Easy Magazine | Page 19

ZANITA ABBY PHILLIPS 17-year-old; Abby is strolling down the Phillip-ing Road to success as she collaborates with masterminds to create masterpieces. Your work is so unique and definitely nowhere near the conventional ‘art style’! What inspires your artworks? “This question is so difficult to answer, since, really, anything does. Generally, my art is fairly abstract. I'm not necessarily inspired by a painting/photo/drawing itself, but rather, how the strokes move or what colours the artist used. It's about looking into the piece, not at it.” How did you begin illustrating? “I began when I was in 7-8th grade. I remember discovering Nick Knight and really wanting to take photos like that. Since I really wasn't able to, having a sappy little camera, a white wall, and an iPod, I decided to incorporate a new medium to my photos. I knew my photos would remain bland if I didn't do anything about it.”