Tag: Painting

An Interview with Fantasy Art Legend: Rodney Matthews

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It was truthfully my honor to be able to interview my biggest and long-time inspiration, fantasy and sci-fi illustrator, Rodney Matthews. I have followed his work since I was a very young child, which stimulated my dreams of becoming a professional illustrator. Rodney’s dedicated work ethic and imaginative ideas are more than evident in his creations but also in his intuitive responses in our interview. He tells me tales of his inspirations, details on how he sets about creating his artwork, amusing memories and experiences, and why he decided to go freelance…

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An Interview with Fantasy Painter: Josephine Wall

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I was lucky enough to end up in an interview with the exceptional fantasy painter, Josephine Wall. Her passions for light, colour, and visual storytelling are brought to life in her beautifully vivid creations. Josephine offers insight into the reasons behind her artistic passions, and highlights various key points about her artistic process and experiences. She also hints at her exciting future artwork plans…

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How Art Professionals Sustain their Success in the Creative Industry

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I participated in a collaborative research assignment which aimed to investigate the mechanisms that are crucial to creative professionals in sustaining a successful business profile. This involved each collaborator contacting various artists of their personal choosing, to interview them to discover their personal knowledge on subjects such as how they find work, their artistic process, advice for aspiring artists, and more…

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An Interview with artist: Jonathon Earl Bowser

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‘The Goddess Art’ of Jonathon Earl Bowser is mesmerising and elegant. What Jonathon calls ‘Mythic Naturalism’, his oil paintings are the ‘Dreamscapes of the unseen intention of the world wearing the appearance and processes of nature like a cloak.’ Jonathon’s enthusiasms and beliefs are evident in his responses in our interview where he underlines the difference between ‘fantasy art’ and what his artwork represents, further explanation into his beliefs concerning Mythic Naturalism and such subjects as cosmology, as well as recalling a number of memorable intriguing artistic experiences…

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