INSIDE ISSUE 32 // THE HAPPY, DANCING PEOPLE! THE COLOURS! THE BALLOONS, JELLIES AND CANDIES! THE DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS! YOUR WORK HAS AN AMAZING JOY TO IT THAT IS UNMISTAKABLE, SO WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO DECIDE ON THIS OEUVRE WHEN SO MUCH OF THE ART CREATED TODAY PRESENTS A SERIOUS FACE TO THE WORLD? "That is a very good question and I am not sure that I know the answer to it. I would have to describe my childhood and youth as very difficult, at times traumatic. I actually think that that darkness has driven me to want to paint a world that is colourful, light and free. Maybe an insistence on focusing on the beauty in nature and humanity. I think a lot of people see that as trite, but it really comes out of an act of self-preservation for me, not out of a lack of awareness of the horrors of humanity. I am very much aware of those and spend most of my time thinking about them. But it's funny, when it comes to painting, I gravitate toward lightness and pleasure and away from pain. It's a type of therapy for me." Read our exclusive interview with @susannah_martin in Issue 32 of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Preorder $13.49 // Subscribe $47.96 > https://ift.tt/IUsDuk [link in our profile] ... posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CKoyfFoHqu_/
