What inspiration do you get from artists around you?
“The work of other artists is essential to cultivating new ideas. I am constantly looking at other peoples’ art, whether in person or on Instagram, and it undoubtedly drags my own work in unexpected directions. Artists do not create in a vacuum! Everyone steals from everyone else, from simple colours to overarching ideas. I’m always searching for new ways to approach a painting; I source a lot of my techniques and processes from other artists. It’s almost impossible for me to not paint more like van Gogh while being constantly confronted by larger than life imagery of his paintings!”
Continue reading in issue No.8.
“Sun on a Seabed” by Kasey Kania
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