Welcome to the latest edition of the Lovelorn Poets Saturday Special. This occasional weekend feature offers information about the artists from Flickr and YouTube whose work appears on this site. I hope you enjoy reading about these talented individuals and visit their websites to see more of their work!
Zoraida de Torres Burgos
Name: Zoraida de Torres Burgos
Where to Find You:
www.flickr.com/photos/arsaytoma-zoraida/
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Work:
Free-lance literary translator
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Duration: I’ve loved to draw since I was a child. As an adult I used to paint just occasionally, but two years ago I joined Flickr and my activity became much more regular.
Education:I have a degree in Philosophy and another one in Translation and Interpretation. I have no artistic training, at least for the moment.
María Zambrano
Influences: I’m inspired by naïf art, traditional art, comics, illustration, children drawings… More than by technical mastery, I’m moved by spontaneity and expressivity, the power of color, the graphic qualities of a piece, the capacity to say a lot with the simplest means.
In Flickr I’ve discovered artists that I admire a lot (as Margarita Pérez García or Patrícia Brasil, to name just two who have been particularly influential), and I’ve also found inspiring and supportive groups as Julia Kay’s Portrait Party.
Buttons McTavish / Amy Lehr Miller
Preferred Work Environment:I like to draw at home, sitting at the same desk where I do my translations, or more comfortably on the living room coach. On buses or public places I make quick sketches on my phone. I like to use acrylics, watercolor or pen on paper, and drawing software on a graphics tablet or more recently an iPad.
Philosophy: I’m not sure to have a philosophy besides “live and let live”. I draw or paint in a very intuitive way, not intellectual at all. The first subject of interest for me is people, and the second one, the small objects of everyday life. I adore portraits and I think that human eyes contain all the world.
Links to people and groups named:
Margarita Pérez García – www.flickr.com/photos/margaperez/
Patrícia Brasil – www.flickr.com/photos/patricia_brasil/ (or the link to an interview I did with her: juliakaysportraitparty.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-with-brazilian-artist.html )
Julia Kay’s Portrait Party: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
The favorite of Mr. Avi, Lovelorn Poet's "cat-in-residence"
Thank you, Zoraida, for licensing your work through Creative Commons and sharing your work with the Lovelorn Poets! As someone without formal art training, I find your work in both traditional and technology-driven formats inspiring. Key lessons learned? (Applicable to any field, I suppose.) Create regularly, find others to admire and share with, and show your work!
