Brenda Weiler has been one of my favorite musicians since I was in film school in the 90s. I'm so excited to bring her music and the talented women of Peppermint Creek Collective together in this video to wish you a beautiful winter.
After the loss of her sister ten years ago to suicide, Brenda has been a supporter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Please check out their website at http://www.afsp.org to learn more about suicide prevention or donate.
And as always, please consider supporting a woman in the arts this year and adding a little more beauty to your life.
PCC: Tell us a little about yourself LD: I'm born and raised in New York. I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with an Illustration degree. After graduation I lived and worked in Manhattan for 10 years and then moved to Cancun, Mexico. Lived in Mexico for 5 years before returning to NY. Besides drawing and painting, I am a graphic design artist, using Photoshop, which I love. I'm currently living in Westchester and have dedicated the last year to my art.
PCC: What do you create? LD: Art, drawings and paintings. I have taken some of these drawings and made t-shirts, pillows, coasters and mugs. The t-shirts and pillow fabric have been professionally printed. Pillows are sewn together by my sister (Thanks Lin). All the coasters and mugs are made by hand by me.
PCC: What made you want to become an artist/fall in love with your craft? LD: In my last year in high school I decided I wanted to be an interior designer and wanted to go to the Fashion Institute of Technology. Since I needed a portfolio, I took my first art class. I was accepted to FIT but didn't like the technical drawing of interior design , but loving to draw, I turned to Illustration and have been drawing ever since.
PCC: Tell us about your process. What materials do you use? LD: Believe it or not, I don't really have a process. I use a 9 x 12 sketch pad and 3 pencils, HB, 2B and 3B. My paintings are on watercolor paper using gouache paints and the smallest brushes possible, 0, 00 and 000.
PCC: Tell us what you’re passionate about outside of your art.
LD:I love Football (Go Steelers!), reading, traveling (mostly to Europe). I love Italy and dream about living there one day. And cats. PCC:. Anything else we should know? LD: Anyone living in the New York area can also find my items at the Brooklyn Collective (Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn) thru December.
