Brenda York

I have recently had the chance to interview an artist by the name of Brenda York. She has a very unique style that is a lot like cubism and abstract styles. She mostly paints people but she makes them unique by rearranging the features on their faces. I thought it was amazing that even though the people she paints are abstract she could still make them have a lot of emotion. They all had facial expressions that displayed some sort of emotion and it looked so life like. 

Brenda has been an artist for her whole life. She has been drawing for as long as she can remember and studied art in college. Most of her jobs have been art related and some of these include Graphic Design, jewelry making, children's book illustrations and now painting. 

I got to ask her a wide range of questions from what inspires her to what her her favorite kind of paint is. She is inspired by Picasso, who is also one of her favorite artists. She is also inspired by peoples faces because that is the most common theme in her paintings. She also has one trick that she uses to get started on a painting so that she doesn't get stuck. She starts with her canvas black instead of white because a blank white canvas can be a little bit overwhelming. 

I also talked to her about the kind of paint she uses. She says that she has used almost all different kinds of paints but has decided that she likes oil the best. It dries the slowest and is the most forgiving. If you want to change something on the painting the next day you can because it will probably still be wet. She says that watercolor is the least forgiving kind of paint. 

Another thing I asked her about was how she made a living as an artist. She said that she sells paintings through her website, online galleries, art shows and commission. I found it interesting how many ways that there really are to sell paintings to make a living. 

Overall I really liked interviewing Brenda. She was very open and I learned a lot about her, her art, and making a living as an artist. If you would like to look at some of her art for yourself you can visit her website at www.brendayork.com.