Interview with Patylene Arts

There are lots of ways to express art, with music, painting, sculpture, dancing, theater, and etc. Nature itself is the most perfect art that exists. The sound of the birds singing, the sound of the sea, the wind blowing, we reproduce with the music; a variety of incredible colors, thousands of shades, light, shadows, we reproduce in the painting; the movement of the seawater, of the leaves of the trees, we reproduce with the dancing. All of these forms of art are interpretations of nature, we put our feeling and try to transmit our vision of beauty, strangeness, of the scary, ugly, supernatural, and mystery. Sometimes all together, in a mix of feelings, that seems we go through a whirlwind of emotions for, in the end, feel the peace. And that is what I want to transmit with my art.

Can you pinpoint the moment you decided you wanted to become an artist?

I decided to start painting when I felt the necessity to express my emotions, my thoughts and my visions and I became an artist when I felt I had to show my work to the world. I love my work and I want other people see it and feel it, because I have something very important to tell the world and I can do it through my work.

Where is your studio and where are you from?

I am from Brazil and I live in a small city in the country and my studio is in my apartment. When I started painting, I did not have a specific place to paint. It was a little bit difficult because for the kind of work I do I need a big space. So, I decided to transform my living room into my studio. But now the space became too small and I have already bought a big place where I am going to build my new studio.

Tell us a little about your artistic background. What were your first influences to be creative and become a serious artist?

I am a self-taught artist. When I was a child, I used to draw and paint comic book characters. When I grow up, I started working with 3D modeling and animation. Two years ago, I back to paint landscapes but when accidentally I experienced a texture that apparently did not work, I saw lots of possibilities to do beautiful works using textures.

One of my influences is Jackson Pollock, I like the way he painted, despite I do not paint using his technique, but I like the freedom and I use it for my work. I use to plan what I am going to do, but most of the time the result is completely different from what I planned. The other influence is Jean-Michel Basquiat. A few years ago, I have gone to an exhibition of his works here in Brazil and I was very intrigued, because it was not the kind of work you see and identify yourself at first, and you can spend a lot of time looking at the painting and you make a journey through it, and is that I want that the viewers of my work feel.

Can you tell us what you have going on right now?

There are a lot of things happening right now. In the beginning of last year, I have started some projects, but I had to interrupted them because of COVID-19 pandemic. But I took advantage of this time to study and improve my technique. In the second semester of 2020, I participated in exhibitions online and presential. This year, I have already taken place in two collective exhibitions in São Paulo; very recently was launch a magazine that I am on it; I am going to participate in an exhibition called “Exposição Catavento” will take place from July 21st to 25th and; an exhibition in Finland and Rio de Janeiro – Brazil in the second semester of 2021.

Can you describe what an average working day for you is like?

I am at the beginning of my career as an artist and I cannot at the moment live from my art, so, I have a part-time job and dedicate the rest of the time to do art. When I get home from work, I prepare the place and the materials I am going to use and start to paint. I usually work on the floor or on the wall, because I make large paintings and, depends on the technique, I need to do it horizontally.

Do you work on many creations at once or one at a time?

Yes. I work with textures and, depends on what kind of material I use, it takes a lot of time to dry. My creative process starts with the texture, and because of that, I can manage to work on more than one creation at once. And also sometimes, it takes some time for me to define what kind of technique I am going to do and, which colors I am going to use, so, it is good to have many textures ready, then when the inspiration comes, I do not have to wait for the texture to dry.

What makes your art different from others?

In my opinion, what makes one art different from another is the artist. The technique, materials, and even style any artist can use but, the artist himself, his emotions, how he works with the colors is that make the difference. My work specifically, is different because each work has a history. I like to tell what inspired me to do the artwork and what that means to me. I like to represent nature because it is perfect and matters related to the universe, supernatural, mysticism, magic, and fantastic places.

In your opinion, what role does the artist have in society?

In my opinion, the artist has a very important role in society. The artist has the power to show society other ways to see the world. There are lots of artists nowadays, each one makes a different kind of art and, in my opinion, everything is art, and that makes the people think, because one thing leads to another, so, the art changes the way people see and feel the world, that there are more than our eyes can see, a world totally different that one we know. And, of course, brings a lot of beauty.

What do you hope that others will gain from viewing your art?

A trip to the worlds that is in our imagination or not. I think nowadays, with so many things happening in the world, it is important this kind of scape, to reassure the hope and to remember there are places that we think are not exist (I said to remember because we know these places but we cannot remember due to many worries we live nowadays). And, if we want a better place to live, we have to change ourselves first, because this beautiful world that we want is inside of us and, is this, I want the others to see this through my work. 

What’s the most important element in your artwork?

The most important element in my artwork is the texture and the kind of material to use. I use several materials to compose the texture of my work like, sand, marble powder, sawdust, coffee powder, ashes, bandage, mud, etc. and each of them has a specific characteristic and it is this characteristic that defines what kind of painting I will make. The texture, after drying, changes a little bit, appear cracks so, sometimes I change the first idea because of that. It is so exciting to wait for the texture to dry and see what I get to work with.

That being said, are there any lessons that you’ve learned that you could pass on to the younger generation of artists as they begin their journeys?

I think the most important thing is to love and believe the work they are doing; it does not matter the kind of art they do, but doing it with passion. One of the goals the artist wants to achieve is, of course, to sell the artwork, but before selling, there is a lot of work that has to be done: construction of the artist and the work, discover their own style, improve the techniques, it is needed to practice a lot and, more importantly, have a lot of fun doing it.

What’s on the horizon for you?

This is a little bit difficult to say but, I think the horizon for me is beyond imagination, because, in fact, we do not know what is going to happen (based on more recent events, that, we had to change, not only, the way we used to live but, in what we believe and feel), so, it is time to learn many things, as the emotions, to know myself, dig into my deepest feelings and bring them to my work and this will take me and my work to places I cannot imagine.

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