::::featured artist:::lauren athalia::::

a. Favorite Art Material: Photography

b. Places of inspiration: I find that I get a inspiration boost whenever I’m out of my normal routine. Maybe on a short road trip or a long vacation to anywhere. My brain just starts filling with new ideas.

c. My favorite website right now is www.pinterest.com. Most people use it for crafting and cooking but I use it as a mood board for all of my upcoming shoots. I can pool most of my visual inspiration into one place and refer back to it anytime even in the middle of a photo shoot.

d. What provokes you to create art? The challenge of telling a story through photography like no one else is my constant motivation to create.

See her work here,

www.laurenathalia.com

{{ Lauren and I took paper making together in our undergraduate programs. It was a summer course, so a bit more intimate than the regular studios. We traveled to the countryside to check out a grass roots artist studio, and embraced the harsh hours of daily summer class. She is obviously super talented. And I really dig her whimsical narratives. Check out her blog for the process photos which are my favorite. She has creativity oozing out of her. I admire that she takes on so many aspects of the creative project. }}