What is the best thing that I love about my work? I love to create imaginary characters and magical worlds, to imagine what Wonderland may look like. To share my dreams and stories with other people through drawing and painting.
What is my idea of perfect happiness? Spending time with my family. Seeing the magic hidden in everyday life and trying to recreate it in my paintings.
What is my greatest fear? Losing loved ones. Not being able to create anymore.
What is the trait that I most deplore in myself? I doubt and lack confidence in my work. But this is also what motivates me to work harder to improve and to never stop experimenting and learning.
Which living persons in my profession do I most admire? John Howe a master in fantasy art, Selina Fenech for her gorgeous fairies, Daniel Merriam for his amazing imagination, Tomek Setowski for his magical realism artworks, Jasmine Beckett Griffith for her amazing big eyed girls.. and so many others !
What is my greatest extravagance? Art supplies. I love to work with various media and I love to try out new things. Don’t let me alone in an art supply store !
On what occasion would I lie? I avoid to lie as it always ends up in a mess. But I would make an exception if the truth would put someone in danger or hurt someone I love or care about unnecessarily.
What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work? The shipping process. The stressful waiting for the painting to arrive safely in its new home.
When and where was I the happiest, in my work? When I succeed in translating the idea or image I have in my mind on paper and share emotions and magic with other people through it.
If I could, what would I change about myself? Being less critical about my work.
What is my greatest achievement in work? I feel each new creation is an achievement as each one is a new thing learned, a new dream shared, a new idea brought to life and shared with others.
Where would I most like to live? Near the sea. I would love to be able to walk on the beach and see the sea everydays.
What is my most treasured possession? Original paintings created by my grandfather.
What is my most marked characteristic? I’m a hopeless dreamer
What is my most inspirational location, in my city? The gothic cathedral of Strasbourg in France. I’m always amazed and inspired by its gorgeous architecture
What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city? Places with a homey feeling, small restaurants.
What books influenced my life and how? Alice in Wonderland and fairy tales books from childhood. These stories taught me that we have the right to follow our dreams and to believe in magic . La séve et le givre (Sap and frost) from Lea Silhol a wonderful story on fairies of shadows and light who inspired my art greatly.
Who are my favorite writers? Pierre Pevel, Carlene Thompson, Lea Silhol, Mary Higgins Clark.
You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day? A personal mix of my favorite songs
Who is my hero or heroine in fiction? I don’t have a particular hero or heroine I usually love characters with strong personality who fight for their dreams or for their loved ones.
Who are my heroes and heroines in real life? People helping others, people fighting for peace and freedom..
What movie would i recommend you to see? The lord of the rings. A must see for every fantasy fans.
What role plays art in my life and work? Creating art soothes me, brings me joy. It is my oxygen.
Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime? My parents who supported me from the start and are still encouraging me everyday. And of course my friends and all the persons who encouraged me and are following me in my creative journey.
Whom would I like to work with in 2018? I’d love to work with art collectives to meet other passionate artists and share love for art and for creating together, editors for children or fantasy books, art galleries..
Which people in my profession would I love to meet in 2018? I’d love to meet some of my artist friends from Facebook it’d be nice to see each other in real one day.
What project, in 2018, am I looking forward to work on? I have many projects I’d love to work on. Especially some short stories I’d love to illustrate and self-publish, a coloring book..
Where can you see me or my work in 2018?
Online on my Facebook art page, Instagram profile and website.
What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me? If you are passionate about what you do, passion will always be stronger and will help you overcome the issues you may face in your creative journey. It’ll give you the strength and will to work harder and to never give up.
Which creative heroines should Peter invite to tell their story? Every creative woman should have the chance to take part to this project. But I’d love to invite Ellen Million,Tricia Danby, Rowan Lewgalon, Maya Devi, Isabelle Dumont, Linzi Fay.
How can you contact me?
My website:
http://lorellyneart.weebly.com/
https://m.facebook.com/lorellyneartInstagram:
http://www.instagram.com/julierabischung/
On Etsy:
http://www.etsy.com/fr/shop/fantasyartandcrafts
Here follows a message of Peter de Kuster, founder of The Heroine’s Journey
Spring Journey
Wednesday 14th March – Sunday 18th March
The best of The Heroine’s Journey condensed into a single, unforgettable week.
The Heroine’s Journey is a global organisation dedicated to teaching skills not covered by the regular education system – skills that develop storytelling intelligence and encourage psychological well-being for creative professionals. The Spring Journey brings together the very best in our storytelling.
We will cover such themes as how to make money doing what you love, how to promote your business, which is you, how to choose our partners more wisely, how to make relationships last, how to find and create your dreamjob by meeting your rolemodels and making testdrives, how to manage your time and organize yourself creativitely, how to focus on our creative goals, how to have the financial freedom to create and how to more regularly experience creative flow and happiness.
You’ll embark on a rich and enlightening voyage, discovering how to make lasting, meaningful change across every aspect of your creative life. By working within a fixed group led by Peter de Kuster over the week, you’ll dive deeper than would be possible in any single daytrip. You’ll be challenged to think deeply about the issues that matter most, and provided with a space to share your thoughts, ideas and experiences.
The Journey is ideal for those seeking a more meaningful, transformative vacation; for attendees of our daytrips who now wish to take a structured journey through our expertly curated material; and for those wishing to save time in the long run by working through the dilemmas of creative life, business, passion, and your own story in a single, high intensity week.
Blending tuition, exercises, meeting with stories of rolemodels, and discussion in journeys in a world city, each day of the Spring Journey will equip you with tools and strategies to help you find answers for your creative life’s big questions.
Join us for a truly transformational vacation for the mind in Rome
Ticket costs Euro 1250 excluding VAT per person, includes all teaching, materials, light refreshments & additional activities.
You can reach Peter for a skype meeting about questions you have by mailing him at peterdekuster@hotmail.nl
DAILY TIMETABLE
09.40 Tea & Coffee on arrival
10.00 Morning Session
13.00 Lunch Break
14.00 Afternoon Session
17.00 Drinks
Read on for a detailed breakdown of the Spring Journey itinerary.
“You are the Storyteller of Your Own Creative Life. You can Create Your Own Legend – Or Not” – Peter de Kuster
Spring Journey Itinerary
Day One: The first day of the Spring Journey is designed to equip us with the core skills of The Heroine’s Journey and Storytelling. We will learn the power of the story we tell ourselves, why our minds have a hard time understanding themselves, how to map and understand our passions, and how and why we characteristically respond to them.
Day Two: The second day of the Spring Journey takes us on a structured journey around the power of your story as creative professional. Creative flow is always in essence a mental phenomenon, it is a result of ideas- and a story you tell yourself therefore relies on having to hand a raft of enriching stories about your business, your money management, your self promotion and your time management that can be called upon in moments of truth. The day begins with a Heroine’s Journey Breakfast – considering what three of the greatest creative heroines of all time have as story about the art of creative living wisely and well.
Day Three: The third day of the Spring Journey teaches us how to choose our clients and business partners wisely and make our relationships last. One of the gravest errors we make around business relationships is to imagine that they aren’t things we can get wiser or better at. On this day we will learn to practise and rehearse our skills at working with the people who can help you further your creative business (clients and business partners like agents, publishers, marketing professionals etcera). In the evening, we will attend a Storytelling Dinner in a local restaurant – learning to overturn small talk and master the art of opening up our deepest stories.
Day Four: The fourth day of the Spring Journey teaches us how to achieve our creative career potential. We will employ storytelling tools to be better able to understand our creative talents and to move forward using the opportunities that are open to us.
Day Five: The final day of the Spring Journey explores new business opportunities and markets for you to as creative professional. Many of the challenges we encounter in modern life require us to develop creative solutions to complex problems. And even when we’re not tackling big problems, continuously improving the way we live using invention and imaginative strategy is deeply important.
You can reach Peter for a skype meeting about questions you have by mailing him at peterdekuster@hotmail.nl
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