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Text and Photos Carolyn Gavin

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Carolyn Gavin Quando hai capito che saresti diventata un’artista?

prospettiva, al contrasto e alla trama, più diverse tecniche come gouache, inchiostro, cartapesta e In realtà già in tenera età acquerello. disegnavo e dipingevo... avevo forse a 3 o 4 anni, Da giovane ho studiato presumo quindi fin da tre anni graphic design subito. e poi ho lavorato nel campo della pubblicità e del design per alcuni Quando e come sei riuscita a realizzarlo? anni. Nel frattempo, ho viaggiato molto e poi… mi sono trasferita dal Da ragazzina ho frequentato corsi d’arte, Sud Africa in Canada. dove ho imparato le basi della pittura, dallo spazio In Canada la mia famiglia ha avviato positivo e negativo alla

When did you understand that you would become an artist? At a very young age I was drawing and painting… I guess as soon as I could hold a brush, maybe 3 or 4 years old. When and how did you manage to make it happen? I was sent to art classes as a young girl, where

I learned the basics of painting like positive and negative space, perspective, contrast, texture etc and different techniques like gouache, ink, papier-mache, watercolour. As a young adult I studied 3 years of graphic design and then worked in advertising and design for a few years. In between I travelled and emigrated to Canada from South Africa. There my family started


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