Posts Tagged ‘Ellara Woodlock’

Carmine Magazine: What drives you to create? Also, what inspires you and your work?
Ellara Woodlock: Cleverness, true originality, courage and humour, that is what I love in art, and what inspires me. My life and the lives of others are where I get inspiration as well, I’m quite drawn to memory, psychology, social issues. I think my desire to create comes from the need to speak about things that I can’t articulate, and to make the unreal and intangible a reality.

CM: Were you formally trained in art or self taught? Do you think it has helped you or hindered you?
EW: I’m a little of both. I was a fairly competent drawer when I decided to go to university, and I think university helped refine my technique. I’m still learning though, I’m never really at peace with my abilities.
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