Comments on: Featured Artist: Vince Contarino

By: Fiona Stanbury

Fiona Stanbury — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:04:00 +0000

This is a wonderful interview and also very helpful to me as an artist living in the UK. Here it’s sometimes hard to make meaningful connections with other artists unless you are working in a studio complex. I lived in Cyprus and artists tended to get together a lot more and discuss their work. Relating to one’s peers has always seemed very important to me, and I never cease to have respect for other artists and the life choices they have made. I’ve found Facebook a very good way to exchange artistic ideas with other artists.
I love these paintings and reading about the ideas behind them.

By: Helen Homan Wu

Helen Homan Wu — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:34:20 +0000

“The art world can be a hyper-social place where real connections and critical conversations are hard to come by… Staying active and interested in what your peers are making and being dedicated to your work is a healthy extension of your own practice…The art world is a business, and should be treated as such, but the relationships you share with other creatives are the ones that you must nurture and develop, as they have made the same commitment and sacrifices you have in deciding to live the life of an artist.”

Agreed.
Thank you both for the great interview.