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The Mobile Library tour date in Portland, ME is POSTPONED.
We are sad to announce that our tour date in Portland, ME has been cancelled. We look forward to visiting our fans there during our next tour season in 2015!
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The Mobile Library tour date in Portland, ME is POSTPONED.
We are sad to announce that our tour date in Portland, ME has been cancelled. We look forward to visiting our fans there during our next tour season in 2015!
The Mobile Library is going to Fergus Falls, MN!
The Sketchbook Project Mobile Library is stopping at several locations in Fergus Falls, MN for the weekend of September 11th-13th, and we'd love to see you out!
Please join us:
September 11th | 1:00pm-5:00pm M State-Fergus Falls September 12th | 1:00pm-5:00pm UM-Morris September 13th | 1:00pm-5:00pm Rourke Art Museum RSVP AND GET EVENT DETAILS HERE
The Mobile Library is going to Chicago, IL!
The Sketchbook Project Mobile Library is stopping at Galerie F in Chicago, IL on Friday, August 22 from 6:00pm - 10:00pm and Saturday, August 23rd from 12:00pm - 4:00pm and we'd love to see you out!
Please join us: August 22nd | 6:00pm - 10:00pm August 23rd | 12:00pm - 4:00pm Galerie F 2381 N Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL RSVP AND GET EVENT DETAILS HERE
The Mobile Library is going to Steamboat Springs, CO!
The Sketchbook Project Mobile Library is stopping at Bud Werner Memorial Library in Steamboat Springs, CO for the weekend! We'll be open every day from August 13th-15th and we'd love to see you out!
Please join us: August 13th | 7:00pm - 11:00pm August 14th | 2:00pm - 6:00pm August 15th | 12:00pm - 4:00pm Bud Werner Memorial Library Steamboat Springs 1289 Lincoln Ave S.S., CO 80487 RSVP AND GET EVENT DETAILS HERE
The Mobile Library is going to Seattle, WA!
The Sketchbook Project Mobile Library is stopping at the Seattle Public Library in Seattle, WA for the weekend! We'll be open on July 10th-12th from 12:00pm - 4:00pm every day and we'd love to see you out!
Please join us:
July 10th-12th | 12:00pm - 4:00pm Seattle Public Library - Central Library 1000 4th Ave Seattle, WA RSVP AND GET EVENT DETAILS HERE
The Mobile Library is going to Portland, OR!
The Sketchbook Project Mobile Library is making two special stops in Portland, OR! To start, we'll be at Portland Art Museum on July 8th & July 9th from 1:00- 5:00 p.m. We'd love to see you out! Thousands of sketchbooks have been sent in from across the globe to make their rounds across North America on The 2014 Tour. We are only in town for 2 days before moving along our route, so you won't want to miss it!
These events are totally free to attend. You'll be able to browse sketchbooks cataloged by theme, materials, tags, location, and much more. You can even pick up a blank book for creating your own submission to next year's project.
Please join us: July 8th & 9th | 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave Portland, OR 97205 RSVP AND GET EVENT DETAILS HERE
ARTIST INTERVIEW: ANDY MONK
ARTIST INTERVIEW: ANDY MONK
How do you think growing up in Australia has affected your art?
Australia has a beautiful landscape and it has always fuelled my imagination for fantasy. Also the aboriginal culture here talks of the Dreamtime, it's a rich mythology, a place with no time. Whilst my work is not directly from that mythology, it inspires my own alternate universe. I dream of strange creatures on the borders of reality that would dwell here too.
How would you define "Cryptocreastic Whispers"?
This was a rebirth of my graphite and detailed pencil work which I had not done for some time. I had just gone through a hard time in my life, this was my subconscious mind venting itself and channelling new muses. Allowing my mind to run loose.
What kind of illustration projects do you look forward to taking on?
I love doing creature work and anything that has a mythical feel. Things that evoke other worlds, the richness of life we take for granted.
Do you see yourself in any of your characters?
Definitely, they are all aspects of myself and human beings.
Do these characters appear elsewhere in your art?
The eye is a repetitive symbol for me through a lot of my art. It represents 'seeing' the truth, behind the veil and illusion of the world we live in. Seeing below the surface.
What does your art process entail?
It usually begins as a mental picture which I will pencil sketch, maybe a few iterations of an idea or I will rework the one drawing, almost like sculpting til it starts to emerge, sometimes I'm surprised what comes out. It will either then become a pencil drawing, a painting or a sculpture. I sometimes will do a rough sculpt of the idea to use as lighting reference for the drawing and painting.
Do you have an image in mind before you begin?
A lot of the time I have some picture, even if it is a very vague picture. I feel like a radio receiver sometimes, like I’m picking up a vague signal and through drawing I make that signal strong and clear.
What are your inspirations?
Music is massive for me, I listen to a lot of avante guarde, world and metal music. It evokes emotions. I also have started meditating and exploring other realms again in my life, I see things there that I bring back.
All other art forms inspire me and being in natural environments quietens my mind to hear the voice of the muse.
What materials couldn't you live without?
A pencil, kneadable eraser and paper!!!
I hope my sketchbook…
Is exciting and interesting for people to look at. I hope it evokes a childlike wonder, maybe with a slight mixture of uneasiness :).
Website(s): www.trickmonkey.com.au
SEE ANDY MONK’S FULL DIGITIZED SKETCHBOOK HERE!
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