Artist Interviews
Artist Grace Doyle
Growing up, I loved to record the world around me and express my feelings. Not once did my parents question my interest in art or indicate that it was not a viable career to pursue. I was lucky in that respect and forever grateful for their unwavering support.
Artist Ira Upin
As I got older I became more skilled, with an increasing desire to make stuff. This trait was obviously innate in my DNA. I instinctively enjoyed creating things, inventing, building, drawing, whatever – I liked to make things, it didn’t matter what.
Artist Daniela Vignoli
I love the language of the smile and I can communicate with it anywhere. I worked for almost 20 years as a casting producer where people and their diversity were my work material. Searching, looking, interpreting, stripping them is my talent. I'm a curious person, I like to move between ambiguous environments and people and dive into worlds different from mine. I'm always moving, mostly towards my inner self. The quest for self-knowledge is my biggest job in the last 50 years.
Artist Anne-Marie Zanetti
I am probably what you would describe as obsessively committed to, and passionate about my art; painting for me is an incredibly peaceful and meditative way to spend my time. I really enjoy challenging myself in all areas of my work to gain better skills and appreciation. My hope is always to create paintings that captures the wonder and fascination I experience throughout the world.
Artist Amnon David Ar
4th Edition 3rd Place Winner Amnon David Ar interviews with Boynes Emerging Artist Award Founder Chantal Boynes.
Artist Kuruma Reid
4th Edition 2nd Place Winner Kuruma Reid interviews with Boynes Emerging Artist Award Founder Chantal Boynes.
Photographer Younes Mohammad
4th Edition 1st Place Winner Younes Mohammad interviews with Founder Chantal Boynes on his work, journey and more.
Artist Phillip Gagnon
I’ve always drawn. Since a child in Grande Anse, New Brunswick I’ve had a pencil in hand. When I moved to British Columbia at 7 years my teacher sent with me a box of paper, crayons, pencils and watercolours telling my grandparents to encourage me to keep drawing
Artist Erik Nieminen
There’s no specific thing that inspires me to create artworks – it’s mostly borne of a desire to deal with the flux and chaos of the world we inhabit; to find a quiet resolution to all that. It’s not necessary that this becomes a reflection of society, as we are sometimes apt to believe is the function of art.
Kriss Munsya
My first camera was my father’s. He gave it to me as a teenager. It wasn’t until later in life that I appreciated this gift for what it was: a way to make sense of my surroundings. Photography makes the existence of what’s represented in the images undeniable.
Artist Samuel Wilson
“Let your creative drive move you forward. If you aren't excited about what you're working on there is no point in doing it. That's why we are artists, to create things that inspire us. Also decide what you want from your art.”
Artist Barbara Hack
“Perfection does not exist… only progress. Nothing perfect will ever come about. When painting, I strive to complete my best work that I can at that moment in time; all the same, I have to know and remember that my options do not include perfection. “
Artist Nikita Budkov
Nikita Budkov is a Russian born figurative painter who studied at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art. Budkov earned a place as a Finalist in the 3rd Edition of the Boynes Emerging Artist Award.
Artist Roman Orellana
“When I look at the skill level of other artists like Joel Rea, Salvador Dali, Guillermo Lorca Garcia, Robin Eley, and Steve Chmilar it is very inspiring. Also, the excessive amount of work behind a painting inspires me in a big way”
Artist Claire McCall
“I am drawn to everyday scenes that depict everyday life. I have spent many years at the beach with my family and I do love to paint light-filled images of figures playing in the shallows but I believe anything can be a good subject if the light is right.”
Artist Fionna Madigan
“I am interested in the geometry, subtle colour shifts and the sensed experience of being in, and of, the natural world. I like to work on a reasonably large scale so that I have an experience of my body being in relationship to the environment and to the painting.”
Photographer Keith Wilson
“I think I am driven, maybe, more than inspired. By the tightening of the world around the very people who labor to keep it alive. Directly: I am interested in anti-racist, anti-imperialist work, and I'm interested in finding wonder, still.” - Keith Wilson
Artist Richard Barnett
“I also felt a crying need to say something about what was happening in my country, and my paintings became my voice. As one year became two, and now four, my fascination with crowds and groups continues, but not all crowds are the same and I am exploring that as well - Richard Barnett
Artist Tom Ferson
“I’ve trained myself to find inspiration anywhere. I could be inspired by the colours in a flower, the mood of a song, a frame from a comic, a scene from a 70’s pulp horror film, or even time spent in bed with a lover. A walk down the street will reveal inspiration just as much as sitting with myself in silence might.” - Tom Ferson
Artist Jennifer Globush
“Jennifer Globush has spent most of her life amongst landscapes of industrial gold mining within the boreal forests of Canada. She has an intimate appreciation and love of the people, the abstract landscapes and unique yet everyday objects that result from living in the remote north.” - Jennifer Globush