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More About Marianne Cara

More About Marianne Cara
  1. WHO ARE YOUR ART ICONS? There are past icons such as Da Vinci and Michelangelo, Corot, Van Gogh, Degas. Current icons are Salvatore Zoffrea, Paula Rego and Fiona Hall.

 

  1. WHO ARE YOUR DESIGN ICONS? Bauhaus,  Art Deco.

 

  1. IF YOU HAD A TATOO, WHAT WOULD IT BE? WHERE WOULD IT BE? I think I would be too chicken to have a tattoo, but if I did it would be on the side ankle – a rose.

 

  1. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR (S)? WHY?

I do not really have a favourite colour – it depends if the colour is on my body – if I am wearing it then it could be black, purple, red and white??   I like colourful too – splashes of colour – purple, pink, indigo blue, bottle green, magenta.

 

  1. WHAT ART INSPIRES YOU AT THE MOMENT? Japanese Art

 

  1. WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU PLAYING ON YOUR IPOD? Relaxation music, New World

 

  1. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ART PIECE FROM YOUR OWN BODY OF WORK. TELL US MORE.

              Some monoprints that I created in a printmaking workshop - They are quite abstract and I like them because they were originally experimental works which resulted in    quite unique and unpredictable prints.  In other words, I imagined something else but because the marks were spontaneous and erratic this worked quite well.

 

  1. TELL US ABOUT A REVELATION BREAKTHROUGH IN YOUR PRACTICE

             When I visited Umbria in Italy five years ago and painted out in the landscape. I had never painted before in front of such a vast and beautiful landscape. I also did not  like    painting landscapes.

 

  1. WHEN AND HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE AN ARTIST? Age 8 to 9 whilst drawing with my uncle who was an artist too.

 

  1. WHAT MAKES YOU SMILE? Anything funny!!   Usually past experiences where I was laughing so hard that my stomach could burst.

 

  1. WHAT QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ASKED? “Can I have your autograph please?”

 

  1. WHO ARE YOUR FAVOURITE ARTISTS? Salvatore Zoffrea, Aida Tomescu, Modigliani, Titian, Hossein Valamanesh, Frida Kahlo.

 

  1. WHAT MAKES YOU FREE? Swimming, painting, meditation

 

  1. 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU. Warm and caring person; fiery (don’t get on my bad side); perfectionist; passionate about my art; love learning new things.

 

  1. WHAT GOES WITH THE COLOUR APRICOT? I don’t like the colour apricot - white I think or a tan colour.

 

  1. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY COOKING? Pavlova and spaghetti carbonara

 

  1. YOUR FAVOURITE ACTRESS (ESSES) AND ACTOR (S)? IN ANY SPECIFIC MOVIES?

             Robert Redford (Great Gatsby), Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird), Tom Hanks

             Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Bette  Midler, Julie Andrews (A Sound of Music), Shirley Temple

 

  1. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIES? Heidi, Pollyanna, It is a Beautiful World, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Gone with the Wind, Moonstruck.

 

  1. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE DISHES AND FOOD? Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese (sushi, tempura – anything Japanese), pasta

 

  1. WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED ART MOVEMENT? Renaissance

 

  1. WHAT IS YOUR PREFERED DESIGN PERIOD? Not sure Edwardian, Edo??

 

  1. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE COLLECTORS GET FROM YOUR ARTWORKS? Sensitivity – feelings of recognition – they can’t stop looking at my artworks.

 

  1. WHERE DO YOU GET INSPIRATION FOR YOUR ART? Family, my culture (Italian & Australian)

 

  1. WHICH COFFEE? I do not have a particular coffee but I like Lavazza.

 

  1. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO? Painting full time!!!
  1. WHICH PLACES INSPIRE YOU? Historic sites, small villages in Italy, being near the water inspire me to create but I do not paint water.
  1. DO YOU COLLECT ANYTHING? TELL US MORE. I used to collect stamps when I was a child, now I seem to collect visual diaries!!!
  1. WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW? Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  1. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE FLOWERS? Tulips
  1. AN IDEAL DAY WHERE YOU LIVE. Get up early and go for a long walk along the beach, have breakfast and then go shopping with a friend and finish off with a facial and massage.
  1. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ON TV? Not much – I hate reality shows.  I only enjoy watching a good movie now and then.
  1. WHAT INTRIGUES YOU RIGHT NOW? That everyone is caught up with buying the latest technology gadgets even if they do not need them.
  1. WHAT ARE YOUR BEST DOWNTIME PURSUITS? Gardening, re-potting plants, having a chat and coffee with friends, listening to music or dancing, getting away from Sydney on a weekend.

 

Marianne Cara 2014

 

Italian Landscape 2 - Oil Painting - Italian Landscape Series

 

 

 


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