Molly+Stanard+Interview

February Artist of the Month- Molly Stanard
//Q. - Favorite media?//

A. - “Ink and watercolor, ink wash, and pencil on paper. Sketches are nice.”

//Q. - Most popular subjects of your work?//

A. - “Beasties and other monster-type creatures.”

//Q. - What first inspired you to draw?//

A. -“I watched a lot of Pokemon when I was little. Also, there was this boy in my afterschool program that drew dinosaurs and Mewtwo, and I thought he was pretty cool.”

//Q. - What’s your favorite project that you’ve worked on recently?//

A. - “My sheep head that I built out of cardboard, newspaper and fabric.”

//Q. - Do you think art is in your future?//

A. - “I want to go to MICA [Maryland Institute College of Art] or SVA [School of Visual Art] for Illustration.”

//Q. - If you were to teach an art class, what would you teach?//

A. - “Creative Applications of Creepy Theories.”

//Q. - What exactly would Creative Applications of Creepy Theories entail?//

A. - “I dunno, if you have a creepy idea…you just…generally it’s something that people would look at and be like “…Wow, that’s weird…”, then you use your creative abilities to make it awesome, like life size faux taxidermy sheep heads, or a giant working fiddler crab claw. Yeah, maybe I’m a little weird.”

//Interview by Steph Sturgeon//