Art

Mariana Palova is a featured artist of the Miroir Magazine Inner Vision edition

The surrealist artist Mariana Palova has been actively pursuing her love of art since age seventeen. She studied art and design at the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. She is now an Illustrator at Flamel Stone, and a graphic designer at Thubten Dhargye Ling.
Her alchemical visions are expressive and delicate in detail. Surreal in nature, filled with symbolism and mystical elements. more » “Interview with the Surrealist Artist Mariana Palova”

Q: How long have you been an artist? Please tell us a little about your chosen medium.

A: My art career began when I started drawing all over my Maths and English books in primary school in South Africa. I got into HUGE trouble because one of the ladies I drew at the time was semi-nude. My artistic practice pretty much flourished from there when I realized that creating art was more fun than doing anything else. more » “Specter Theme. Interview with the Artist Bonny Hut”

Q: Tell us about your beginnings as an artist, when did you begin to draw or paint?

A: I Started to paint at an early age, this became the continuity of my life, although in the beginning I was not conscious of the artist inside me. Over the years all that creative potential became an essential part of my lifestyle, until finally it became my profession. It all flowed in a very natural way to that conclusion. more » “Exclusive interview with Peca”

Seb Barnett, the talented artist, tragically passed on October, 8. Here is the exclusive interview taken by Jo David and Nina Pak with Seb for the “Fantasy” issue of the Miroir Magazine.

Q: How long have you been an artist?

A: Looking back I would start defining myself as an artist around 2005, the ideas of what I wanted in art, what my own art was about, and who I was in the world of contemporary art started to solidify at that time. Before then I was just making images that I enjoyed, expressing some emotions through imagery. Being an artist is about much more than just illustrating my own experience, it is about a relationship to others, the viewer, the models, the individuals who are thought of while the art is made. Before 2005 art was just about me. The mentality that made it more occurred when I started thinking about the impact my art could have on others.

Q: Have you been trained, and if so from what institution? Or are you self taught?
more » “R.I.P. Seb Barnett”

Q: Tell us about your beginnings as an artist, when did you begin to draw or paint?

A: As early as I can remember, I made art. At age 5 I was making Dinosaur Dioramas in shoeboxes and Pop-up Dinosaurs made of paper. Did I mention I like Dinosaurs? I always drew, but didn’t start painting until the age of fifteen.

At age eight I started doing flip-pad animations. They started simple, just a ball bouncing. They evolved into seemingly always violent, but somehow hilarious scenarios, like a car crashing into a tree. One animation is of a surfer being eaten by a shark and features an early use of my present “above and below“ motif, which has always fascinated me.
more » “Exclusive Interview with the Artist Mark Garro”