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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Jaz
How did your artistic journey start?As a child, I was always doodling, but I only took up painting a few years ago as a hobby. How did you arrive at the theme of your work?I guess I’m a bit of a drama queen, I love people but particularly dramatic views that make you wonder what…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Conor McConville
How did your artistic journey start?I’ve been painting and drawing since I was a kid. My great uncle did watercoloursof landscapes, so I would borrow a lot of his art supplies. I still have his paintingstorage box today. But if I had to pinpoint a moment when art first sparkedinterest for me it would be…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Kayla Spence
How did your artistic journey start?I started drawing as a child, mainly animals I loved and it grew into documenting the natural world around me in any form I could, after I left high school I knew art school would be the place for this to flourish. At Gray’s School of Art is where my…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Paul Homes
How did your artistic journey start?From early on I was interested in performance, and in my youth I appeared on TV, radio and the stage. After I graduated, I worked as a TV director for nearly twenty years before moving into academia, where I developed an interest in video art. How did you arrive at…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Heather Downie
How did your artistic journey start?I am a visual artist and animator from Scotland currently living and working in Glasgow. Having graduated from my Painting undergraduate degree at Edinburgh College of Art in 2019 followed by a MSc in Animation at the University of Dundee in 2021, I continue to work across a range of…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Shiqi Fu.
How did your artistic journey start?When I was a kid I loved to make my own crafts and I always liked to accessorise myself, so it started around that time. How did you arrive at the theme of your work?My theme is about some innocent fantasies from my childhood and these ideas have always been…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Alan Rutherford
How did your artistic journey start?It started officially 30 years ago (Sept 1993) when I started full-time at Langside College and studied, amongst other things, A-level art. From there on it was a case of spending the following year doing a portfolio prep class for a year at Cardonald College and and then studying at…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Erin Matheson
How did your artistic journey start?I was always artistic throughout school and growing up. Always making something out of a cardboard box and sellotape. My family always encouraged me to follow my creativity and when it came to my chosen university subject, I chose to follow it and go do a degree in fine art.…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Helen Campbell
How did your artistic journey start?Although I have always been artistic throughout my life, this part of my journey started with my love for food and cooking, and a desire to represent my cooking photographically more desirably. So I started taking photos only to discover a love for photography. I spent 4 years developing my…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Olga Dean Hart
How did your artistic journey start?I joined a group of watercolour artists in my local village hall. At that time, I had two small babies, and this class was a much-appreciated getaway. This has turned into a new pathway for me. I applied to UHI University in Inverness for a portfolio class and later joined…
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