Nicolette Wales
Pasadena, California
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Favorite Cartoon Character: Lisa Simpson
Best Museum: The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Venice California
Day Job: Graphic Designer
Dream Dinner Date: Go back in time, Don Draper
Current Favorite Band: Bon Iver
Favorite Color: White
Breakfast of Choice: Chilled mango with macadamia nuts
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When I am drawing, I am engaged by the inner nature of the person before me. I have a visceral response to certain people as subjects, although it is hard to say why. For reasons unknown, I feel a connection with them and find my hand moving effortlessly. For reasons that are just as elusive, others are difficult to capture. There may be an aspect of their personality or movement or body that is rigid or awkward.
In every case, the other person presents a kind of mystery I am trying to solve – my hands gradually discovering what I sense is there. I struggle internally between my desire to honor and accurately present the proportions and anatomical structure and shading of the subject and my desire to focus on emotional details or the interplay between form and light or between form and environment.
I work in my Pasadena studio located on an old orchard lot near the arroyo watershed and in very small intimate drawing sessions throughout Los Angeles. My other influences include photography, environmental design, film, food and the animal world – particularly horses, since I have been a longtime student of classical riding (Dressage).
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