Today we’d like to introduce you to Brittany Sallier.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
Becoming an artist for me started when I was very young. My earliest memory of being a creative and able to make “good” art can be recalled when I was about 5 years old. Watching my dad draw one day on the couch, I sat next to him and started drawing movie covers of our old VHS times. Winnie the Pooh was the first cartoon character I could draw and that’s how it all started for me.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Every creative has obstacles along the way. Trying to find a go-to medium to work with. Trying to find your own style. Trying to figure out where your talent belongs have all been struggles along the way. I think mine “struggle” was the artist next to me was better than me, but maybe had a different style of their art they have mastered and I was still trying to figure out my own. Once I found what worked for me, no one was better than the other, but everyone was uniquely gifted with their own skill and style.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I guess I would be classified as a Fine Artist. A creative who specializes in drawing and painting. Drawing using the mediums graphite or charcoal is where my talent really shines. If we are getting more technical, realism is my go-to. I pride myself of noticing small details that may be overlooked by an “untrained” eye. I depend heavily on my sight as I try to catch every single detail and replicate it to the paper. I do love to paint and I have created some pretty cool paintings, but if you give me a pencil and paper, I feel like I can conquer anything. I don’t know if this necessarily would set me apart from other creatives because we tend to have some kind of purpose when creating, that be big or small. I think mine is making my world come to life as much as I possibly can. Maybe that is why I focus too heavily on detail. To make it feel as if you are there with the subject in the art piece.
Where we are in life is often partly because of others. Who/what else deserves credit for how your story turned out?
Gosh this is a great question. To be honest, I always hear horror stories of how a lot of artists had to struggle getting to where they are now with no support. But I had support in every corner at every step of the way. My parents saw my gift very young and encouraged me with whatever I created. They bought me supplies to explore with before I even know what they could be used for. I also didn’t get the, “oh that looks nice” sweet talk to where whatever I made it was just automatically hung on the fridge. I got constructive criticism at a young age to either improve on mistakes or just suggestions that I had the choice to take or not take for my work. My friends and grandparents played a big part as well, just being my cheerleaders and telling me how amazed they were whenever I created something new. But I started taking my art more seriously in High School. Mrs. Thomas, at Lamar HS, pushed me and taught me so much that I couldn’t have imagined when it came to art. For years I was self-taught, but she saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself. Because of her, I am now a High School Art teacher trying to share that same support and teachings with my students.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arts.ywolf
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/b.nicole.sallier
