Grace Gallery Guide: illustration

Leigh Viner | Illustration

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I was born and raised in Denver Colorado where I still reside at the moment, (dreams of a second home across the Atlantic are always on the back of my mind)

I have taken Photography, Drawing and Commercial Art classes, but am mostly self taught. I love to bring a lot of emotion into my work recapturing those little moments in my life. I am also greatly influenced by the fashion industry as I have always had an interest in Fashion Design and the aspects that make up an editorial in fashion/photography/makeup..

I am a freelance all around Artist/Photographer. I am never settling on one thing or the other. I have always been the curious one in that I need to continue to grow, you will see a lot of that in my various pieces of work. I also worked as a Makeup Artist which has influenced my work greatly.

I started selling my Art in 2003, joining Etsy in 2007 and now lucky enough to work full time doing what I love each and everyday.

All images © Leigh Viner

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Oriol Angrill Jordà

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“I did not start like most of the artists I’ve met. As I’ve been listening, a majority of them had been enthusiastic about Art, almost since they were born, as a native desire to create or express themself.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t like that to me. It was like a research of what I did better. I really had no interest in drawing or art culture. I completely unknew there were people living and working on Art. Despite my childish ignorance, I had already an easily skill to draw or rather that, a facillity to represent what I saw on paper.

At the age of 12, I started doing my first art lessons as an after-school activity, with the same educational purpose as parents take their children to music lessons or sport activities. By the way, I also did those other activities.

I’ve always been a bad student and I had a fervent tendency to distractions. I used to waste massive time starring at each shade, light that brighted onto my classmates, following the flight of a fly or how the pencil fell down while I was pushing the table up with my feet.

With tough efforts to study and gradually passing courses, years were going on with no artistic relevance up to High School when I found out what I did not like to do. I managed to pass 1st High School in Science and then I changed to Art branch to start my early knowledge about the world of Arts and people that surrounds it. Began huge family problems due to my absence from school. I failed and the following year was quite similar but less frequently non-appearence issue. Unconsciously, I became more and more interested in the artistic world, images, pictures, illustrations, featured artists… M.C. Escher was who encourages me to make draws as better as I could.

Then I realized that I could do something well done enough. After that, I started Illustration at the Escuela Superior de Diseño de las I.Baleares. There, my interests were almost clear and I decided to dedicate myself to Art and do the best I can.”

“I just like to draw things that happens in real life, I’m tired to visit contemporary art galleries or museums, all I find there it’s just like visiting primary schools on a parent’s day. They try to express themselfs in a random or painting fade throwed on a canvas or sticked trash into a litter. All it is shown is valid and allowed.”

All images © Oriol Angrill Jordà

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Howard Tangye | Australia

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Born in Australia. Loved growing up in Mt Isa and Magnetic Island. Dreamt or coming to Europe and possibly to study fashion in Rome.

Didn’t know how to go about it when I arrived there. panicked and probably directed to St Martins School of Art.

Graduated in 1974 and went on to post - graduate study at Parsons School of design New York, specialising in drawing.

In drawings I have always placed importance on character and the body and how it moves. When i designed clothes I also wanted the line to flow.

I have been drawing practically all my life and was encouraged by my parents and inspired by my older brother who was great at drawing cartoons. Drawing is part of my life and I have never really stopped doing it even when I was working in other areas of design.

I draw for myself and if I am not doing it physically I am mentally casting a line.

It’s demanding, and not always a happy experience. It’ a bit like falling in love, but unrequited.