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Illustrator Zöe Barker: Blimey, That is Nice !
Contributor Louisa Lee discusses with freelance illustrator Zöe Barker about putting 3H pencil to paper and the need to go back to real values.
Written by Louisa Lee
All illustrations courtesy of Zöe BarkerLouisa Lee: I've noticed that you've got a fine art background, health how did this develop into illustration?
Zöe Barker: Since I was a kid I wanted to be an artist. I loved drawing the most so it seemed an obvious choice. I headed straight to University onto a Fine Art degree after school. I hadn’t considered anything other than being a painter. University was interesting; realism and portrait painting were not trendy and I struggled for a while with explaining my thoughts and concepts. The ideas that were getting great reactions – dark, patient crude or shocking, information pills whacko performance art - were a bit frustrating and I didn’t know where I fit. I came close to transferring onto an Illustration degree, but… read more
