Welcome to my first blog
Heya!
My name is Chaz Kemp and I consider myself to be a professional Art Nouveau illustrator. This blogging stuff is a very new experience for me & I hope that you will join me as I explore the world of art, life and the struggles of being a free-lance illustrator. I've been a professional illustrator for a little over 10 years now. I worked in the corporate world for much of that and after being laid off for the third time decided that it was past time to do my own thing. I could jump on my soapbox at this point & rant - but we'll just say that I'm much happier now. :) The clients I have now are AWESOME & I get to create & grow as an artist. Yay me!
First off, this blog is not intended to be all formal and junk and the chances of me winning any kind of literary blog awards (if there are such things) will be slim to be sure. I like to write the way that I talk and I hope that you're cool with that. That being said, I hope that over time I'll be able to refine my writing style so that at the very least I'll be understood and perceived to be somewhat competent. lol
Secondly - I'm going to be writing about art. I'll probably focus primarily on Art Nouveau; the movement, the artists and the profound effect that it had on society and the world of advertising. I'll also be using this blog to write about my own illustrations and as a means of self-promotion for my art & my store. I'll also try to feature modern artists that I really admire (& envy) because, let's face it, we can always use more exposure.
Thirdly - I will eventually try to link in with other artists' blogs or quite possibly turn this blog into a community (a conspiracy?) of like-minded artists. Each with their own blogs, opinions, influences and voices. Maybe we'll work it so that each of us does a blog here once a week. I think that would be fun.
Lastly - The reason I call this blog "Artistic Intrigue"... One of the definitions of the word intrigue means: To cause a desire to know more and to cause to be interested or curious. The words crafty, mysterious & clandestine are in there too. So this blog will hopefully cause a desire to know more about my illustrations, myself, my friends and the world of Art Nouveau.
Stay tuned & thank you.
Chaz
My latest illustrations are here: http://rookemare.deviantart.com/gallery/
The link to my shop will be posted soon...
My name is Chaz Kemp and I consider myself to be a professional Art Nouveau illustrator. This blogging stuff is a very new experience for me & I hope that you will join me as I explore the world of art, life and the struggles of being a free-lance illustrator. I've been a professional illustrator for a little over 10 years now. I worked in the corporate world for much of that and after being laid off for the third time decided that it was past time to do my own thing. I could jump on my soapbox at this point & rant - but we'll just say that I'm much happier now. :) The clients I have now are AWESOME & I get to create & grow as an artist. Yay me!
First off, this blog is not intended to be all formal and junk and the chances of me winning any kind of literary blog awards (if there are such things) will be slim to be sure. I like to write the way that I talk and I hope that you're cool with that. That being said, I hope that over time I'll be able to refine my writing style so that at the very least I'll be understood and perceived to be somewhat competent. lol
Secondly - I'm going to be writing about art. I'll probably focus primarily on Art Nouveau; the movement, the artists and the profound effect that it had on society and the world of advertising. I'll also be using this blog to write about my own illustrations and as a means of self-promotion for my art & my store. I'll also try to feature modern artists that I really admire (& envy) because, let's face it, we can always use more exposure.
Thirdly - I will eventually try to link in with other artists' blogs or quite possibly turn this blog into a community (a conspiracy?) of like-minded artists. Each with their own blogs, opinions, influences and voices. Maybe we'll work it so that each of us does a blog here once a week. I think that would be fun.
Lastly - The reason I call this blog "Artistic Intrigue"... One of the definitions of the word intrigue means: To cause a desire to know more and to cause to be interested or curious. The words crafty, mysterious & clandestine are in there too. So this blog will hopefully cause a desire to know more about my illustrations, myself, my friends and the world of Art Nouveau.
Stay tuned & thank you.
Chaz
My latest illustrations are here: http://rookemare.deviantart.com/gallery/
The link to my shop will be posted soon...
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