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  What first enticed you to start drawing?
I don't know. I was painting small landscapes at age 10, so whatever sparked that urge is sort of buried in the past. Have you ever studied under another artist? What is your artist background? Nope, all self-taught. I see that you paint scenes of Bucks Co., PA. Do you look for a certain scene or does the scene itself dictate what you paint? It has to do with light. Certain views in certain light simply take my breath away. What provides inspiration for your art? The changing seasons. The wonderful chaos of nature. You are both a graphic artist and a "fine art" artist. Your "fine art" that I've seen uses acrylics; do you work with other mediums? There are few mediums I haven't tried. Acrylic paint suits me because it dries quickly. I work outdoors as much as possible, light changes rapidly, paint that dries fast and allows me to work very quickly is ideal. Graphic design is of course now all done on a computer. At one time, that was not the case, but I enjoy the creativity inherent in the design and photo editing programs now available, they are remarkable tools for any artist. The graphic art that I’ve seen are mainly book covers. Do you do other graphic designs? Does the story dictate what you draw? The majority of graphic design work is advertising of one type or another. The book covers on my website are for my own novels and nonfiction titles, but I also design covers for other writers, especially for e-books, podcast cover images, websites. What do you look for in a work of art? Emotional content, which can come to a viewer in many ways. Who is your favorite artist and why? Tough to say. I like almost all types of art and have no favorite artists per se. Where do you see yourself and your art in five, ten, and twenty years? Oh my! You know, I have seen so many changes and surprises in my life that I no longer look that far into the future, that's a game for the very young! I am presently writing more than I am painting, so I'd guess that if that trend continues I'll have a shelf-full of books finished in ten years. Maybe. Time will tell . . . Is there anything else that you would like to add? Only to thank you for your time and interest in my work! I'm currently releasing my novels as podcasts, which can be subscribed to on my website and on iTunes, and I'm also involved in producing video trailers for my books which can be found on YouTube. I've been working on expanding my presence on the internet and can be found on Facebook and MySpace, plus on my own website, RobertaLeeArt.com.
Roberta Lee was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and moved to California in the early '70's, living in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz, then returning to Bucks County in the mid-80's.The majority of her paintings use subjects very close to her home-in many cases, literally in her backyard. She paints on site-outdoors-as much as possible in order to immerse her paintings in natural light. While she considers herself a realist painter, over the years she has been increasingly drawn to a loose, semi-impressionistic style that suits the rapid-fire nature of working outdoors, where light changes so quickly.
To visit Rusty Arquette, December, 2008 artist, go to his home. |
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