Artist Interview: Sean Webster | Cass Art

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Sean Webster is an artist from Liverpool. Known for his vibrant pop artwork and graffiti, Sean emerged in the artwork globe in 2016 just after building a genuine passion for drawing. Having been described as an ‘energetic existence on the innovative scene’ his operate is now internationally collected and his graffiti can be discovered on the grounds of the world-popular Strawberry Industry.

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Black & White is a model new exhibition of 10 initial artworks along with a hand-painted mural at The Art Place, Cass Art Liverpool. We caught up with Sean at the present to uncover out much more about his practice.

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Hi Sean, thanks for using the time to converse to us nowadays, first of all could you convey to us a bit about how you were being encouraged to develop into an artist?

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I was influenced to grow to be an artist when I fell in adore with the method. The method changes all the time, the working day-to-working day difficulties and wins of currently being an artist excite me. Also, the fact you get to regularly create something, a ‘style’ that you have created, hardly ever will get aged. From a serviette doodle to a canvas portray, it is all similarly as exciting to me.

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You have a very bold one of a kind aesthetic, that is very easily recognisable as ‘a Sean Webster’. These graphic daring, lines, with shiny backgrounds and colourful figures, how did you establish this person style?

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My model has produced as I have made as an artist, as I have learnt new issues and learned new inspirations. My model is also one thing I converse by. Remaining a bit of an introvert growing up, I come to feel like subconsciously the reality my artwork is so ‘in your face’ was/is my way of showing my extroverted aspect. I love that the colors and boldness makes individuals satisfied. Among this outrageous globe we live in, it is nice to add a bit of colour and happiness.

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Now if we ended up to wander into your studio what elements would we uncover and why are these vital to your apply?

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I’ve experienced a number of studios/workspaces. I applied to hoard my art materials but lately I have gone for a a lot more minimalistic and good-tuned strategy to what I use. I’ve been working from a place in London this yr and in there you will discover a trolley loaded with Posca markers, wonderful liners and a stash of Montana gold spray paints – parked up up coming to my iMac and MacBook. The fab 5! It is a combo I have employed and connected with following a couple decades of, as I pointed out, experimenting with a wide array of supplies.

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I have to talk to about the wonderful book you illustrated ‘Be Legitimate to You’ with Liverpool’s possess UFC fighter ‘Meatball’ Molly McCann. Could you notify us about this e book and your encounter earning this?

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Molly is a legend! ‘Be Legitimate To You’ is about Molly’s coming-out story. Becoming equipped to get the job done on this kind of a own venture with her was an complete honour and I’m very pleased to get in touch with her a good close friend because. The guide has touched so many life considering the fact that its launch and the illustrations I did ended up demonstrated on the large screen up the BT Tower in March as aspect of Molly’s documentary.

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A person matter we have been asking artists and creatives alike considering that 2020 is how the lockdown interval influenced you from a resourceful viewpoint? The responses have different as some discovered it very inspiring to make art whereas some observed their creativeness diminished so I’d be fascinated to get your thoughts.

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Lockdown was naturally a rough time for us all! For me, I produced the most of the time I experienced by throwing myself into my art. I painted a range of murals all-around Liverpool all with a essential employee concept to say thank you, and also to brighten everyone’s ‘lockdown walks’ up.

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At last, could you explain to us what is on the playing cards for the rest of 2022?

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Interesting query! For the previous 10 months, I have been working on a huge-scale NFT assortment known as The Friends. It’s my proudest piece of perform to day. Me and the awesome crew at the rear of it are gearing up to release so abide by @ThePalsNFT and @SeanWebsterArt on socials to observe together and be element of the journey!

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Many thanks Sean! We appear forward to seeing what you build up coming.

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Sensation impressed?

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Capture Black & White at The Artwork Place, Cass Artwork Liverpool right up until 16th July 2022.