"A lot of my inspiration comes from art house films and extreme fashion. I’m heavily influenced by the experimental, avant- grade, queer and campy--the counterculture and gender-bending icons of decades past and in my community today." -- @maryboydrag Featuring the Green Capsule Bundle Mary Boy is using Elektra's Power Pigments La [...]
"Growing up in the Middle East, I was very depressed as I couldn’t be myself fully. Theatre gave me the freedom of becoming anyone I wanted to, so I didn’t have to feel the pains of living in a non-accepting environment. It wasn't until I ventured on my own, did my creativity fully blossom [...]
"My work runs the gamut in terms of emotions I want to express, but it’s most important that my work is an authentic representation of where I’m at. I don’t like the idea of smiling & putting on a happy face when I’m not feeling it because it feels like lying; I’d rather use [...]
"I feel very lucky that creativity has always been encouraged in my life. My parents were always champions of my artistic nature and have been my biggest supporters and cheerleaders. I'm now working to instill those same values of self-confidence, expression and unapologetic creativity in my own children!"-- Shannon Kelley, @shannonkelley_art [...]
"Something magical happened once I landed on the other side of 30. I gradually became excited about all of the things I loved when I was younger. Witches, magic, faeries, and flowers. It was a relearning process, but I actively worked to replace my adult cynicism with a child-like enthusiasm. I reminded myself that [...]
"I find inspiration in so many places. I keep a nightmare journal next to my bed and write in it every morning. The costumes I construct and the faces I paint very often come from those nightmares. You’re getting a peek inside the part of my brain that I can’t even control." -- Apostrophe. [...]
"At its root, my creative work is about the energy exchange between myself and an audience. I strive to foster joy, a sense of wonder and offer an experience. Currently, in the absence of a shared physical space, I’m interested in visual delights. I am intensely color driven! I derive inspiration and joy from [...]
"I often 'paint my feelings.' I think I've probably always been seen as someone who is unapologetically creative. I did try to hide big parts of my personality from my family when I was young, but once autonomy kicked in I couldn't be stopped!"-- @apostrophe_period Featuring the Blue Capsule Bundle Apostrophe is [...]
"I love New Orleans because you can walk down the street in a bunny suit in June and no one looks twice at you. New Orleans is one of those magical places that you can be as creative as you want to be and people love it. They don't question it." -- @elektra_lady [...]
"Being a stand-up comedian and a woman in New York City was brutal back then. I learned how to be tough and self-deprecating, but that’s not really me. It wasn’t until I started emceeing burlesque shows in New Orleans that I realized that self-deprecation wasn’t going to work. I knew I needed to create [...]
