Frolic into Buffalo Exchange at the Annex (13th & Grant) to view new art work by our artist of the month Aaron Lininger! We will be having an artist reception Friday, November 15th from 5P.M.-7P.M.
*How would you describe your art?
- My Art typically varies in many ways since I use a wide
variety of styles and mediums. In This Art Show specifically I would say that
it is very illustrative, friendly, meticulously detailed, and it shows a
combination of very symmetrical compositions while having discrete asymmetrical
ones collage together. I tried to make it as aesthetic as possible, with the
goal to make these pieces as mystical and majestic as I could do, so that maybe
the viewer could derive some deeper understanding from the piece.
*Can you tell me about your creative process?
- I usually like to start with an inspiring idea or
theme taken from life. Three of the pieces in this show are themed by Animal
totems. Basically animal spiritual guides, I wanted to bring the presence of
these animals through the art. I'm not saying this is magic or some kind of of
real entity. I just believe there is a lot to learn about life from animals,
they are great examples from the natural world. They can teach us things about
our personal development and growth. Once I have an idea I feel passionate
about I'll knock out some thumbnail sketches to plan the piece out. I like to
work in layers using tracing paper to transfer ideas or to piece the components
together. I often tend to let the work create itself by allowing everything to
be very flexible, i never know when i have to alter or change an idea to better
the piece as a whole. For my totem series Its been a process of penciling in
the art, then Inking it in, and using a cutting technique to cut away key
"background" parts and gluing the piece to a large decorated design paper (you can buy from Meiningers in the paper section.)
It has an amazing effect of layering and detail!
*What inspires you to create?
- Music is my
muse when it comes to inspiration. growing up as an artist I loved cartoons and
television, because I loved story telling through visual mediums. Once I became
a teenager my passion for movies and animation quickly changed to music as that
is where all my ideas now flow. And I guess music is so inspiring to me because
I love philosophy and I often try to see deeper meanings within music and art.
*Do you have a strong purpose or goal with your art?
- I do have a
strong purpose/goal for my art. Even at the age of 4 I knew that i wanted to
draw, and mainly create stories through animation. To share something
enlightening for the viewer has always been my objective. Something to direct
the viewer closer to some kind of truth, wisdom and understanding to the world
we live in. However, I am aware we will never understand the world fully, but
as an artist it's my job to explore and communicate these philosophies through
art to develop a greater understanding of what is "truth" and
"reality."
*Any projects you are currently working on? If so what?
- I am currently
working on a big project, an Animated Graphic Novel entitled
"Nimbus." Wanting to do animation all my life has brought me here. I
am passionately driven to tell the stories of characters' struggles in life.
Nimbus is an environmental, post-apocalyptic adventure-drama. Unable to animate
an entire story on my own, I'm making an animated comic in which the viewer
watches the comic panel to panel by video. Basically the comic panel part is to
tell the story and plot, while other sections of the movie will consist of
purely animated scenes.
