i e c e sf o r t h e m a n d I l o v e w o r k i n g o n t h o s et y p e s o f c o m m is s i o n s . I w o u l d l o v e t o d oc u s t o m t y p o g r a p h y f o r m a n y m o r ec li e n t s l i k e t h a t .C an you p lease tell us m ore abou tTac ti le Typog raphy?T a c t i l e T y p og r a p h y i s t h e t e rm I h av ec o i n e d t o d e s c r i b e m y w o r k , a s t h e s e a r et h e t w o m a i n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s t h a t l i n k a l lo f m y p i e c e s . M o s t o f m y w o r k i st y p o g r a p h i c a n d I m a k e t h e p i e c e s f r o m av ar i e t y o f d i f f e r e n t m e t h od s a n d

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m a t e r i a l s , b u t I a m m a i n ly i n t e r e s t e d i nm a k i n g p e o p l e w a n t t o t o u c h t h e m . I t r y ,w h e r e p o s s i b l e , t o u n d e r p i n e a c h p i e c ew i t h a c o n c e p t , a n d I tr y a n d c h o o s em e t h o d s a n d m a te r i a l s t h a t r e i n fo rc ew h a t I a m t r y i n g t o s a y w it h t h e t e x tWh at is " Good b ye H elv etica" all ab ou t?A bo u t a y e a r a g o , I d e c l a r e d t h a t w h e r ep o s s i b l e , I w o u ld o n l y u s e o n e t y p e f a c e :H e l v e t i c a , b e c a u s e I w a s s i c k o f a l l t h ed i s c u s s i o n a b o u t w h i c h t y p e f a c e s w e r ec o o l a n d w h i c h w e r e n ' t s o , I j u s t c h o s e a n" e n - c o o l " t y p e f a c e a n d t r i e d t o m a k e i tc o o l . I s a w i t 3S a g o o d c h a l l e n g e f o rm y s e l f , a n d I h a v e e n j o y e d t h e y e a ri m m e n s e l y .

T h e t i m e h a s c o m e n o w t o s a y g o o d b y et o H e l v e t i c a t h o u g h , b e c a u s e t h e y e a r i su p , s o I h a v e d e c i d e d t o m ak e a ni n s t a ll a ti o n c a l l e d " G o o d b y e H e lv e t i c a" ,w h i c h i s a l o v e l e t t e r o f s o r t s , w i t h a l l t h ep i e c e s t a l k i n g a b o u t w h a t I l i k e d a n dd i d n 't I i k e a b o u t s p e n d i n g t h e y e a r w it ho ne t y pe f a c e . I 'v e t r e a t e d t h e e x h i b it i o nl i k e a r e l a t i o n s h i p b r e a k - u p , a n d s o t h ep i e c e s t a l k a b o u t h o w I c h e a t e d o nH e l v e t i c a , o r h o w I 'm g o i n g t o m is s t h ef a m i l y , o r w h i c h o n e w a s m y f a v o u ri t e . I t ' sb e e n a l o t o f f u n . Y o u c a n v i e w t h ep ro ce s s w e b si t e h er e :w w w . g o o d b y e h e l v e t i c a . c o mI h a v e b e e n l u c k y t o b e g i v e n a f a n t a s t i cs p ac e i n S u r f e r s P a r a d is e f o r f i v e w e e k s,a n d I h a v e b e e n w o r k i n g h a r d o ni n s t a l l i n g a b ou t t e n c u s t o m p i e c e s i n t ot h e s p a c e a n d I p l a n f o r t h e s h o w t o o p e no n V a l e n ti n e 's D a y , 2 0 1 2 . I w i l l a l s o b ep r o d u c i n g a b o o k f r o m t h e s h o w , o n c e a l lt h e p i e c e s a r e f i n i s h e d a n d I c a np ho to g r a p h t h e i n st a l l a t i o n p ro p e r l y .Y ou w ere com m issioned to create apiece of ed ib le a rt to celeb ra te G r iffithU niv ersity tu rn in g 4 0. P lease shareyou r experien ce w ith us, w ork ing onthe p roject w ith chefs an d stu den ts.O n e o f m y d e s i g n s t u d e n t s , B re t tM c A u l i f f e , t r a i n ed a s a c h ef b ef o reb e c o m in g a g r a p h i c d e s i q n e r , s o h e w a sp e r f e c t a s m y p a r t n e r f o r t h e p r o j e c t a n dt h e r e w e r e s e v e r a l o t h e r t e a m s o fs t u d e n t ! c h e f s w o r k i n g o n p ie c e s f o r t h e4 0 t h e x h i b i t i o n . I w an t e d t o m a k e a p i e c eo f e d i b l e t a c t i l e t y p o g r a p h y a n d I w a si n s p i r e d b y s o m e p a p e r q u i l l i n g w o r k Ih a d s e e n a n d s o I t r i e d t o d o t h e s a m et h i n g w it h r o l l e d u p p i e c e s o f g u m p a s t e .W e w er e s u p p o s e d t o m ak e t h e " 4 0 " o u to f c a k e a s w e l l , b u t t h e n u m b e r sc o l l a p s e d u n d e r t h e i r o w n w e i g h t t h en i g h t b e f o r e , s o q u i c k l y I cu t t h e m o u t o fg u m p a s t e i n s t e a d : H e l v e t i c a N a r r o w o fc o u r s e . I h a d a l o t o f f u n o n t h i s p r o j e c t . I tw a s g re a t c o ll a b o r a t i n g w i t h s o m eo ne .I e n j o y e d t h e t im e p r e s s u r e a n d t h ee x c i t e m e n t o f g e t t i n g i t r e a d y j u s t i nt i m e f o r t h e s h o w a n d s e e i n g a l l o f t h eo t h e r p i e c e s a r r i v e a t t h e s a m e t i m e . A llo f t h e d e s i g n e r s w e r e a d m ir i n g e a c ho t h e r 's w o r k a n d y o u c o u l d s e e n o o n eh a d s l e p t a n d w e w e r e a l l e x c i t e d a n dt i r e d b e c a u s e w e h a d a l l b e e n w o r k i n g s oh a r d . I t w a s a r e a l b u z z .

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a n d i t d e p e n d s o n h o w y o u r e a d t h eq u e s t io n , b u t I w o u ld l i k e t o a n s w e r p a s ta n d p r e s e n t . P a s t w o u ld h a v e t o b eJ a c ks o n P o ll o c k , I t o ta ll y a d m i r e h imb re a k i n g t h e g la s s f o r t h e a b s tr a c t w o r ld .P re s e n t w o u ld h a v e t o b e c r e a ti n g a C Dc o v e r f o r t h e b a n d R a d i a h e a dW h i c h d o y o u p r e fe r i l l u s t r a t i o n o rp h o t o g r a p h y ?T h a t 's a t o u g h o n e , I c a n n o t h a v e o n ew it h o u t t h e o th e r , h o w e v e r p h o to g r a p h yw o u l d h a ve t o t a k e m y p r e fe re n c e ,P h o to g r a p h y b e c a u s e i t i s ju s t t h e p e rf e c tm e d iu m t o c a tc h a n d e xp r e s s m o m e n t so f a r t a n d m i n d , l i k e t h a t c l e a r la ke o n af o g g y m o r n i n g w he n i t s j u s t y o u b yy o u r s e l f ,T e l l u s a b o u t y o u r p a s t e xh i b i t i o n s ,s h a r e y o u e x p e r ie n c e w it h u s p le a s e .T h e e xh ib i t s h a ve v a ri e d a ro u n d t h e S a nF r a n c i s c o C a l i f o r n ia a r e a , M y fa v o u r i t ew a s i n t h e H a i g h t A s b u ry D is t r i c t a t C a feI n te rn a t io n a l, t h e w a l l s a re e n o rm o u s a n dI h a d t o h a n g u s i n g t h e s e o ld la d d e rs , It h o u g h t I w a s g o in g t o f a ll o ff t h is 16 f o o tla d d e ro n t o p o f s o m e o n e ,I h a d o n e e xh ib i t w h e r e a m u se f r i e n d o fm in e w a s t o ta l l y n e r v o u s t o b e i n o n e o fm y e xh i b i t s h e g o t t o ta ll y d r u n k , h ec a l le d m e t h e n e x t d a y t o s e e i f I h a df o u n d h is t w o f r o n t t e e t h o n m y f r o n ts id e w a lk a ft e r h e h a d f e ll o n h i s fa c e , Iw a s u p s e t I d id n ' t g e t t o p h o to g r a p h h ima ft e rw a r d s , T h e E a s t B a y a r e a is fu ll o f a r ta n d p ro g re s s i v e i d e a ls , p e o p le c o n s ta n tlyc h a n g in g o v e r h e re , n e w id e a s o ni l l u s tr a t i o n s , n e w id e a s o n p h o t o g ra p h y ,b e in g p a r t o f t h e s e e xh ib i t s i s ju s t a t o ta le y e o p e n i n g f e e l i n g a n d e x p e r i e n c eW h a t i s y o u r b e s t c o lo u r w h e n i t c o m e st o m i x i n g w a t e r c o lo u r ?I a m a b s t r a c t w it h c o lo u r s ; I t e n d t o m o v et o w a r d s d a r k e r l i k e b lu e s , s h a d e s o f b la c ka n d r e d s ,H a v e y o u b e e n fa c e d w i t h a n yc h a lle n g in g s i t u a t io n in y o u r c a re e r ,f a m i l y a n d l i f e g e n e ra lly ?T h a t's a g o o d q u e s t i o n ; y e s I w a sc h a lle n g e d b y c e r t a in in fl u e n c e s w h i c hc o n t r o ll e d m y t r a i n o f t h o u g h t s a n d m yb o d y fo r m a n y y e a r s ,

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F re d C am a rgI t hink th at th es e ch allenges m ak e youwh o you are. I los t s ome damn goodfriends and I th ink about it and th em alot,I a m luck y th at I was able to p ull m ys elfout of it. I a m v ery th ank ful to th os ea ro und me.H o w h a s y o u r w o r k i m p r o v e d o ve r t h ey e a r s ?I am s till learning and I th ink th at A rt h asno learning limits . I th ink I h av eim prov ed, h owev er, I am lea rn in g n ewtech niq ues h ow to utilize m y cam eramore s ucces s fully, I'v e b ee n ab le to p us hm y ow n lim its . I alw ays w ant to learnm ore, h ow can I im prov e or ex pres s th isbetter?W h a t a r e y o u r t h o u g h t s o n N u d ep h o t o g r a p h s ?I lov e th e form and p h otograp h ers lik eH elm ut N ew ton and M a n R ay, th ey w eregreat ins pirations for m e; I h av e s hot afew ; h ow ev er th ey w ere raw andundefined. I a dm ire th e form and I a mte sting its bo un daries , p rim arily inillustrations.

B e s t j o b y o u h a v e d o n e .T he bes t job I did was a few years back ; i tw as w riting for A dv an ced P h oto sh opMa gazin e, th ey h ad ap p roa ch ed meab out w riting for th em . I w as v ery ex citedand did a f ew m agazine gigs for th emand it w as a gas getting p aid in p ounds . Ih ad tota l a bility to e xp res s, w rite andteach , th at w as th e art w orld. T h ew ork ing w orld w as w ork ing as a U nionC on stru ction work er an d s erv ing in th eUn ite d S t ate s A rmy .A n y o th e r t h i n g y o u w a n t u s t o k n o wa b o u t y o u a n d y o u r w o r k s ?T he work s I do I f eel are ch anging and Ilik e th at, ch ange is good, you h av e toe vol ve r ig h t?W h o i s la r e y o u r m e n to r ( s )?I h av e a bunch of old friends I s till k eepin touch with , I am clos e to m y fam ily, mymate S u san, and includ ing s ome v eryins pirational p eop le at w ork and in m ylife o the r th a n a rtis ts .

I s t h e r e a n y t h i n g w e s h o u ld b ek e e p i n g a n e y e o n f o r t h e f u t u r e ?I w ould h av e to s ay m ore m ix tures ofp h oto gra ph y an d illu stra tions an dmaybe s ome ins tallatio n work s.H o w h a s t h e M e d i a a s s i s t e d i ns h o w c a s i n g y o u r w o r k s ?T h e m edia h as been a great and p leas antp latform , th e w orld needs m agazines ofth is s ort. T he internet h as op ened th e artworld to millions of p eop le wh o may notha ve b een e xpos ed bef ore .W h a t d o y o u d o i n t h e s p a r e t im e ?B etw een w ork ing full-tim e, w ork ing inm y s tud io, a nd v olu nte erin g, " sp aretime" is rare. I t end to enjoy cook ing alot, re adin g an d jus t late ly getting bac kinto bik e riding. I lov e getting los t andd is co ve rin g n ew p la ce s.A n y t h i n g e l s e y o u w a n tt o s h a r e ?A lw ays s tay tru e to yo urs elf, le arn yourboundaries , and learn on h ow to breakthem.f r e d c a m a r g o 2 0 0 1 @ g m a i l. c o m
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R y a n N o r eC a n w e k n o w w h o R y a n N l o r e is ?We ll, es sentially I am great at m anyth ings . I am a h us band, fath er, broth er,a rt is t, poet , c hef , i nven to r, carpen te r,m ech anic ... th e lis t w ould be mas siv e if Iwas to name all th e th ings I do or h avedone. B ut if you s tri p p ed aw ay all th etitles of th e th ings I " do", or can do, I am ap ers on, jus t lik e anybody els e. B ut I t h inkwh ere I differ from mos t p eop le is th at Iwas taugh t th at I can do anyth ing I w ant,W h ile mos t oth er p eop le believe th ey arelim ited and h av e been taugh t th at s om eth ings are j us t out of th eir reach .C a n w e k n o w a b o u t y o u r g r o w i n g u p ?I was born in C alifornia, but grew up in asmall N orth eas t T ex as tow n. E v enth ough my p arents div orced wh en I w asv ery young I h ad a v ery p ictures q uech ildh ood. It certainly w ould h av e beenbetter if our moth er could h av ebeen able to s pend more time with usgrowing up . B ut it was jus t one of th os eth ings you can only look back on as anadult and see h ow th ings migh t h av ebeen different. A s for me and art, I didw eil.l w ould enter all th e p os ter contes tsand us ually w alk away w ith a ribbon.U s ually s econd p lace, but I h ad m y grandv ic to ries a s wel l.H owev er, once in h igh s ch ool, th ereweren't m any p os sibilities to get inv olv eda rti s ti c a lly in a nyth i n g . .. I oca I ly t h at is . S o ,oth er th an s ports , th ere w as w ork . In th elate 9 0's I wound up in A us tin, T ex as , h adjus t bough t m y firs t P C and s tarteddesigning websites . W h ich is h ow Iev entually m et m y w ife, m ov ed toA us tria and we founded a w eb des ign anddevelopmen t company.I s t h e r e a n y o n e t h a t i n sp ir e d y o u t o b ew h a t y o u a r e t o d a y ?Well, it is a p roces s, is n't it? I h av e h ad allk inds of influences . certainly from myclos es t fam ily as a c h ild, m y M om andG randdad were p robably th e larges t andw ho w ere fundam ental in m y "go get'em "ap proach to th ings . B ut in th e las t decadeit would be mainly my wife, S abina, wh o isa n e xc ep tio na l a rtis t, an d her pare nts .A ls o, m y k ids ... You can learn s o muchfrom ch ildren. Y ou k now, w e all getca ug ht u p in th e re spon sib ilityas pects of life and forget h ow to p lay.

A nd p laying is th e best form ofim agination ex ercis e, not to mention anex cellent form of s tres s relief. Ith ink too many p eop le h av e forgottenh owto p lay.W h y a r e y o u n o t '5000' p ro u d a b o u ty o u r o th e r w o r k s ?B ecaus e, I am in a trans itional s tage andh av e not been th is dedicated tom y art in ov er 12 y ears . S o , I w as w ay 0 utof p ractice! A ls o, for th e m os t p art, m ym os t recent work s are th e res ult of ajourney in w hich I h ad no idea aboutwh ere I w anted to wind up . You know, abit of " let's do th is ? N o, no, no, th at's notit... H ow about...? " A nd a lot of m y p iecesh av e no real m eaning becaus e I w ouldjus t do a p ainting, drawing, orcaricature jus t for th e s ak e of doingsome th ing . Anyth ing!W h a t k in d o f a r t i s t w o u l d y o uc a te g o r i z e y o u r s e l f ?Hmmm , good q ues tion. In m y early yearsI w as definitely a realis t th rough andth rough . Landscapes , s ti lil if es , po rt ra it sand th e lik es . B ut in m y later years Ibecame m ore of a c artoonis t and ev enentertained th e idea of being ananimator at D is ney S tudios . A nd now, Ih av e k ind of m elted th e two ... maybe itc ou ld b e c on sid ere d a f orm o f s ur re alism .A lth ough , m y work s aren't s o cons umedw ith metap h orical s ymbols as mos ts urre al work s ... at le as t n ot y et a nywa y.C a n y o u t e l l u s a b o u t y o u r w o rk t h a tw o n t h e e d i t o r ' s p ic t u re o f t h e w e e k f o rP h o to s h o p C r e a ti v e m a g a z i n e ?It is a digital p ainting titled " W orld ofA rt" . B as ically it is an illus tration of m yretu rn to art. It not on I y s h ows th atev eryth ing around m e is in s om e wayrelated to art, or at leas t p erceiv ed to be,but als o for m e a nice little trop ical is landi s s ymbol icall y rep resentat iv e o f seren it ya t its p ure st.H o w h av e y o u b e e n a b l e t o c o m b i n ew r i t i n g . p a in t i i n g . s c u l p t u r e a n d b a k in g ?We ll, in th e mos t p ractical s ens e, I couldhav e an e xh ib ition , w rite th e in vita tio nsa nd p re ss re le as e, p lu s ca te r it a ll mys elf!S erious ly th ough , I am certain th ek nowledge of w ork ing in one m edium

h as affected my ap proach to work ing inanoth er. B ut to dis sect th e " how " is v erydifficult becaus e I h av e noth ing w ithwh ich to comp are. In th e v ery leas t itallows me a bit of div ers ity in my art.W h a t i n s p i r e s y o u r c re a t i v i t y ?E v eryth ing! Y es , I k now terrible answer.T h e fact is I t end to be v i s u aIly creativ etow ards s ubjects h av ing to do w ithh ap pines s, joy and lov e. Y ou k now allth os e wonderful feelings , emotions , ors tates of being. A nd I'm more inclinedtowards p oetry wh en th e emotions ands uch h av e a negativ e inclination. S o,ev eryth ing is th e m os t accurate ans wer. Iam generally in one mood or th e oth erand s o I will find creativ ity in it all. A fterall, creativ ity, for m e anyway, is a meansth rough w hich I can ex p res s m yfeelingsand thoughts .I m ean, w hen we talk w e are es sentiallywriting a s tory s o th at s omeone els e canunders tand th ings from our p oint ofv i ew. If two p ea p ie went to watch th es am e m ov ie, one lik ed it and th e oth erdis lik ed it, and th ey both told a th irdp ers on, th ey w ould re-create th e s tory s oth at p ers on could unders tand h ow th eys aw it. C reativ ity is bas ically a f orm ofc ommunic atio n ... fo r me anywa y.K n o w i n g f u ll w e l l y o u 'r e a c re a t i v ep e r s o n , w e b e l i e v e a n o n l i n e g a m ea n d w e b a p p l i c a t i o n s h o u l d b es a t i s f y in g , c a n w e k n o w y o u rd e f l n i ti o n o f b e l i n 9 s a ti s H e d ?I th ink th e main reason I w as able to be aprogrammer I dev elop er for s o long isbecaus e I w as learning, and it w as achallenge o f being know ledgeableenough to be able to create anyap p lication needed. D on't get m e w rong,I h av e e njo ye d p ro gramm in g I scriptingali . .. m os t... of th e ap p lications I h av ebuilt and it is definitely creativ e w orkand s atis fying in th at s ens e. B ut oneas pect as to wh y it was not s o s atis fyingfor m e is becaus e th ere is v ery littleap p reciation or ack now ledgement in th ework.O f cours e p eop le ap preciate th e fact th atth ings work , but th ey can't reallycom preh end th e com plex ities it entails .If p eop le look at an am azing p iece of art,be it a s culp ture, p ainting, or draw ing ...th ey c an s ee it's c omp le xity .

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I 'm n o t s u re w h a t e ls e t o t e l l y o u r e a ll y , i tt o o k m e q u it e a w h i l e t o f i n is h . I c re a t e di t a lm o s t t h re e t im e s p a rt l y b e c a u s e I a ms t i l l r e f i n in g m y w o r k p ro c e s s . B u t m a in lyb e c a u s e I ju m p e d in to i t w it h o u t h a v in g at o ta lly c le a r id e a a b o u t w h a t i t w a s Iw a n te d t o c re a te . I h a d t h e t i t l e , a n d t h eb a s ic i d e a . I h a d e le m e n t s a n d w h a t t h e yw o u ld b e , b u t a s fo r t h e c o m p o s i t i o n , Ih a d n ' t p u t e n o u g h t h o u g h t in to i t .I b e g a n w it h a s ke tc h a n d d e c id e d t om a k e a r o u g h m o d e l i n 3 D fo r s ha d o w s ,r e f le c tio n s a n d s u c h . A s I g o t i n to t h em o d e l in g a n d s e t t i n g u p t h e s c e n e , It h o u g h t t h a t I m ig h t ju s t c re a t e t h ew h o le t h i n g in 3 D a n d d o s o m e p o s te d it i n g i n P h o to s h o p . H o w e v e r, I c o u ld n 'tr e a ll y g e t t h e l ig h t i n g t h e w a y I w a n t e d .P l u s I r e a l i z e d t h e m o d e ls w e r e t o o s t i f f ,s tr a ig h t e d ge d , n o t c a rt o o n e n o u g h . S o , Is ta r t e d o v e r , a g a i n , a n d I a m g la d I d id .

I t i s i n i n k o n p a p e r. I d r e w i t o n a n A 4s h e e t o f p a p e r , s o i t i s f a i r l y n ic e s iz e dc o n s id e r i n g i t w a s d r a w n t o b e a p a r t o f ah e a d e r i m a g e t h a t t u rn e d o u t t o b e le s st h a n 20 0 p ix e l s t a l l w i t h a p in k p o o d le i nf r o n t o f i t . H o w e v e r , i t s e e m s t o g e t a n ic e

b it o f a t t e n ti o n . W h o k n o w s , m a y b e i t w i l lb e o n e o f m y t r a d e m a rk p ie c e s a n d Iu n c o n s c io u s ly d re w i t t h a t l a r g e k n o w in gw h a t i t w o u ld b e co m e . T h e r e 's a p a in t i n gi n t h a t t h o u g h t a s w e l l! !

A t t h e m o m e n t, i t w o u ld b e "W o r ld o f A r t "b u t i t i s p ro b a b l y b e c a u s e I h a ve a l r e a d ys ta r t e d a n e w p a in t i n g a n d I a m fo c u s in go n t h a t o n e . B u t w he n I d o r e a ll y " s te pb a ck f r o m t h e e a s e l" a n d t a k e a d e e pc r i t i c a l lo o k a t i t , I a m s u re I w i l l f i n dp le n ty I d o n 't l i k e a b o u t i t . Y o u k n o w i t i se a s y t o b e c r i t i c a l. I c a n l o o k a t m a n y"m a s te r p i e c e s " a n d a lm o s t a lw a y s f i n ds o m e th in g t o c r i t i c iz e t h e m fo r a n d i t i se v e n e a s ie r w h e n i t i s y o u r o w n w o rk .S o , I t e n d t o g e t i n to m y p a in t i n g , f o c u so n i t a n d g e t i t d o n e a n d o u t t h e re . I d os te p b a c k a n d lo o k a t i t a n d I h a ve o th e r sa ro u n d m e t o c ri t i q u e t h e m a s w e i I . . . b u t Id o n ' t p u l l o u t t h e m a g n if y in g g la s s u n ti l Ih a ve a lr e a d y " h u n g i t u p i n t h e w in d o w " .B e c a u se th e n , I a m d o n e . I 'm n o tg o in g t o t a ke i t d o w n a n d w o r k o n i t s o m em o r e . I f i t m u s t b e , th e n I w i l l j u s t s ta r to v e r , or t h ro w i t a w a y . . . b u t i f t h a t i s m ya p p ro a c h f r o m t h e b e g in n in g t h e n Ip ro b a b ly w o u ld n 't e v e r s h o w a n y t h in g .

M o s t d e f i n it e ly ! A n d h o w d o I f e e l a b o u ti t ? W e l l , t o s ta r t w i t h , m o s t p e o p le , s o fa r ,t h a t d o n ' t l i k e y o u r a r t g e n e r a l ly w o n 't s a ya n y t h in g t o y o u , t h e y 'l l j u s t " m o v e o n ".S o , g e n e ra l ly , t h e o n ly t im e y o u g e tf e e d b a c k , y o u 'v e a s ke d f o r i t a n d i t is t ob e e x p e c t e d t h a t t h e y w i l l f i n ds o m e t h in g " w r o n g " w it h i t . W h a t i sim p o r t a n t f o r m e w h e n a s k i n g fo r ac r i t iq u e f r o m p e o p le i s t o b re a k a n ye m o t i o n a l b o n d s w it h t h e p a in ti n g . T ol o o k a t t h e p ro c e s s a s i f p e o p le w e re ju s td is c u s s in g w h a t a p a r t i c u la r c lo u d iss h a p e d l i k e . I t h e n s if t t h ro u g h t h ec o m m e n t s t o f i n d w h a t f i t s w it h w h a t Ih a d im a g in e d t h e c lo u d t o b e a n d d is c a rdt h e r e s t .

I s p e n d i t w i t h fa m i l y , o f c o u r s e ! D o in gw h a te ve r w e c o m e u p w it h a t t h e t im e !W e d o n 't p la n t o o fa r a h e a d b e c a u s e y o un e ve r k n o w h o w y o u 'r e g o i n g t o fe e lw h e n i t g e ts t h e re . Y o u k n o w , i f y o u n ol o n g e r f e e l l ik e d o in g w h a t y o u h a dp la n n e d i t b e c o m e s a n o b l i g a t i o n i n s te a do f r e c re a t io n .

O n l y t o t h a n k y o u a ll a t A r t f lo w M a g a z in efo r t h is o p p o r t u n i t y a n d t o a p p la u d y o ufo r a ll t ha t y o u d o fo r a r t i s ts a n d t h e a r tc o m m u n i t y .

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