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SoCultures November 2018
Culture Curators
USA
Robert Owen
What is that you find fascinating with different cultures?
Each culture views the world differently based upon their heritage. These
varying looks at life allow other cultures to see their own life differently. Every
culture can learn something new from another culture, values, heritage, lifestyle,
music and art.
How can we create a more beautiful world with cultures?
We can create a more beautiful world through embracing our differences, and
making efforts to understand other cultures. Like, what is important to their world
and respecting their traditions.
Beauty has a universal theme, each culture views beauty differently, but taking
the time to understand and at times assimilate varying pieces of other cultures
into your own will open up new ideas of what beauty and values are shared in our
world.
What are the major sources of inspiration for you?
Nature allows me to create a positive mindset for the art that I create through
flowers, foliage, impressionist nature scenes and such. Since every person has a
natural beauty, I strive to incorporate their soul and being into each piece and
bring to life the true soul of the art.
Art has many forms! What makes you to explore the options as a mixed media
artist?
I started off my artistic journey in photography but soon realized that the market
for photography in galleries was limited. I researched and envisioned art
installations that were a mix of performance art, different painting techniques of
pieces in each set, then started mixing those creations with photography.
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