5. You have a portrait series which I am enthralled by. What is the inspiration behind this series?<\/strong>\u00a0 The portrait series is a set of snapshots of my life and people I encounter. Sometimes they are self portraits but mainly there are people I know personally or have read about. I\u2019m Interested mainly in the idea of humanity and what that entails. I like to catch people in an in-between space and explore that in paint.<\/p>\n6. How do you choose the colors in your portrait series?<\/strong>\u00a0 The colors that I choose can be quite arbitrary. I like to keep a great selection of colors on hand and I usually just pick one up according to what mood I\u2019m in.<\/p>\n7. Do you imagine any narrative continuity for the characters in your paintings?\u00a0<\/strong> There is definitely narrative in my work. I think that the characters I portray are related and (in a timeline) that is usually derived from day to day encounters or remembered interactions.<\/p>\n8. Have you ever asked a buyer, why my art? What is it about your work that interests them?<\/strong>\u00a0 I have asked that question because it\u2019s always a thrill that a collector appreciates what I\u2019m doing. The answers are never the same but I think a common thread is that people feel a sense of connection that is very personal to particular works.<\/p>\n9. How do you define success?<\/strong>\u00a0 Success to me is turning up every day and facing my paints. I\u2019m very fortunate.<\/p>\n10. What kind of art hangs on the walls of your home?\u00a0<\/strong> The art that hangs on the walls at my house is a constant inspiration! I have a great art collection. I\u2019m fortunate to own works by Gill Button, Blake Nubert, Dan Segrove, Peter Speight, Lucas Grogan, Nigel Milsom, Shaun Ellison and Luke Thurgate \u00a0to name a few of my favorites. I\u2019d say that they all have skills that I don\u2019t possess. So I learn from them just by having their work around.<\/p>\n11. What\u2019s the best advice you\u2019ve gotten from an artist, about being an artist?<\/strong>\u00a0 The best advice I\u2019ve been given by another artist is to become like the armadillo. I guess this means to have a hard shell, stay soft in the middle and keep on rolling!<\/p>\n12. What influences you as an artist?<\/strong>\u00a0 Everything influences my work but the strongest contenders would be music, storytelling, ugliness and love if I had to use a few words.<\/p>\n13. How would you like to be seen as an artist years from now?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019d like to be remembered as an artist who gave everything, was present and descriptive of our time.<\/p>\n14. If you could have dinner with 3 artists living\/dead who would be at your table?\u00a0<\/strong> Three artists that would be at my table would be: Sterling Ruby, Louise Bourgeois and Sid Nolan.<\/p>\n15. Three things you can’t live without in your studio?\u00a0<\/strong> The three things I can\u2019t live without in my studio are music, coffee and my studio mates!<\/p>\n16. Do you have a place\/person\/thing that you visit for inspiration?\u00a0<\/strong> I actually get the most inspiration from visiting my family in my home town. It\u2019s hard to explain but I find it very grounding to go back to where I came from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6594,"template":"","categories":[14],"class_list":["post-1244","artists","type-artists","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-painter"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/1244"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/1244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6596,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/1244\/revisions\/6596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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