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Kruella D'Enfer


Interview with Kruella D'Enfer

Tell us about how you got to where you are now?

I am an Illustrator and Visual Artist. I came to Lisbon to study at University – the Degree I was enrolled in didn’t have much to do with what I do now and I ended up going to Caldas da Rainha to study a little later. That was when I understood, a lot due to the environment lived in that city, that what I enjoyed the most was to draw. And so that is where I started, in 2010, through Illustration. I had no academic background related to that world – everything was improvised, at the time. I set out to discover and experiment.

How would you define your style as a visual artist?

My style has varied throughout the years. I started 7 years ago and was always very dedicated to manual drawing, much more so than nowadays. At the moment I am much more used to working digitally and I actually feel more comfortable that way. Although the projects I work on are so different from each other that I am forced to work in completely different surfaces: when I am working for an exhibition, I do original work on fabric, on paper or on canvas. When the work is more commercial I work digitally.

I like to balance both, because sometimes I get tired of being at the computer constantly, always drawing, and I miss paintings. Now I am also working on murals – which is great, because it is completely different dimension from what I am used to.

What was your inspiration to create the "Dear Deer" Monarte piece?

My work is very strongly based in nature and animals – and I thought that representing an animal’s head on a sweater would be a strong element. On one hand, everything that is related to nature conveys calm – on the other hand, at the same time, such a present animal’s head conveys strength. I think that it is why I wanted to create a strong aesthetic.

 

  

 

Monarte Piece: "Dear Deer"

 

The deer symbolizes a mixture of peace and power. Imagine you are walking in the woods where everything is calm, when, suddenly, you come across this creature. You feel intimidated by the beauty and the grandeur of the deer.
It is from this tension between a peacefulbeauty and a frightening presence that an admiration for the deer arises. 



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