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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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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Stephen Lee
How did your artistic journey start?Well, it’s certainly been a long journey – but it definitely started through my interest in music and being inspired by early album cover artwork. How did you arrive at the theme of your work?I don’t specifically work to a theme; it just seems to organically develop through everyday observation…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Lesley McDermott
How did your artistic journey start?I loved Art from a very young age, textures and colour especially, the smell of powder paint, making mud pies in the garden… not much has changed, I still love those things! How did you arrive at the theme of your work?The idea behind CURIoS began with a realisation that…
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THE SIX FOOT GALLERY INTERVIEW: Audrey McMenemy
How did your artistic journey start?Way back- I started drawing every moment I could in primary school! I cannot imagine not picking up media and drawing, cutting or tearing something. The plan to have art at the core of my life never faltered through high school, art school, my teaching career and my spare time.…
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