20 Q&As: Amy Devlin
- At February 26, 2019
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
AMY DEVLIN
Surface Light
1. When you were young, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
As an animal-mad child I was determined to be a vet. (I still love animals even if I’ve deviated from my original career choice.)
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
When I was studying textiles and fashion, I realised how much I would love to be an artist, but I wanted to travel so needed to work!
3. Were you good at art at school?
My early years were at a lovely school with absolutely no art training so I was hopeless when I got to high school. But I had a burning desire to learn it all and it started to fall into place then.
20 Q&As: Victoria Ball
- At February 18, 2019
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
VICTORIA BALL
Purbeck
1. When you were young, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
I always wanted to be an artist or a designer of some sort.
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
Since I could hold a pencil, I think!
3. Were you good at art at school?
I felt like I was – it was my strongest subject by far. A day with art or design on the timetable was always a good day.
20 Q&As: Lucy du Sautoy
- At February 14, 2019
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
LUCY DU SAUTOY
Until the Lights Come On VII
1. When you were young, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
I actually pictured myself as a high-flying and rather glamorous gallery owner!
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
I always loved painting but never thought I would ever be in a position to be able to devote ‘professional’ time to it. Having left a career in marketing to stay at home with our children I found I was craving creativity more and more. When I went back to college to study fine art part-time, and began to show and sell my work, I realised I could be an artist.
3. Were you good at art at school?
I was pretty good but I never felt I was ‘the best’. I still don’t!
20 Q&As: Elaine Kazimierczuk
- At March 04, 2018
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
ELAINE KAZIMIERCZUK
Rose, Rose, Lily (asymmetrical diptych)
1. When you were young, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
An artist, maybe one day… I was discouraged from envisaging art as a career, so I thought I’d have to find another job and see art as a hobby.
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
From when I could first hold a pencil – it was always my innermost wish.
3. Were you good at art at school?
I was the ‘good drawer’ at junior school – other children would ask me to draw things for them.
20 Q&As: Helen Melland
- At March 04, 2018
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
HELEN MELLAND
Passing Through (Night)
1. When you were young, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
I only ever really wanted to be drawing or painting for a living, but I had no concrete vision of how I would achieve that.
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
I think, consciously, I was maybe around 14.
3. Were you good at art at school?
Yes I was, but there were still highs and lows. Periods of making interesting work and other periods of being quite stuck.
20 Q&As: Yuki Aruga
- At October 22, 2017
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
YUKI ARUGA
Grace
1. When you were young, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
I wanted to be an artist.
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
When I was four.
3. Were you good at art at school?
I’m not sure, but I remember loving the subject. I was always lucky enough to have very encouraging teachers throughout my school years.
20 Q&As: Sara Willett
- At November 14, 2016
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
SARA WILLETT
After Ishihara 4
1. When you were young, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
Up until the age of about 15, I always imagined I’d be an artist.
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
As a young child, but the dream was put on hold for personal reasons.
3. Were you good at art at school?
Yes, but not very disciplined or neat.
20 Q&As: Daniel Ablitt
- At November 09, 2016
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
DANIEL ABLITT
Trust
1. When you were young, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
I went to see the careers advisor and I think he mentioned something about graphic design. For a while I wanted to be a barrister although this was quickly followed by the realisation that I didn’t want a job in the traditional sense of the word.
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
At about the age of 14 I realised it was probably my best bet.
3. Were you good at art at school?
Yes, but I had a very good teacher, which helped a lot.
20 Q&As: Annette Pugh
- At February 04, 2016
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
ANNETTE PUGH
Come into the Garden
1. When you were a child, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
I don’t think I ever really thought about it and if I did I don’t remember, although my career advisor said I should be a florist.
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
Difficult question. I always tended be making things, drawing and painting so I suppose it was just something that was natural to me rather than a specific career choice.
3. Were you good at art at school?
I enjoyed it but didn’t get much focused art teaching: lessons were generally sitting in front of a still life or creating a response to a title with block paints and pencils, however I did study art books and magazines at home.
20 Q&As: Clare Bonnet
- At June 14, 2015
- By Kate Bignold
- In 20 Q&As
CLARE BONNET
By Your Side
1. When you were a child, what job did you picture yourself having as an adult?
An animal rights activist and a clothes designer. I felt compelled to multitask from a young age.
2. When did you first realise you wanted to be an artist?
I always knew I’d do something creative. My parents still have a crayon drawing I did of my uncle when I was four. It bears an uncanny likeness to him (if you squint a bit).
3. Were you good at art at school?
According to my grades I was, but I didn’t have much confidence.
