Age:20
Country: Austria
Website: www.arempilu.deviantart.com
At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
I’ve always been drawing. Besides lots of princess without arms but with enormous long earrings, one of the first things I remember is a book I made when I was about 4. It’s about a tulip and a daisy who talk about summer, winter, weather and wanting children. I drew the pictures, and my kindergarten teacher wrote the words that I told her. I still have it and I’m very proud of it!
with photography i started about 2 years ago. I don’t really know, I guess it’s just because it’s a lot of fun, and it’s a great feeling to make things from the inside visible on the outside, and to others… it's just something I always did.
What are you inspired by? And who do you look up to?
FACES, I love faces. Shiny cheeks, red noses, twinkling eyes...
I’m mostly inspired by the way people look and move, gestures, facial expressions, and what they cause in my head.
Stories, so books, sometimes films, lyrics and music, light, colours, feelings, thoughts, parallel lives.
In an artistic way I look up to people who capture a lot of emotion and individual beauty in their pictures.
Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
I think I would like Ilon Wikland to teach my how to draw children in this absolutely natural loveable way she does it.
If you had to put up one piece of artwork on your wall and stare at it for a year, who would it be by and why?
”Vorlesung aus Goethes Werther“ by Wilhelm Amberg because i love how the girls show all these different expressions, and the colours and light are overwhelming. I want to be there too and listen. (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Wilhelm_Amberg_Vorlesung_aus_Goethes_Werther.jpg )
Or
„to bring you my love“ by Yannis Angel, because I completely love it since I first saw it, with this oh so magical mixture of glittery colours, grace, drama, and human beauty.
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs11/i/2006/246/4/7/__To_Bring_You_My_Love___by_dasrotkappchen.jpg )
Tell us about your creative process.
My ideas just come up quite suddenly, I trY to make notes so that I don’t forget them. Usually I make some small very ugly sketches to try out the gestures and poses. Then I just start.
Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
Without life there would be nothing artsy, so it's always connected
As an artist, are you Technical or passionate?
I think much more passionate, the technical comes along the way.
How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
It's either finished when i messed it up completely and there's nothing left to save, or when it finally looks like in my head.
Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
I don't know, but i think i would never be violent against someone else.
What frightens you most about your art?
Sometimes I’m afraid that pictures might reveal to much about me, or that they tell something I don’t really want to tell.
Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
Go for a walk in the woods.
doing something completely different.
Do you dream about your artwork?
No, but sometimes I dream about things, people I draw.
…but mostly I dream about Zombies.
Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
At the moment I would say “Heul” because it turned out exactly how I wanted it.
Mood, colours, composition...
Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
I prefer pencil, ink, and water colour, sometimes Acrylic paint.
I use pelikan ink and daler rowney system 3 acrylics (with more water as water colour :) ).
What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
I studied art history for a year. It’s interesting, because one gets to understand symbolism and such stuff, all the hidden hints. I’m not sure if it influenced my personal work that much, but it helped me getting a better feeling for how I can express certain things without being too obtrusive or incomprehensibly.
I think it’s not bad to have some kind of art related education, but it’s not really necessary.
What kind of career do you ultimately want? And what kind of career do you think you'll end up having (or already have) realistically?
if i could be anything i wanted i’d probably be an actress, because of the fact that you can live so many different lives and scream a lot, and wear gorgeous costumes, but that’s just nonsense, will never happen.
I’d absolutely love to be an illustrator.
Another thing i really would like to be is a speaker in radio plays or host a radio show (i like to talk…a lot). Perfectly would be doing all that at once.
I’m not sure yet what i might end up with. Maybe restoration.
Is your family supportive of your art? Who influenced and nurtured your creativity most?
Yes. They support whatever they find realistic.
My eldest brother can draw very good too, when I was younger I often asked him to help me with stuff like hands, but he forced me to do it myself, so I had to get better. Also he inveighs me when I moan to much...
Which direction do you see your art heading in the future?
I would like to try making videos, something that moves.
Who are some of your heroes outside of the visual art stream?
Oscar Wilde, Dinosaurs, Heidi, Jens Lekman, der Nikolaus, CocoRosie, lovely people, Lady Oscar, duckbills, Funny van Dannen
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