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Imaginefx/lightbox poster
I love, love, love the poster that came with my latest Imaginefx [issue 186]! Claire Wendling has been a huge inspiration to be for many, many years. Both her Desk and Daisies books are treasured possessions. I would recommend them to anyone who’s serious about art. For me, her sketches, renderings and development work are without compare.
My next aim is to get to California and Lightbox Expo as I might get a chance to meet her. Please can you do a competition to win tickets and travel to the event?
Craig, via email
Claire replies Ah, once you fall for Claire Wendling’s work, you fall in love pretty hard. Her work is fantastic – it’s unpretentious and utterly refined at the same time. As for Lightbox Expo, I’m sure we’ll be working closely with the organisers on prizes and tickets for the event, but I doubt it will include travel. Thanks so much for writing in about the poster – we love it as well!
Artist in Residence – live!
Have you thought about doing video interviews with the artists for Artist in Residence? You could video them showing us around their studio as they’re being interviewed. Artist in Residence is the first page I go to when I download my copy of the mag. I’d love to sit there and watch a video of their studio. Savannah, via email
Claire replies Savannah, you and me speak the same language. I would LOVE to see this! It’d be fantastic to actually see the artist sat at their workspace chatting about how they use the space. Unfortunately, it’s not something that we could easily put together, but thank you for your great idea!
Yes to clued-up artists!
Thanks for your interview with Camilla D’errico [issue 185]. To be honest I’m actually quite new to her work, but what I enjoyed about the interview was Camilla’s focus on her merchandise and also the selling of her art. It was refreshing to see an artist who’s aware of her worth. Quite often you’ll see artists avoiding the money or direct-selling aspect of art because it’s seen by some as a dirty secret.
Camilla’s approach was good for me to see as I am about to branch out into the world of selling my art and I need guidance! Thanks to Camilla for inspiring me.
Grace, via email
Claire replies Grace, I totally agree with your points. I’m in awe of artists who build their own brands and go for it. Camilla is a great example of this tenacity as well as skill. You didn’t provide links to your work, but please send them in when you set up a shop. Thanks for emailing in, I’m sure Camilla will be pleased to have inspired a fellow artist.