CONSCIOUS LIFESTYLE INTERVIEWS ARTIST EMMA RODRIGUEZ (MOONCRAB)
Scalmly actual, barely surreal, artist Emma Rodriguez’s mystical landscapes transport you into an alternate actuality that we’d very very similar to to go to within the flesh, or on the very least, our goals.
Aware Life-style Journal: How have your life experiences influenced you artwork?
Emma Rodriguez: My artwork relies loads round my very own psychological well being. For me, it’s a means of escape—not solely the inventive course of however the remaining picture represents a manner of getting out of the world that surrounds me and transporting me into one other place.
After I undergo low levels in my life, generally I really feel that’s when I’m most impressed to create one thing that represents the alternative of what I’m going by, or generally, even the precise factor I’m going by.
CLM: The place do you draw your inspiration on your work?
ER: I draw loads of inspiration from surrealist artists like Dali and De Chirico, and the entire surrealist motion on the whole because it was one thing I used to be very all in favour of throughout my time at college. I at all times intend to create one thing “different worldly”.
CLM: What messages does your paintings convey or what do you hope it sparks in viewers?
ER: I’ve had loads of messages from individuals who stated my artwork has helped them by robust instances and has healed them in some type of manner, which is gorgeous to me. I create the artwork for my very own mindfulness and self-care, and to know that it helps others with their very own conditions is one of the primary explanation why I stick with it making what I make.
CLM: How do you create your paintings? What’s the course of of birthing a bit like for you?
ER: I can’t say I actually have a course of; I by no means actually have when making artwork. I believe I simply get so excited by the imaginative and prescient of a remaining piece that I am going straight into making what I’ve in my thoughts,
after which it both works or it doesn’t. All my work is digital, so I first supply the photographs I think about in my head and type them collectively utilizing Photoshop.
CLM: For those who might share one vital piece of knowledge or message with the world, what wouldn’t it be?
ER: If I’ve realized something from expertise: it’s okay to take a break. For those who want a day to remain in mattress all day and really feel garbage, then go forward. It’s essential relaxation and recharge and provides your self permission to take a break from making an attempt to be productive and pretending that you just’re okay on a regular basis once you’re not.
Emma Rodriguez (also referred to as mooncrab) is from Bristol, England. She graduated from college with a level in drawing and printmaking. Her major focus is on digital mediums and landscape-based work. Her artwork is impressed by her personal ups and downs, because it’s typically these moments by which she needs to create one thing that helps her get away. Her work might be discovered at @mooncrab.jpg on instagram and mooncrab.co.uk
