Name: Sophie McPike
Age: 20
Country: Australia
Website: www.homesickpipe.deviantart.com
At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
Since always! I remember making an amazing train when I was 4 or 5 out of tissue boxes and coloured paper circles. The train had eyelashes - it was the best!
What are you inspired by? And who do you look up to?
I’m inspired by almost everything I see or that is around me. I’m forever looking for new inspirings; it’s all I do, really. At the moment I am in absolute love with American artist Joe Leyendecker; Ahh gosh, his paintings blow my mind! Also, I adore music; my CD rack is exploding with beautiful sounds. Silent film is a great influence at the moment, too.
Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
Leyendecker is someone who has an amazing technique, so loose and full of movement, I would quite like to know all of his secrets. Toulouse Lautrec, Lempicka, Al Hirschfeld, Henry Major, to name a few, would be amazing to talk to.
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?
Oh gosh and gee, how can you choose just one!!!??? I don’t know if this quite counts, it’s definitely art though, but a still from my favourite film ‘Sunrise’ (though, choosing the still would prove to be quite difficult). Ahhh, such an amazing film…and I am really smitten by the leading man, George O’Brien.
Tell us about your creative process.
I have sketchbooks (I’ve just finished one!) that I doodle and scribble in - sometimes drawings can turn into paintings or etchings. But I usually research and find tonnes of pictures of a certain someone I want to paint and make some drawings of them. And I suppose painting in ink or oils is kinda similar - I just build up the layers.
Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
Well, if I didn’t make art I would be completely vacant and dull. I find it so hard to express myself in words, so art gives me a kind of release. It’s defiantly something I just HAVE to do...in my life.
As an artist, are you Technical or passionate?
A lot of the time I don’t really think a lot when I’m just drawing in my book. But when I make paintings, drawings or etches of a person I have to be technical and get the face to be as perfect as I can, but when I start painting I loose the plot and time flies, I think I either bite my lip or have a cheesy smile on my face when this happens.
How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
Usually I will do it all in one go and when I’m satisfied enough I’ll stop. Or when I can’t think of what to add next, I’ll definitely stop - I can sometimes go overboard and ruin it. I work pretty fast, and almost get ahead of myself and excited to do the next thing. Quite often I’m not entirely happy with the finished piece, but that’s good cause making it was so exciting and I have to make more art to feel that thrill again.
Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
Well, I’m not really sure. There are things that I would like to try, but am too intimidated or afraid, but I’ll get to it eventually, hopefully.
What frightens you most about your art?
Losing use of my hands and/or going blind! Art blocks scare me - or maybe just frustrate me. Besides losing the ability to create, nothing really scares me, I have too much of a blast.
Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
Buy new pens or pencils, and maybe new paper and sit somewhere new and just draw a whole lot of dreadful drawings until the knack returns, (but new pens usually help!!)
Do you dream about your artwork?
Not really, not of my works anyway, but some interesting ideas for drawings and sketches. I seem to dream about 19th century attire quite often, and I’m well interested in that!
Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
I’m always most excited about new works. I adore an oil painting I made of Anton Walbrook - I just started painting in oils and I learnt a lot and I did it for someone special. Also ’Shy Boy’ which is a pen drawing. It’s true to the person I drew, and makes me feel all tingly.
Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
I love inks, oils, etching, lino and pens. I etch on copper, so much better than plastic! My oil paint is just really old and almost dried up stuff from my nana, and my favourite ink I use is from a strange material shop!
What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
Did art all through school and am in my second and final year of a visual arts course. Maybe it’s important, but I kinda hope it isn’t.
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?
Maybe just a show here and there, nothing fancy. I want to open a gallery type shop with my good friend Hanna and we will make art and stuff behind the counter and it will be so lovely. I wouldn’t mind earning sooome money in making art.
Is your family supportive of your art? Who influenced and nurtured your creativity most?
Oh yes, quite very much, they’re lovely. Also had some wonderful teachers and the most beautiful friends…awww!
Who are some of your heroes outside of the visual art stream?
So very many much! All of my friends!
Right now: George O’Brien, Tiny Tim, Al Bowlly, Anton Walbrook, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Ray Davies, Ronnie Lane, O. Wilde, and songs, films, poems, flowers!
Country: Australia
Website: www.homesickpipe.deviantart.com
At which age did you start creating art? And why do you feel compelled to create?
Since always! I remember making an amazing train when I was 4 or 5 out of tissue boxes and coloured paper circles. The train had eyelashes - it was the best!
What are you inspired by? And who do you look up to?
I’m inspired by almost everything I see or that is around me. I’m forever looking for new inspirings; it’s all I do, really. At the moment I am in absolute love with American artist Joe Leyendecker; Ahh gosh, his paintings blow my mind! Also, I adore music; my CD rack is exploding with beautiful sounds. Silent film is a great influence at the moment, too.
Which influential artist would you like to ask for advice?
Leyendecker is someone who has an amazing technique, so loose and full of movement, I would quite like to know all of his secrets. Toulouse Lautrec, Lempicka, Al Hirschfeld, Henry Major, to name a few, would be amazing to talk to.
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?
Oh gosh and gee, how can you choose just one!!!??? I don’t know if this quite counts, it’s definitely art though, but a still from my favourite film ‘Sunrise’ (though, choosing the still would prove to be quite difficult). Ahhh, such an amazing film…and I am really smitten by the leading man, George O’Brien.
Tell us about your creative process.
I have sketchbooks (I’ve just finished one!) that I doodle and scribble in - sometimes drawings can turn into paintings or etchings. But I usually research and find tonnes of pictures of a certain someone I want to paint and make some drawings of them. And I suppose painting in ink or oils is kinda similar - I just build up the layers.
Do you ever find weird connections between life and art?
Well, if I didn’t make art I would be completely vacant and dull. I find it so hard to express myself in words, so art gives me a kind of release. It’s defiantly something I just HAVE to do...in my life.
As an artist, are you Technical or passionate?
A lot of the time I don’t really think a lot when I’m just drawing in my book. But when I make paintings, drawings or etches of a person I have to be technical and get the face to be as perfect as I can, but when I start painting I loose the plot and time flies, I think I either bite my lip or have a cheesy smile on my face when this happens.
How do you determine when a work is finished? Or is it ever finished?
Usually I will do it all in one go and when I’m satisfied enough I’ll stop. Or when I can’t think of what to add next, I’ll definitely stop - I can sometimes go overboard and ruin it. I work pretty fast, and almost get ahead of myself and excited to do the next thing. Quite often I’m not entirely happy with the finished piece, but that’s good cause making it was so exciting and I have to make more art to feel that thrill again.
Do you think there are boundaries you would never cross in your art making?
Well, I’m not really sure. There are things that I would like to try, but am too intimidated or afraid, but I’ll get to it eventually, hopefully.
What frightens you most about your art?
Losing use of my hands and/or going blind! Art blocks scare me - or maybe just frustrate me. Besides losing the ability to create, nothing really scares me, I have too much of a blast.
Do you have any magic cures for creative blocks?
Buy new pens or pencils, and maybe new paper and sit somewhere new and just draw a whole lot of dreadful drawings until the knack returns, (but new pens usually help!!)
Do you dream about your artwork?
Not really, not of my works anyway, but some interesting ideas for drawings and sketches. I seem to dream about 19th century attire quite often, and I’m well interested in that!
Which of your own works are you most proud of/ is most meaningful to you and why?
I’m always most excited about new works. I adore an oil painting I made of Anton Walbrook - I just started painting in oils and I learnt a lot and I did it for someone special. Also ’Shy Boy’ which is a pen drawing. It’s true to the person I drew, and makes me feel all tingly.
Which art mediums and brands do you prefer to use?
I love inks, oils, etching, lino and pens. I etch on copper, so much better than plastic! My oil paint is just really old and almost dried up stuff from my nana, and my favourite ink I use is from a strange material shop!
What kind of art education do you have? Do you think it is important?
Did art all through school and am in my second and final year of a visual arts course. Maybe it’s important, but I kinda hope it isn’t.
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?
Maybe just a show here and there, nothing fancy. I want to open a gallery type shop with my good friend Hanna and we will make art and stuff behind the counter and it will be so lovely. I wouldn’t mind earning sooome money in making art.
Is your family supportive of your art? Who influenced and nurtured your creativity most?
Oh yes, quite very much, they’re lovely. Also had some wonderful teachers and the most beautiful friends…awww!
Who are some of your heroes outside of the visual art stream?
So very many much! All of my friends!
Right now: George O’Brien, Tiny Tim, Al Bowlly, Anton Walbrook, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Ray Davies, Ronnie Lane, O. Wilde, and songs, films, poems, flowers!
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