We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jarrett Camp a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Jarrett, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

The Comatose is the most recent masterpiece that I have completed. This artwork tells the narrative of the importance of sleep in our lives. Sleep is essential not only for survival but also for performance in our everyday life. However, some people in our world are deprived due to illnesses or their busy lives. So, I wanted to create a piece in which we can understand sleep while also seeing a relaxing image to encourage sleep. All of the plants in the piece are linked to promoting a restful sleep environment. I also want to explain what happens while we sleep. The right brain is our creative side, while the left is our more organized side, and they get along so wonderfully. In my pursuit of creating works with psychographic themes, I strive to produce a pleasant happy feeling even if you are going through a hardship. I want the viewers to be able to somehow relate to the artwork while at the same time the test of time. For me, it’s all about making living art.

Jarrett, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I was always a curious person even when I was a child and part of my work still has this curious side of me. I found later in life that this is the beginning of excellent work. Art has been a part of me even before I could walk and talk. I was creating art in the books my parents gave me while in my crib. However, there were a couple of discoveries in my life that molded my style. See, I was bullied up until I was moved to another school district and went through some hard times not understanding many school subjects or not doing so good in school as I didn’t know why I had such a hard time with comprehension. It wasn’t until my art teacher told me two weeks before graduating high school that I had dyslexia. Then I understood why I had such a hard time in school. I was crying my eyes out when I went home, however, as I looked at the art table, and saw a blank canvas and, I started using dots. My eyes could see more than what I was putting in the paper. I started seeing multiple images!

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.

Be able to understand the struggles of an artist’s lifestyle. Most artists on social media do not disclose how difficult it is to balance life and work as a regular person. Every day, an artist develops a work to demonstrate that it takes a long time to create and that they live like everyone else. When you see an artist selling their work, it is sometimes because they are just trying to make ends meet. It takes more than merely creating art to be an artist; it also requires sales to keep the artist going. If you buy an item, at times the artist receives a portion of the sale.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

When I see a person that doesn’t know much about art or doesn’t understand it, but they understand my artwork and they start using their imagination. I really appreciate when they see what I’m trying to say in the piece and do what I want them to do in the work. It is also very rewarding, of course, when someone wants to buy my work and put it in their home.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.jarretttcamp.com/
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