Rhiannon Strickler is this week’s featured artist.
Medium(s) you work in:
Beads . Paper . Paint . Clay. Computer . Yarn/Fabric . Collage . Written Word.
How would you describe your art?
I believe my art ranges from specifically precise to up-for-interpretation amorphous. Often I want my pieces to have perfect symmetry and structure. Other times, I prefer exploring the emotion, color relationships, and textures in a project.
What artist(s) living or dead inspire you? Why?
I am more inspired by concepts, form, emotion and symbolism. I am probably most impressed with the work of unnamed artists that I see day to day.
What are your thoughts on selling art?
Selling art is vital. I wish more people wanted artfully made items. I believe life would exude more joy and accomplishment if people incorporated more art in their lives. People who do not enjoy creating art can definitely appreciate fine craftsmanship and get joy in art that speaks to them. Art can be in anything, be it a unique hexagonal home design, painting of a flying squirrel, or a collage of herbs. I find it tragic how ‘big box store’ purchased items have erased the passing on of artful and valuable heirlooms.
What is the biggest challenge you are currently facing as an artist?
Distractions . Space . Funds . Tools . Medication . Space Again
Distractions ~ You know, like getting hungry. Cleaning up. TV. I am not a lover of these.
Space ~ Working on several projects at once is my favorite thing to do. I like to let one piece’s glue dry while I paint another work, then when it is drying, sand some metal for another project and so forth. I like to ‘make the art rounds’. The keeps all the projects exciting. Sanding metal also gives me the chance to contemplate my next move with the painting… painting gives me the chance to work out the logistics of fitting the metals together aesthetically.
Funds ~ I’m particular about what goes into an artwork, therefore most pieces are expensive to create.
Tools ~ Silk screening… glass cutting… wood working… spacious work area… all these would be so extraordinary to have!
Medication ~ My medication for schizophrenia is a creativity cloud. Therefore, I find different methods of working through and clearing away this fogginess. This is very difficult work, more difficult than the art. I am naturally inclined to art but I must harness this so I do not have my imagination and creativity backfire on me.
Space Again ~ Oh, where does one safely store both in-process and finished projects!?
What has been the biggest victory or success in your art career?
Writing award winning short stories . Creating themed-art project packs for young children . Faith Marks featured in art shops . Successful custom home decor projects . Increased abilities in painting technique . Creative dramatics learning techniques.
What are your short term artistic goals? And what are your long term goals?
I will forever desire to increase my proficiency and connect with people more in what I create. Explaining concepts, symbolic representation and beautifying the form of everyday things are ongoing goals in my art.
Anything else you would like to share?
During my college years, I was determined to define a cohesive, universal, interdisciplinary summary of all. Determined to collect and analyze data and show how everything intertwines. How everything depends upon and reacts to everything else.
Physics, a beautiful dance. Dance, a repertoire of flowing sciences. We interpret these interactions. We feel relationships. Within boundaries, we puppeteer our business medium, our medical medium, our electrical medium. But these things puppeteer us, as their laws and restraints are strings upon us.
Today I collage the arts instead of collaging every area of study imaginable. I find that proves less maddening and has a greater chance of success.
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