Posts by Margo Moore

"Don’t stop. Don’t jump off from the art train. We artists are all on the fast running art train. Once you decide to jump off from it, you’ll never be able to come back."

Jacob Paiz is an Alaskan artist who grew up in Anchorage. He specializes in fine art and digital design.

"Libraries hold a special place in my heart because they were where I would go to create digital paintings before I was able to land a job. Looking through the books there would provide me with inspiration. Also, I loved libraries for the people-watching opportunities."

"I don't know that I'll ever feel like I've fully mastered painting or any other medium, but when I catch glimpses of it in the zone, during that rare effortless balance between technique and what I'll call, say, "blissflow," I'm shown that the reason I do this is for those moments."

"Nature stuns me, unfathomably immense. I am constantly learning from it. Each painting becomes a landscape that I inhabit."

"My work is meant to provoke an honest conversation about race and difference. In the best of worlds I imagine my work engaging with the viewer in an intimate way. Reminding them of self and sparking a conversation, an interrogation, questioning."

"When I work on a project or a single image, lines and scenes from books often float at the back of my head."

Bell, a New York City-based cartoonist, is frequently included in the 'Best American Comics' anthologies and several of her books are available in NYPL's collection.

French draftsman and illustrator, Augel is the author of several books for children including the comic book 'Young Mozart.'

A cartoonist and writer, she talks about her influences, her work and her career (she submitted over 100 cartoons to the New Yorker before having one published!).

An interview about the themes of his work, his process and the impact of the pandemic on his life and work.

She describes herself as an "artist and enthused educator who peels apart topics on race, gender, and identity."

"I think art, all art, is the exploration and expression of being, and an exercise of discipline. It's a representation of the individual human experience and possibilities for the future. Without art, life would be empty"

"Asking an artist 'Why art?' is like asking a fish 'Why water?' It is not a choice."