{"id":25320,"date":"2016-04-29T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T05:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=25320"},"modified":"2016-04-29T23:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T06:00:09","slug":"defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;defiance is my favorite motivator&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator\/amandahappe1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25325\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe1.jpg\" alt=\"amandahappe1\" width=\"584\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe1-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4332583\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When I emailed Toronto based artist\/designer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.happe.ca\/art\/\">Amanda Happ\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0to ask if she&#8217;d do the podcast, she wrote me back and said <em>&#8220;Oooh,\u00a0sounds scary &#8211; so yes!&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 You gotta love that. Amanda does work that speaks to the designer in me. Perfect lines, beautiful text, gorgeous palettes&#8230; sort of not surprising to learn that she&#8217;s a graphic designer by day. She has such a refreshing\/smart way of looking at creativity so I was thrilled to finally talk to her. You can listen right up there under all of that GRATITUDE,\u00a0or you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing we talked about was, of course, her text-based paintings that I love oh so much:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator\/amandahappe2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25326\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe2.jpg\" alt=\"amandahappe2\" width=\"584\" height=\"3254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe2-54x300.jpg 54w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe2-184x1024.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah! I already loved them but then to find out that she doesn&#8217;t plan them on the computer first <em>{kinda what you&#8217;d expect a graphic designer to do}<\/em>, it&#8217;s all done with old school tools like pencils, erasers, and compasses! Love. Oh, speaking of love, I forgot to mention that the piece directly above, &#8220;YOU ARE LOVED&#8221;, was a custom piece that Amanda made for one of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landofnod.com\/the-jealous-curator\/decor\/1\">Land of Nod collections<\/a>. Love. Again.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, next&#8230; yes, Amanda was the artist that I chose to paint the cover of my first book, Creative Block! And what I didn&#8217;t realize for the longest time, until I held the book in my hands and really looked at it, she <em>hand painted<\/em> the &#8220;Creative Block&#8221; letters!? Look:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator\/amandahappe3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25327\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe3.jpg\" alt=\"amandahappe3\" width=\"584\" height=\"2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe3-73x300.jpg 73w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe3-248x1024.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So good! What a steady hand she must have. That&#8217;s me at the opening of my show at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bedfordgallery.org\/\">Bedford Gallery<\/a> in late 2014. This is when I saw the original painting <em>{that she later gave me as gift!?}<\/em> for the first time. And yes, I cried a tiny bit. Oh, and I had to show visual proof of this&#8230; the Korean version of Creative Block:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator\/amandahappe3b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25332\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25332\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe3B.jpg\" alt=\"amandahappe3B\" width=\"584\" height=\"1213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe3B.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe3B-144x300.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe3B-493x1024.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ha! I&#8217;m going to send one to Amanda, and I&#8217;m going to <strong>give one away<\/strong> today too&#8230; leave a comment below and I&#8217;ll draw one\u00a0name before the next podcast goes up. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>Now, these are the &#8220;doodles&#8221; she mentioned. Her marker drawings that she does just to stay loose and to keep making when the big ideas are simmering in the background. Yeah, except that now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/\">Chronicle<\/a> has asked her to make a book with these!? Hello amazing surprise project!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator\/amandahappe4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25328\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe4.jpg\" alt=\"amandahappe4\" width=\"584\" height=\"1899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe4-92x300.jpg 92w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe4-315x1024.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See, just goes to show that doing a little something every day really can\u00a0get you somewhere! Ok, I also had to show you this too&#8230; so the building her studio is in was going to be sold and all 5 artists working there would be\u00a0kicked out&#8230; so Amanda bought the building and now manages it. Um, ah-mazing! Here&#8217;s a little peek at &#8220;Three of Wands&#8221; <em>{a tarot card reference}<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator\/amandahappe4b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25334\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe4b.jpg\" alt=\"amandahappe4b\" width=\"584\" height=\"1849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe4b.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe4b-95x300.jpg 95w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe4b-323x1024.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is going to be my first stop for a visit next time I&#8217;m in Toronto!\u00a0And finally, I had to include Amanda&#8217;s bio photo&#8230; her amazing pink\/yellow door in her old apartment:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/defiance-is-my-favorite-motivator\/amandahappe5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25329\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe5.jpg\" alt=\"amandahappe5\" width=\"584\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/amandahappe5-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope whoever lives there now kept it that way. Thank you so much to Amanda for doing this with me, thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\">Saatchi Art<\/a> for supporting the episode, and thank YOU for listening&#8230; there will be more art for your ear next weekend <em>{and don&#8217;t forget to leave a comment if you want a chance at that Korean version of CB!}<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brucemaudesign.com\/\"><em>Bruce Mau Design<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/taxi.ca\/\"><em>TAXI Advertising &amp; Design<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cargocollective.com\/martharich\"><em>Martha Rich<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0197159\/\"><em>&#8220;Home Movies&#8221; TV show<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I emailed Toronto based artist\/designer\u00a0Amanda Happ\u00e9\u00a0to ask if she&#8217;d do the podcast, she wrote me back and said &#8220;Oooh,\u00a0sounds scary &#8211; so yes!&#8221;\u00a0 You gotta love that. Amanda does work that speaks to the designer in me. Perfect lines, beautiful text, gorgeous palettes&#8230; sort of not surprising to learn that she&#8217;s a graphic designer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,3,112,7,106],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25320"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25343,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25320\/revisions\/25343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}