Three by Three: Guest Artists in Focus
QUESTION 2. Themes of personal growth and quiet resilience appear often in your work. What experiences or inspirations most often spark a composition rooted in these ideas?
ANSWER 2. I was widowed at 27 years old, my muse, my husband, passed away. I have also been dealing with mental health issues, including bipolar and OCD since I was around 14 years old.
Skylar Blackerby
Multidisciplinary Artist
MEDIUM: acrylic paint, watercolor, charcoal, graphite, pencils, colored pencils
BIO: Skylar is a mixed media artist based in Wetumpka, Alabama. She uses different mediums to create expressive pieces rooted in emotion and personal experience. As a widow, she channels her journey of resilience, healing, and transformation into her art, blending bold color with delicate detail. Her work reflects strength, vulnerability, and the beauty found in life’s hardest moments, inviting viewers to connect through authenticity and feeling.
INSTAGRAM: @skylar blackerby art
QUESTION 3. As you continue evolving your style, what recent experiment or technique has surprised you the most in how it expanded your creative possibilities?
ANSWER 3. I love mixing acrylic paints with spray paint, it just gives such a dimension to my pieces. I have also been messing with photography, and it’s such a wonderful and versatile medium.
QUESTION 1. Several of your landscapes feel dreamlike yet grounded. What visual cues do you rely on to keep a piece suspended between reality and imagination?
ANSWER 1. I rely on a mix of real-world textures and soft details to keep my landscapes balanced between surrealism and realism.
Bradley Without Beard, 2020, Watercolor, 8 X 10 inches
Grief, 2024, Acrylics/ Spray Paint 16 X 20 Inches
Therapy, 2021, Acrylics, 16 X 20 inches
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Artwork may not be reproduced in any form without the artist's express written permission.
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