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š§µ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT - @M0ATZE š§µ
What does it mean to be an āartistā? Some of the best artists in the world have struggled in some way. Some suffer from mental illness, while others battle addiction. Great art seems to be rooted in heavy emotions.
What does it mean to be an āartistā? Some of the best artists in the world have struggled in some way. Some suffer from mental illness, while others battle addiction. Great art seems to be rooted in heavy emotions.
The most interesting art comes from artists who are able to absorb the world around them, and then filter it into creative expression.
I say this because todayās spotlight artist @M0ATZE checks all the boxes. His story has it allāaddiction, loss, adversity, pain, triumph, etcā¦ As Iāve gotten to know him, itās been clear art has been the one consistent in Brettās life. First, as a street artist
and now as an OG Solana artist. This is the kind of artist you want to root for.
Delux3 1/1 collectors recently received an #ARTitFWD airdrop of an exclusive @M0ATZE piece. Itās powerful. Itās raw. It tells a story few would want to experience.
Delux3 1/1 collectors recently received an #ARTitFWD airdrop of an exclusive @M0ATZE piece. Itās powerful. Itās raw. It tells a story few would want to experience.
Without further adieu letās get into learning more about this incredible artist š
Q: When did you realize you were an artist?
A: I grew up in I tiny house where my bedroom window looked out at the train station, I had much older brothers, I started stealing street signs and MBTA signs and posting them to the back of the shed for commuters to see,
A: I grew up in I tiny house where my bedroom window looked out at the train station, I had much older brothers, I started stealing street signs and MBTA signs and posting them to the back of the shed for commuters to see,
then we figured we watch trains pass all the time so itād be cool to put something on them and watch them go by, so I started writing and drawing on the train cars, then every building and space I could, I got bored with name writing pretty quickly so I made my tags pictures and
signed them āMotzā the most prevalent was a bucked tooth cat I would put everywhere, when I was 8 I was removed from my home from my Ma passing and I ended up with my aunt who was working at the Vatican in Rome, I spent a lot of time around some of the greatest artworks from
across history in very formative years and the grand purpose in these works was very apparent to me. I realized young that art captures and relays a perspective carried across time and I knew that was all I wanted to do.
Q: How do you get inspired to create art?
A: Itās hard to explain, it comes down to my connection with reality. Iāve always had a void to big to fill, itās what led me directly into hard drugs at a very young age, and for a very long time. Iām always at odds with the
A: Itās hard to explain, it comes down to my connection with reality. Iāve always had a void to big to fill, itās what led me directly into hard drugs at a very young age, and for a very long time. Iām always at odds with the
constant motion that is ābeingā and the speed at which time passes by. In some way or form Iām always chasing stability and the only things that grant me that are drugs or painting and writing. Drugs in that it grants control, as they act as different switches for your
current state of being, if I wanted confidence Iād do coke, if I wanted discovery Iād do LSD, If I wanted to be somewhere or someone else Iād do ketamine and DMT, and then the most important one, if I wanted everything or anything to just stop Iād do heroin.
Eventually I was just doing speedballs and then crushing it out with dope. The only way that Iāve learned to live without that stuff is by creating, it gives me a bit of the control over reality without the colossal destruction. Instead of controlling my perspective with
chemicals I control it by analyzing who I am; what Iāve been through, and the sensory environments Iām a part of, and trying to communicate this with others in the mediums of painting and writing.
Q: What does your process look like?
A: My painting and drawing process tends to be various stages of expression, like sometimes I start out just brushing without any direct plan and I mold and stabilize the canvas by directing the brushing into imagery to depict some image,
A: My painting and drawing process tends to be various stages of expression, like sometimes I start out just brushing without any direct plan and I mold and stabilize the canvas by directing the brushing into imagery to depict some image,
emotion or being, another way I do it is to take a poem of piece of writing Iāve been working on and to bring action to it by painting and drawing from the sentiment of what Iām communicating. My visual art talents are strongest in that of Pop Art and expressionist
so I use staples of the two as a basis for my pieces.Materials I like to use are mostly oil sticks, acrylics and inks that I dilute with water and paint with a brush, but oil sticks are really expensive so Iāve adapted to a mix of making a lot of small paintings at first on
paper or notes then putting it into Microsoft paint and using the brush tool to Create a final draft of a piece, then I use speedball ink and acrylic and different types of materials from Matte papers to cotton canvas and screen print
it to take it from digital and make it physical, but Iāll also do full canvas final drafts with oil and acrylic when I have the materials.
Q: Who are some artists that inspire you?
A: Who are some artists that inspire you? Mostly writers and expressionists, Klimt, Marshal McLuhan, Phillip K Dick, Harmony Korin, Larry Clark, Ralph Steadman, When it comes to my methodology as an Artist, Warhol, Basqiuat and
A: Who are some artists that inspire you? Mostly writers and expressionists, Klimt, Marshal McLuhan, Phillip K Dick, Harmony Korin, Larry Clark, Ralph Steadman, When it comes to my methodology as an Artist, Warhol, Basqiuat and
Banksy inspire my process the most, I literally taught myself hand print make painting by following Warhol and Banksy, and with Basqiuat by the time I was introduced to his art I saw a lot of techniques that were applicable (authorās note: LOVE this list!)
Q: What do you like about crypto art?
A: Personally I like the authentication and certification embedded within the piece, I think itāll do away with forgeries for the masterpieces to come.
A: Personally I like the authentication and certification embedded within the piece, I think itāll do away with forgeries for the masterpieces to come.
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I'd like to thank @M0ATZE for taking time to share a bit about being an artist. Been a big fan of his since discovering his work last summer.
Brett is just getting started, make sure to tune into his new project currently under way.
Brett is just getting started, make sure to tune into his new project currently under way.
