HEDY MAG ISSUE 1

was kind of embarrassing when I found a dead,
flattened, dried out mouse amongst my vintage
magazines and ephemera. So these days I don’t go
to estate sales or junk shops anymore and instead
go to weird or cool places like the Space Acorn
in Kecksburg, PA or to Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in
Hurricane Mills or Wild Blueberry Land in Columbia
Falls, Maine. I do collect magnets from
my travels though.
Any advise to those of us trying to break away
from the cubicle, is it possible to be a cubicle
artist?
Yes it is possible! When I was first trying to be an
illustrator I worked for Baxter Healthcare. They
do scientific things and make machines that take
the platelets out of your blood. I met interesting
scientists there. My boss had books on her shelf
that had pictures of gross diseases. The worst
was a picture of a giant worm being pulled from
someone’s knee. The best art comes from daily
life. My friend Julie Murphy created some of
the funniest art while she also was working at a
Healthcare Corp. was a picture of a giant worm
being pulled from someone’s knee. The best art
comes from daily life.
You are active in social media and rarely post
the same thing in the different platforms you
use, how do you balance social media use and
your art work?
YES! It gives me more control over my own career.
I don’t have to rely on someone else publicizing
my work. I don’t have to go the traditional
route of becoming an artist.
I sell artwork on social media, I connect with
interesting people on social media who end up
hiring me. It’s SUPER! I know social media is
much maligned but it can be good too! It’s all
how you use it. I feel really lucky that my career
coincided with it’s invention. If I had gone to art
school when I was younger in the 80s, I’d probably
be an old fuddy duddy with a dying career
yelling at kids to get off my lawn.
When you started commuting and made a
drawing club in the train, I thought it was the
kind of thing that could save the world, tell us
a bit about your experiences with that. (The
train, not saving the world or maybe that too).
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