Everlasting Gaze
Everlasting Gaze Drew Shechtman Linocut
Because a majority of my work is photography, my drawing and printmaking work allows me to be more loose and experimental. This is the first multi-layer block print I've done (3 layers), and was inspired from a drawing I had in my sketchbook. I really enjoy the graphic style that can be created using linocuts because they come out so crisp and detailed, and you can reuse the linoleum to make as many prints as you want!
Cover Artist Interview
Q: What inspires you to create art?
A: “The majority of inspiration comes from my favorite music genre, punk/rock from the eighties and nineties. I’ve done research from Dick Hebdige’s book, Subculture: The Meaning of Style, to gain insight about what punk rock says about the body, and apply this to my work. Similarly, punk culture is known for celebrating the perverse, abnormal, and the forbidden, while bridging the gap between conventional beauty and chaos.”
Q: Why did you begin to create art?
A: “Before Dreyfoos, I made art for myself to practice. But once I got into Dreyfoos, I had the opportunity to enjoy and connect with my art on another level.”
Q: What do you see in your future with your art?
A: “[To] go to school for art to become a mixed-media artist. Assuming I end up working for some graphic design or photography company, I just hope I can find work I like and can sustain myself with it.”
Q: How do you describe your art style?
A: “I enjoy mirroring the intensity and “in your face” aspect to create an overwhelming and vehement atmosphere. Weird, but in a way that you can’t stop looking at it, like trainwrecks, you don’t want to stare, but you just can’t seem to look away.”
Q: Is there a difference in how you approach photography and printmaking?
A: “There’s a similarity in the sense that I’m attracted to the human figure, and my photography is about body parts while my paintings are more about portraits. My photography is more conceptual while my painting and printmaking is for practice.”