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Neoteric Art: Give us some history on yourself.

Timothy Vermeulen: I was born in Paterson, NJ the son of a funeral director. For many of my formative years we actually lived in a funeral home and had a morgue in our basement. I have never figured out exactly what effect this has had on my psyche. Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: You grew up in Iowa and received your BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Discuss the transition moving from Iowa to Chicago, time spent in art school and your time since being a working artist.

Darrell Roberts: I spent most of my early life in school about twelve years of college and art school. After six years, I finally finished a BA in Art History, at the University of Northern Iowa, where I also took painting and drawing classes and immediately moved to Chicago. Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some background history on yourself including time spent in art school.

Kathryn Arnold: Growing up in the Midwest, we took many family vacations where we traveled across the United States. I did undergraduate work, first two years at the Kansas City Art Institute (which has an excellent Foundation program) and completed my BFA at University of Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some background history on yourself.

Jay Zerbe: My sister (who is also an artist) became involved with art in high school. We hung out a lot, and she decided to teach me what she was learning. (And I have to say that process continues today!). I found I was good at making art, and became more and more interested. By the Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: You have been painting for over forty years. Discuss how your painting has changed and evolved over the years.

Robert Stanely: For the first five years or so, I made art blindly. I took what I’d learned in school and “developed” it. Then, finally, I made a painting, a real painting. A living moment, paint, color, and composition—all came together. The moment was a sudden head Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us some background information on yourself including when you decided to be an artist.

Michael Behle: I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri in a working-class family. My father’s family owns and operates a materials supply company in which I worked on and off as I was growing up. In many ways, that experience has informed the sensibilities of my work. Like many artists Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: You are a self-taught painter. Do you feel this is an advantage compared to a “trained” painter?

Eric Mecum: Since I am self taught I have to think I have some kind of advantage over all the trained artists in the world. Maybe my final product is more pure. I learn from my own trial and error, at my own pace, my leisure, my excitement and all my artistic influences have been Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Give us a little history on yourself.

John C. Traynor: I was born and raised in western New Jersey. I had an interest in painting at an early age. I graduated early from Delbarton High School and entered Paier College of Art at the age of 16. While at Paier I studied landscape painting during the summer in Vermont Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: Talk about your painting philosophy.

Chris Gwaltney: The painting is a problem to be solved. It’s a puzzle, an equation that’s looking for a solution. I’m drawn to art that allows me to see elements of that argument. The ruins of original thoughts still visible in lines or shapes in the finished painting engage me. Corrections, erasures Continue reading »

Neoteric Art: You are a self taught artist. In your opinion, what is the difference between a self taught artist and an artist with training and/or a degree?

Eve Plumb: The difference may be confidence. I often feel like I’m trying to re-invent the wheel, and if I’d had training it wouldn’t take me as long to discover a technique or a medium. I’ve done lots of experimenting, though, and that always teaches me a direction. There seem to Continue reading »