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

Emily, appreciate you joining us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

The process of learning one’s craft is a lifetime’s journey. I am self taught, but many artists have influenced my work over the years. My biggest education has come from working with and beside the juried artists of the Celebration of Fine Art, an annual ten-week daily show in Scottsdale, AZ. The exposure to so many artists working side-by-side is incomparable. It’s like getting a Ph.D in art creation. I am a proud member of this unique community and cherish my friendships from there.

Emily, 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?

As a multidisciplinary artist working in mixed media, wall sculpture and jewelry, I enjoy employing my skills to find creative solutions for my clients. It is not usual for someone to say, “I have this space; what would work here?” Given my background in photography, painting and wall sculpture, I have a large basket of options to present to art lovers. Furthermore, as I love to innovate, I also can provide artwork that is very unique. For example, I started as a professional artist creating 3D photographic wall sculptures that are printed on hard materials such as Dibond aluminum. Pushing materials in new directions is a wonderful challenge and keeps my work fresh, a real plus for my clients.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

The questions surrounding process and the time that actually goes into making a piece are tricky ones and hard for non-creatives to understand. Learning never stops for professional artists. There are literally thousands of decisions and choices one makes in the creative process over the years, and the time to actually make a piece combines all the knowledge and experimentation and failure that went before. So, when an artist is innocently asked “what’s your process” and “how long did it take to make this piece,” careful answers are required. The process is truly a journey that is never perfected, and the length of time to make a piece is the culmination of a lifetime’s experience.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

The simple goal of my artistic career is to always push myself to learn so that I may delight my viewers.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.EmilyRandolph.com
• Instagram: @emilyrandolph_art

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Emily Randolph