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Abigail Tessier is a 2020 graduate with a Bachelor’s in Art Studio. After graduation, she moved to Ithaca, NY to seek an artist community and career, but with the current state of our world, her plans have changed slightly. So instead, she's been an essential worker while she continues to sell her art online. She mostly paint portraiture in a style that she describes as fluid, colorful, and abstracted. We have conducted a short interview with her. Swirl Girl (2019) by Abigail Tessier Why did you choose to work on abstract portraiture painting?  I guess that after trying semi-realism for a few years, I got bored of it. In my sophomore year of college, I created a painting inspired by Happy D; we were assigned to pick an artist and imitate their style. I think the objective was to learn how they accomplished the appearance of their painting, but instead I ran with the inspiration and experimented. My style has evolved more since then, but that was a defining moment....

What is outside is no longer outside. Trees, forests, mountains, rivers, lakes. Michael Nguyen has transformed these elements in his artworks into feelings, fantasies and dreams. They become part of our inner nature, part of the human soul. Through the subjective lens, Michael Nguyen gives all a new perspectives, a new soul. "Michael Nguyen's photography is the art of showing more than you can see. Making visible - worshipping the invisible, he walks with the third eye of a wanderer through the visual adventure of life. Michael Nguyen How did you become a professional photographer? Before this journey, where were you working on? Before I could consider myself lucky to work as an artist, medical nursing was my vocation. While working in the intensive care unit and the emergency room, I was confronted with great suffering and death. This certainly had an impact on my photographic work. Many of my photos, as one can see, are melancholic and sometimes a little b...

Born in Howrah, West Bengal, India but currently working and living in Kolkata, Kaushik Dolui graduated and completed Master Degree in Economics from Calcutta University. In his childhood days, he did the drawing and painting, later in his mid-twenties he developed an interest in photography. We conducted a short interview about his latest project Transformation. Kaushik Dolui How did you begin to develop an interest on photography?  In my childhood days, I did the drawing and painting, later in my mid-twenties I developed an interest in photography. I also completed a photography course form a local institution in Howrah, during the period of analog era. Earlier for two/three years casually I used to send photographs in different national/ international salons but without any success. My first international acceptance came from a FIAP salon of Hongkong in the year 2005. Slowly I started thinking about it seriously and decided to move on further. Later I participate...

Kärt Hennoste is an Illustrator/Graphic Designer based in Estonia, Tallinn. Kärt’s artworks are mainly inspired by moments in everyday life - simple thoughts and observations are being formed into pictures. She mainly loves to use lines and clean colours, to keep everything simple and clean in her art. Can you please introduce yourself shortly? My name is Kärt Hennoste (b. 1988) and I’m from Estonia. I live and work in the capital Tallinn. After graduating from the University of Tallinn as a Teacher of Art Education MA (2012) I have been freelancing for my own business called Fly Illustration.  What is a day in your life as an illustrator looks like? My days are affected by the projects I'm working on. Some projects require a lot of in-depth research and communication with clients to find out their vision (e.g. “Musical Instruments”). Days can be busy but It's sort of a routine. One illustration takes about 4-5 hours which requires good self disciplin...

The Crazy Mind spoke with author SP Rutledge about KING CAMILLA , his first children's book released on July 11 on AmazonBook and the author’s website . King Camilla delivers a message of hope for all kids faced with obstacles to achieve their dreams. KING Camilla is the first book in a series of three. Here is what SP had to say. Why did you craft this character, "Princess Camilla"? I needed a passionate main character who knew what they wanted to be from a young age, and a Latina Princess was a perfect fit. Camilla knows what her dream is and goes after it wholeheartedly! I also took this as an opportunity to write for underrepresented characters. I can't name many Latina and brown Princesses. I was so lucky to see myself represented in so many different heroes while I was growing up. I think every child should have the same experience that I did. My book intends to reverse this underrepresentation trend.  What is the key theme of your story? Fo...

Liesbeth Serlie, is an artist, born in Leiden, in 1967. From an early age she has been stimulated by the creative in the form of drawing and painting. The art academy has always had her interest and the passion for painting remained. From 2011-2017 she attended Higher Degree in Painting studies at the Arendonk Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium and graduated with honorable mention. Liesbeth has her studio in the stables of her farmhouse. A wonderful space to work on her paintings. How did you discover your passion in painting?  As a small child I was already drawing and painting a lot. Dogs were already a source of inspiration for me at that time, and I was following various paintingworkshops, my interest in painting, mainly animals and people, grew. It became my passion. Did you take art lessons or attend any art academy?  In 2011-2017 I established a Higher Degree in Painting Studies at the Arendonk Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium and graduated with ho...

In 1997, Tomoki Uematsu earned a bachelor's degree in art from the NY Department of Illustration at the Parsons School of Design. In charge of visual branding for global companies such as Google, NIKE, and Amazon. He is also involved in the planning and production of the logo and signature of Tadao Ando's architectural "Church of the Forest". He has won numerous advertising awards, including Cannes Lion, TCC, and, ADC. Creative Director of the German branding design company Peter Schmidt Group Japan. How long have you been in the Graphic Design field? What made you become one in the first place? I took an illustration course when I was a university student in NY, but I always liked trying new things and couldn't keep the same style as an illustrator, so I decided to design. I've been designing for nearly 20 years, and I know the flow of work, so now art is a challenge for me. Now, I am exploring new expressions by experimentally incorporating arti...