How are you doing right now Pat?
Doing great. Just woke up, since I was awake at the coffee store drawing late into the night.
How do you get your inspiration come? especially in he color you use and the coloring techniques that seems varied from each of your works?
My inspiration comes from mostly my environment, and an eagerness to abstract it to a level that portrays a certain mood. I’m really into natural organic form, human form, and also some man-made things I suppose. The color techniques change, whether I’m doing a drawing, painting on paper, or painting on panel. The color usually changes because I think it would be constricting to apply color just one way; Its good to explore different ways and levels of saturation, and there’s no reason you have to just settle with choosing one.
How to keep your creativity working?
Keep art on your mind, look at other artists that inspire you, and get motivated to keep working. Devote a lot of time to working through ideas. Sometimes I have non-creative bouts, but more often the problem is not liking any ideas I have for creations. Its a mind game, but you just struggle through it and think of something new.
Time-lapse Drawing from Pat Perry on Vimeo.
Favorite media to channel your imagination?
Drawing with pen/ink, and painting with acrylics.
Your future plan?
I’d like to keep making art for a living and I’d like to have another show next year. Maybe eventually get representation from Artist Representation Firm, and do illustration for companies that way. I like living in Grand Rapids, MI, but I’d like to possibly move somewhere else too. Besides that, I want to keep traveling and backpack a lot more than I have been.
