Laura Ferrara

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I found American artist/illustrator Laura Ferrara's work through Pocketful Illustration Mag - I did try to find her website but it doesn't seem to be online at the moment, although she does have a Flickr account and it's well worth a visit.

Fashion Illustration | Bijou Karmen

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American illustrator Bijou Karman working on An ongoing series of illustrations of the Comme des Garçons collections throughout the years.

Cal Lane

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By comparing and contrasting ideas and materials, Cal Lane pulls together industrial and domestic life as well as relationships of strong and delicate, masculine and feminine, practical and frivolity, ornament and function.

Miki Saito

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Miki Saito, born in Japan 1985, has been constantly living between the USA and Japan throughout her life.  During her college years, her artwork was heavily influenced by her professor mentor and artist, Yoshio Ikezaki.  Miki's link to her website.

Judith Hoyt

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Judith Hoyt has been making work with found metal, paper collage, as well as collage with encaustic wax for twenty years.  She was born in 1958, in the Catskill Mountains of New York.

Toni Silber - Delerive

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I love looking down on things or taking a different point of view so Toni's aerial work just caught my eye. The colourful and bold aerial landscapes she creates show the world from a different perspective and by flattening the picture plane reduce details to strong graphic images. 

Working through the lens of the camera her paintings capture the moment, and let the image tell a universal story about a place or experience. The strong shadows hint at a certain time of day, at the same time creating the feeling of a familiar but distant landscape.

Julia Yellow

Note to students - just draw what's around you!  Julia's sketches are from the world around her - a way to document her life.

Donna Ruff

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Using unconventional techniques to make densely patterned drawings that refer to calligraphy and natural forms, Donna finds beauty and inspiration in sacred texts such as the Torah and the Qur’an, but also in the New York Times and the Manhattan phone book; in cathedrals, mosques and synagogues, but also in the warehouses of Chicago and Brooklyn.

Diane Jacobs

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Paper Bra : Detail

About Diane  "For me, hair represents humanity and is a rich material thick with history, genetics and societal taboos. I use hair in the form of hairballs, locks, sewing thread, matting, and weaving fiber.

In 1993 I shaved my head and began saving my hair. This daily ritual of rolling a hairball in the shower to later be used in my art is one way I weave my art and the everyday together. My creative process helps me understand the complexities, contradictions and injustices of the world we live in today."

Souther Salazar

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American artist Salazar’s artwork transports the viewer into a vibrant and endless world of overlapping narratives and dreamscapes— half-remembered, half-imagined places “where stories can develop and take on a life of their own.”

Rob Dunlavey : Creative Interview

This week I'm pleased to introduce you to a wonderful American illustrator and I want to thank him so much for taking the time to answer these questions and wish Rob lots of success and happiness in everything he does!

Tell us a bit about yourself and how you got started?

I've drawn pictures my whole life. Sure, I wanted to be a veterinarian and a zookeeper but those were youthful fantasies. I made illustrations for my mother, teachers, friends and school newspapers. It was just a matter of time before I tried to make a living at it. I've always believed that drawing and making pictures is a rare and exacting skill that people will pay something for.

I didn't start illustration seriously though until I'd completed a masters degree in Sculpture. Other odd stops along the way included work as an archaeologist and scientific illustrator, cartographer and art teacher. After graduate school (that sculpture degree) I moved to Boston and found free-lance assignments with the local newspapers and local educational textbook publishers. I also did work for computer game and educational software companies. I've been working exclusively for print media since 1995 or so.  And then the Internet happened and pretty much everything changed.

What item could you absolutely not live without as far as your work goes?

In the largest sense of the word "work", I absolutely could not live for long with out my sketchbooks and art supplies.

Are you an early bird or a night owl worker?

I am an incorrigible early bird and sometimes a night owl

This might be difficult to answer but, right now,  who is that one particular person who inspires you?

Right now? Today? At this moment? Only one? There are so many inspirations out there:

André François, Sophie Grandville-Justice, Saul Steinberg, Vincent Mathy, Benjamin Chaud, Serge Bloch, John Hersey, Morris Graves, Andrew Wyeth, William Hogarth, Delphine Durand, Aurelie Guillery, Thomas Baas, Leo Espinosa, Alain Lachartre, Steven Guarnaccia, Jon Klassen, Akinori Oishi, Kazumasa Nagai, Seymour Chwast… sorry! too many I know.

What do you love most about what you do?

Delighting myself and others, making art and the freedom it implies

If you didn't do what you do what else would you be?

Maybe play music and cook food

3 wise words to help new talent out there?

Listen, Persevere, Pay yourself first.

Good luck with everything. Best regards to Ziggy.     -- Rob         

Rob Dunlavey, Illustration

8 Front St.

South Natick, MA 01760 USA

phone: (508) 651-7503

cell: (508) 562-0055

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Brian Rea

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Los Angeles based artist Brian Rea is the former art director for the Op-Ed page of the New York Times. He has produced drawings and designs for books, murals, posters, music videos, and magazines around the world.

Sergei Isupov

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Penelope Dullaghan

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Image by Penelope Dullaghan : penelopedullaghan.com

Cart Before The Horse : Creative Interview

Following on from a recommendation made by Suzanna Scott, I'm still over in the USA with Jo and Dylan aka 'cart before the horse'. They are a mum-and-dad team, a two-person company of artists who make the kind of art they like, with each of their creations being made one at a time. I often wonder how people get their business/shop names and found out that 'Cart Before The Horse' was called this because they're always getting ahead of themselves. Great name!!! A huge thanks for answering my questions and lots of happy sales in 2012 and the future!!! Over to Jo and Dylan

Crow and Cat

What's your town/area like for promoting creatives like yourselves?

You can't throw a rock in Portland without hitting an artist. Not that we go around throwing rocks at people or anything. It's great for art collectors but not so great for artists trying to make a living locally. The prices are kept low by that whole supply and demand thing. That's why we love the internet!

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What do you love most about what you do and is there a down side?

We both love the freedom of setting our own schedules and never missing out on our kids' stuff. The down side is the temptation to devote all your time and energy into the work part of life, and neglect the play part. Luckily, our work is pretty damn playful.

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What’s your ideal working day?

Dylan and I have completely different schedules. I generally break work into two shifts, first from 10:am - 4:pm and then another after dinner that goes on as long as there's stuff to be done (or longer if I'm making something I'm really excited about). Dylan is the epitome of a night owl, starting his day around 1:pm and going until he's done. Of course, this is a really rough estimate as things change from day to day depending on what else we or the kids are up to. Whatever we're doing though, or however busy we are, we come together for family dinner every night.

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What’s your PLAN B

Plan B? Nope. After doing this arty thing full-time for the past 5 years, we are both profoundly unqualified to do anything else.

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Where’s your own favourite place to work?

I have a studio which I love! Dylan has a nomadic table that wanders around the living room. And an entire garage (which I completely avoid). And the kitchen table isn't off-limits either.

Do you work with music on or off?

For me, music off. In fact, my ipod is completely full of podcasts and audiobooks. Dylan is a musician, so the music is usually on, although he likes to listen to podcasts too. We'll both often watch streaming videos while we work too, depending on what we're doing and how much we have to pay attention.

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Do you have a routine when you start a new piece of work

We're always working on many pieces at once, but there's definitely a routine involved. It's long and particular to what we do though, so I won't bore you with the details. And I like to tidy up every evening so that I can start my day with something less-than-chaotic. Also, I write lots of lists.

Is it hard for you both to let go of a piece of work

Very rarely. We're both sort of on to the next thing by the time something is out the door. The process is the fun part!

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