We recently connected with Adrian Huth and have shared our conversation below.

Adrian, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Do you wish you had waited to pursue your creative career or do you wish you had started sooner?

The more and more I learn about the art world longevity carries a lot of weight with the acquisition of opportunities. Building a brand of your name takes time and you realize quickly people are skeptical of your work if your time of production and resume is short. I don’t regret the paths I’ve taken in life with other artistic pursuits besides painting but I do feel now it would have helped if I had started earlier. This has made me realize though to really appreciate the opportunities that come across your path. Learn to say Yes more often than saying No is my new motto.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Originally my pursuit of becoming a painter was kind of by accident or the circumstance of not knowing what to do with myself a month into the pandemic lockdowns. Seeing myself consumed with the news depression at my computer my wife set me up in a space in the garage and said, “You used to paint, paint again”. As any artist knows it takes a second to get back into a rhythm but slowly I began to figure it out and the small space in the garage eventually became the entire space and was making hundreds and hundreds of paintings. Obsessive is definitely how I would describe myself as an artist and I soon found it becoming all consuming and my practice started to evolve from a few tubs of gouache and sketching paper to large scale canvasses acrylic primed on Linen. Once I got my first commission I haven’t looked back.

My work or Brand has evolved from those early days on paper but have been always rooted in a simulacrum vision in executing the content. Concepts and compositions in my work developed from obsessions with “crowds” and the quietude of individual isolation to a pivot of representations of people, apocalyptical scenarios and the continued penetration of human interactions with technology. It has been said that to understand the art of an era you must understand the zeitgeist of the day. For myself, as a painter heading into 2024 issues of social justice, ecological horrors, and ai technology are inescapable for myself currently in the studio.

Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

I’m 100% interested in the evolution of digital art in all its forms and NFT’s are a part of that conversation. My distaste with them of recently thought is the side effects of what the technology has produced which is an entire economy dedicated to scamming artists on social media platforms. Please don’t fall for them folks they just want access to your bank account.

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

Thank them for their hard work and dedication. The piece in the gallery may have been shipped 3000 miles, it may have been driven in a uhaul for 2 days, it probably was a 5th version of 100’s of hours of continuous obsession and throwaways. The price of the piece is likely a total loss for the artist from a financial standpoint. Just but some original art already.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.adrianhuth.com
• Instagram: @adrianhuthpaintings

Image Credits
All pictures are owned by the artist