Hi dear readers!
Today we have an exclusive text written by Rory Kurtz just for indiesart about his new work.
I hope you will enjoy!
«Most recently, much of my work has been illustration for assignment. The challenge, naturally, is to produce work that meets the needs of the publication/client, while finding some thread of personal investment or vision to give the piece it’s spirit. You have to put a little of yourself into them, or they’re dead on the page. For me, that spirit can be anything; a figure’s expression, a mix of materials, a subtle mood, etc. The piece “Hide&Seek” for Migrate Magazine’s “BIG” themed issue, was just an image that had been playing in my head for a while now, of this lonely little boy playing child’s games with a giant robot companion. I’m really happy with the way it turned out, and how it’s both charming, and a little sad looking at the same time. It was that happy union between Migrate’s needs and my own inner dialogue, that made it a piece I could be proud of. Likewise, there’s a cover in this update for New Bicycle Times that gave me the opportunity to illustrate yet another Electra bike, which I’m really partial to painting for all their chrome and vintage aesthetic. I’ll be putting out more personal work in the near future. But in the end I think these illustrations share an equal amount of personal investment, albeit in different directions.»
-Rory
