Why do you paint?
What excites you
about making art?
Personally I love
the idea of creative
freedom – being able to draw or paint
whatever idea you choose to pursue.
There’s no right or wrong way to
make a painting; this process is one
I like to use when I want to challenge
myself. It requires me to be open
to new visual ideas and solutions,experimenting from start to finish
and hopefully coming away with a
greater knowledge of how to tackle
visual problems, thus increasing that
creative freedom I’m looking for.
A good starting point for this type
of challenge is to make some of your
weaknesses the focus of the image.
This is a great way to push your visual
comfort zone and train your problem
solving abilities. Artificial structures
and material contrasts were areasI felt I needed to work on, so I based
this image around a highly ref lective
object in a man-made environment.
We learn so much from our
mistakes – that’s why I think
exploring uncharted waters and
looking for new solutions is so
worthwhile. In fact I believe all
creative disciplines are linked and we
can transfer what we learn from one
discipline to another, to create more
interesting and unique results.Sean Sevestre
location: England
Sean is an artist of many
disciplines. He’s worked
as an illustrator and
concept artist in games,
TV and films for
companies such as
Blizzard and Netflix.
http://www.seansevestre.com
Artist
proFileAugust 2017^67
In depth Experimental art