InkSpired Magazine Issue No. 47 | Page 80

art and do whatever it takes to get it out there. Mostly, it just takes time, the more time you put into it, eventually time will come around to you. Morgan Febrey: You created a sideshow/circus a couple years back. That’s a perfectly fitting way to personify your art. What was it like? Are you going to get it going again someday? Brandan Styles: The Surreal Art Circus was a joint effort between myself and wife/ partner Ellie. It is something we dreamed of doing when we first met. We wanted to bring our art world to life and share it in a fun, exciting and theatrical way. It was a lot of work trying to make those happen, maybe a bit too much work for two people, haha. Overall it was a thrill to make the stage design, organize performers, musicians and artists, and put together a big cohesive art event. We have talks of doing something weird again, but it won’t be a circus like before. Maybe some sort of mythological theatre with puppets. Morgan Febrey: Let’s pretend all the paint in the world disappeared. Every pencil vanished. Every last piece of parchment was used. What direction do you think your life would take? Brandan Styles: Travel and more travel. Art is great and all, but it is over saturated and it might be somewhat of a relief if all art supplies were gone for a time. I am a canvas and traveling is how I create myself, and through those mystical experiences that go beyond words I find myself becoming a piece of art. Living life is an art form, do it well and be weird. Follow Brandan Styles on Instagram: @bzurk_demon and see more art at: www. MadTatters.com. 78 InkSpiredMagazine.com