"Remember, whatever discipline you’re in, whether you’re a musician or a photographer, a fine artist or a cartoonist, a writer, a dancer, a singer, a designer — whatever you do, you have one thing that’s unique: You have the ability to make art. And for me, and for so many of the people I’ve known, that’s been a lifesaver, the ultimate lifesaver. It gets you through good times, and it gets you through … the other ones. Sometimes life is hard. Things go wrong — in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I’m serious. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Someone on the Internet thinks what you’re doing is stupid or evil or it’s all been done before? Make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, eventually time will take the sting away, and that doesn’t even matter. Do what only you can do best: Make good art. Make it on the bad days, make it on the good days, too."
— Dr. Neil Gaiman, in his commencement address to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he was bestowed with an honorary doctorate in fine arts
Rik Lee lives and draws in Melbourne, Australia. He has worked for a range of clients including American Express, Nylon, Puma, Wired, Vodaphone, Telstra, Vibe, Vice, Dotti, Clandestine Industries, Hurley, Honour Over Glory and Stussy. He works with grey lead pencils, textas, watercolours and his computer. When he’s not drawing Rik tries not to fall off his skateboard and enjoys talking in detail about the weather. Storms are his favourite. In the future he intends to draw more, travel more, get more tattoos, drive a ’67 Chevy Impala and move down the coast with his girl and his dog.
My name is Conrad Howard and I’m currently studying a Diploma of Visual Arts at Swinburne Melbourne; through out my current studies, and past studies in art, I have found many artists from all different expressive means that intrigue me on some level, and I plan to use this tumblr as a place to put them. I will post one artist every saturday, included with 2 of my favourite artworks by them, and they will be featured with a post a day for the following week. I will source every image to them, and include links to any biographies that I find and include. If I have offended anyone for any reason, do not hesitate to contact me and I will do my best to amend it.
Primarily, I am interested in contemporary artists; Whether that be sculpture, illustration, painting, or drawing. Other emerging art forms such as tattoos, graffiti, and advertisement will also make an appearance from time to time.
A little bit about myself; I work and have worked with sculpture, painting and drawing, and hope to someday either teach secondary school art, or pursue a job in tattooing. I don’t feel that my artwork has a particular style, or is very good, hence this blog will be used to store inspiration. I am 18 years old, and can be found on Facebook here and my personal tumblr here; and my instagram is Conradical181.
Enjoy
Conrad Howard
