Aaron Ristau is this week’s featured artist.
Medium(s) you work in:
Sculpture.
How would you describe your art?
I have a fascination for creating art that blends nostalgic aesthetics with modern function.
What artist(s) living or dead inspire you? Why?
I am inspired by all of these artisans… Mel Ristau, Jacob Ristau, Andy Aaron, Brian Bosworth, Baron Margo, Luke Blackstone, Bruce Gray, Greg Brotherton, Steve Brundniak, Amelia Caruso, Christopher Conte, Chris Darway, Jimmy Descant, Dr Evermore/ Tom Every, Dan Flavin, Tim Flynn, Rod Ford, Arthur Ganson, Steve Gerberich, Nemo Gould, Tony Greer, Stephane Halleux, Michael Hammond, Arthur Higgins, Andy Hill, Steve Hollinger, I Wei Huang, Theo Jansen, Jim Jenkins, Tom Jennings, Buck Johnston, Erick C. Johnson, Eric Claverie, Maurizio Lamponi Leopardi, Paul Loughridge, La Paso, Mike Libby, Lineaus Lorette, Guy Marsden, Pierre Matter, Ingo Maurer, Jeremy Mayer, Rich Muller, Warren Muller, Richard R. Nagy, Lawrence Northey, Ron Pippin, Allan Rath, Dan Roe, Bruce Rosenbaum, Bjorn Schulke, Ira Sherman, Andrew Smith, Ann Smith, Mark Soppeland, Steve Stackpole, Lewis Tardy, Jud Turner, Todd Tychewicz, Terry Tynan, Michael Ulman, Jake Von Slatt, Dustin Wallace, Thomas Wargin, Roger Wood.
What are your thoughts on selling art?
I make art for myself and others to enjoy. I am flattered when someone purchases my art. The money from sales is a wonderful resource to further my craft.
What is the biggest challenge you are currently facing as an artist?
Communication and documentation technical hurdles that, when accomplished, will enable a better system for sharing my art with the world not just my immediate community. Oh, and time, money, and only 24 hours in each day.
What has been the biggest victory or success in your art career?
Pushing myself as an artist and a person to move forward with the pursuit of my passion and to see all the small steps of success and hard work bare fruit.
What are your short term artistic goals? And what are your long term goals?
Short term: To do more figurative and caricature sculpture as well as sculptural scientific demonstration concepts. And to work on the communication and documentation technical hurdles. Long Term: To build my fan base.
Anything else you would like to share?
Currently I have work in the Resurrections ECO-logy & ECO-nomy Show in Boulder Colorado.
And my solo show in the Fort Collins Art Lab opens July 2nd.
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Very modernistic look would be very appealing to the syfy crowd!