Laura SJ FD

   

Above (left): The background artwork was created for a shoot at Studio f/11 with Jerome Razoir. The artwork on easel in the foreground was the inspiration for the shoot. The entire shoot lasted about 4 hours. Photo was taken by MidgePhoto from Studio f/11.

Above (right): Artwork completed at a free wall in Manchester in 2009. First attempt at spray painting with the help of Benjamin Hurley (someone much much much better at painting than me).

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What?

Since observational artwork has never been my 'thing' (although I have always been pretty good at copying cartoon style artwork). I have always loved to create artwork that comes from some bizarre place in my head. And that's basically what I do. I create images that are from my head which are usually bizarre.

Painting

• On - canvas, paper/sketch pads, wood, walls, rubbish, old car parts, and anything else really
• Using - acrylic, spray paint, acrylic pens (isn't that technically drawing?!)

Drawing/sketching/doodling

• On - canvas, paper/sketch pads, wood, walls...and so on.
• Using - felt-tip pens, pencils, gel pens, ball-point pens, permanent marker pens

Making

• Glueing, sewing, sticking, folding...and so on (imagine the way a four-year-old might operate)

Outdoor painting

Occasionally I get the guts to go and do some outdoor painting or sketching at the free graffiti wall local to me Phear Park Graffiti Wall - Exmouth. It's a great space and there is some really interesting artwork that pops up there.

Why?

I love creating art, and I couldn't image my life without it. Over various periods in my life, it is the one thing that keeps coming back and remaining constant (though sometimes a 'quiet' constant!). Artwork is my life. I live and breathe it as much as possible. My world is 'grey' without it. I do it because I love it. Not because I am paid or because I want fame. I simply, just, love it and it's part of who I am. 

When?

I'm pretty much doing artwork every day in the comfort of my own home, or half a dozen times down the local graffiti wall, but I work this around family life and my full-time job.

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