We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful LOLITA CHRISTIAN. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with LOLITA below.
LOLITA, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?
I first knew I wanted to pursue a creative path in elementary school. I had a passion for art and it was the first thing I’d ever earned a trophy for. Art was the first activity I’d ever excelled at.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I was originally working in the field of criminal justice and detention. However, I found it very stressful, and I knew I needed a change so after almost 10 years I handed in my letter of resignation. I felt immediate relief, but I really didn’t know what type of work I wanted to do afterwards. I kept feeling the inclination to go and buy paint and canvases, but I wrote it off as silly because I had never painted in my life although as a child, I’d always loved art and drawing, and even received trophies and acknowledgment for drawing and art.
I’d never in adulthood painted so I thought it was silly but then one day I was on the phone with a brother in Christ, and I never shared my desires to paint with anyone. It was something that was only ever said inside of my mind, and he randomly said to me, you know the reason “you keep getting the feeling to go and buy paint is because God is trying to tell you to start an art business”. Why in the world did he tell me that? I think that was all that I needed was permission and I felt in that moment that God was definitely using this brother in Christ to let me know that he wanted me to paint and then voilà came Daughter of David, which is my art business.
My artistic style is a bit of a hodgepodge. I love abstract, art, as well as cubism, pointillism and abstract expressionism. When you look at my art, you’re definitely going to see the things that inspire me like my culture, my loved ones. You’re going to see southern African-American culture without a shadow of a doubt you’re going to see Haitian culture, Gullah Geechee culture, comedy, biblical scripture, Black people, and everything that makes me who I am and makes my life worth living, but you’ll see it from the vantage point of my minds eye.
My main medium is acrylic paint on canvas, but I also dabble in fabric art, and I am most proud of the fact that my art is divinely inspired when people look at my art or purchase my art they can rest assure that it comes from a heavenly place because I very much believe in God and He is the one who inspires my art. I like to be sure that anytime I create art a person can be proud to bring it into their space and keep it for generations to come.
Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)
I think NFTs are fun and quirky. I actually have my own NFT art available on rariable.com called “The Mamii” Collection , which is basically a collection of little women who in some shape or form represent the various women in my life in cartoon style. What’s unique about my collection is that each Mamii is individually drawn and not some mass computer generated collection, which removes the authenticity of creating to begin with in my personal opinion.
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
I had to unlearn sharing as you go and as you grow. In our society today, we are so social media focused that as a creative in business, you can feel that if you’re not sharing your process and your progress that you’re not working hard enough. In reality for a creative like myself, the best thing we can do is get into a private space and just immerse ourselves in our work and what we are doing, so that we come out with the best results as opposed to having our creativity stifled by unnecessary opinions that we’ve opened ourselves up to by sharing our process before we’ve come into the fullness of our identity as a creative.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.DaughterOfDavidArt.com
- Instagram: @DaughterOfDavidArt
- Other: https://rarible.com/daughterofdavid/owned