Three by Three: Guest Artists in Focus
QUESTION 2. Your palette often leans into luminous crimsons, ambers, and golds that feel both energetic and contemplative. How do you approach color when working with a medium where hues shift so quickly and interact so unexpectedly?
ANSWER 2. I am drawn very much to red autumnal tones as these are taken from my own minds eye - it brings passion and light to attract the view of the onlooker and warmth to show compassion. Each cell creates a new hue and this is all part of the journey of the piece - I stop blowing the inks when they tell me to.
Julie Payne
Artist
MEDIUM: mainly alcohol inks & pen
BIO: I live in Caterham, Surrey and I turned to art to help me through the passing of my Mum in October 2024. Whilst creating art I find it totally immersive and calming - almost as if time no longer exists, just me with the inks and paper exploring whichever route they send me on. In relation to AI - although there maybe some who find it useful, this takes away the passion and skill required to create. All human input has been removed - so sad to see the art world revolving into a machine.
INSTAGRAM: @inklights_julie
QUESTION 1. Yupo paper gives your work a distinctive translucency and movement. What drew you to this surface originally, and how has it shaped the voice you’re developing as an emerging alcohol ink artist?
ANSWER 1. I find the yupo paper lends itself very well to the flow of the inks - it allows freedom to move the inks to where I want them if creating a particular vision or I can allow to let the inks create their own patterns on the yupo surface.
Pagoda Mist, alcohol inks with pen on Yupo paper
Falling Landscapes, alcohol inks with pen on Yupo paper.
Open Your Eyes, alcohol inks with pen on Yupo paper
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QUESTION 3. The contrast between your flowing colors and the structured black-and-gold line work creates a striking visual dialogue. What emotional or thematic role do those fine-line details play in shaping the final mood of a piece?
ANSWER 3. The structure is usually the last piece of the puzzle of my work. It helps guide the viewer to appreciate the light and darkness within - I find the more you look the more you see bringing the inner child out to play.