Interview with Liliana Sanches

Aug 6, 200810 min read

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Published: Aug 6, 2008

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Liliana Sanches's art is something I have been admiring since I have come to deviantArt. Her persistancy and motivation to create artworks and also grow into different styles and media of art has really inspired me so much.

♦ First off I just wanted to say that I feel completely speechless when I look at your works. They are magnificently beautiful and excellently finished. Now that you are taking your art more seriously, where do you plan to take your art? What kind of career path are you trying to follow and what goals do you have for the future?

First of all, I must thank you for this opportunity. It's very sweet and kind of you. I'm just not used to be interviewed, as I'm usually on that side :]

Well it is a fact that every day I am taking my Art more seriously, and currently I am working with all my strength in pursuing a career as a professional illustrator/ graphic designer as freelancer and on developing my own business.

I am a very independent person, especially when it comes to work, I have my own rhythm and very strong ideas about how I want my art to be and so working alone is the best for me.

♦ Your dark artworks are among my favourite in your gallery. Even the ones that are filled with such wonderful colours have a dark twist and mystery to them. Could you tell us some of the stories and inspiration behind these works?

I believe one is always inspired by the life one has. Personal experiences, specially in childhood and teenage years ( when we are more vulnerable and still in a growing process ). These can stay with you a lifetime. Even though you grow, you become a strong, mature person, those experiences ( good or bad) will always be in your memory and will reflect many of your future choices.

My parents got divorced when I was very young, and I have some stories of violent abuse in my family. I had to deal with all that before I was 5 years old. Along my life I had to be running away from home, even in the middle of the night with my mother and I never stayed long enough in one place to make many friends.

As I grew up, I was never really able to give myself easily to friends or boyfriends, and I am very selective when it comes to the people I deal with. In an unconscious way of course, I just can't trust people very easy.

Apart from personal experiences, most of my inspiration comes from music, songs that I can truly relate to. And also from horror movies, which is something I am working on developing more and more in my art.

♦ There are obviously some very disrespectful people in the deviantArt community who only want to disturb others with their nasty comments and others who are just so jealous they have nothing good to say. How do you react to negative attention? Has there been anything useful you have learned from it? How do you feel when your work is critiqued in a very harsh way?

*laughs* I think I've had it all to be honest! Jealousy, selfishness and even people LOVE to bring down my work, but have nothing to be jealous of because they are wonderful artists.

I've had the artists who I used to have the highest respect and admiration coming to my gallery and shredding it to pieces. You have no idea how it feels. I had been admiring a few people here along 4 or even 5 years, leaving comments on their art and just supporting them as I could. And when they visit my page BAM! It's heart breaking really.

I also had to deal with lies and false statements about me. People love making up stories and situations! I've had people noting me asking me why the f*** I had done this or that to them when I don't even know them.

But honestly, I think it's all worthwhile. You learn a lot when you put your mind to it. I mean dA, the internet is just what it is you know? Why do I care what people here think or say about me?
It's been a long process, and as you might know I've considered leaving a couple of times, but in the end I realized no one has the right to make me feel that way. No one has the right to make me wanna stop working on something that is truly my passion.

As my boyfriend says "People can only hurt you if you give them the power to do it".

♦ I am curious to know, when you feel you are out of ideas and inspiration and you need a break away from people and art is there a place you really like to be to relax and unwind? Is there a certain place or activity you like to do to relax or a way to regain some of your inspiration to create again?

Oh yes absolutely. As I mentioned before I cherish every moment I have alone. It's really something precious to me, I seem to have social anxiety disorder, I get anxious, nervous, my heart starts pounding, I get cold sweat and dizzy when I am in the middle of many people, even if working on an office all day, it's a sacrifice to me.

I know it might sound completely crazy, but at the end of the day I feel all my "energies" were drained by the people who were around me. This is often symbolized by the reaching and grabbing hands on my works.

I need to be alone. I run to the ocean very often and just stare at it for hours. When I'm away from it I run to a castle there is in the city I live in and go up the highest tower. I feel free and empowered there.

♦ Your art has evolved and grown so much since I can remember, you’ve added some cute little drawings and you have really been into photography work. You have some really amazing close-up macro shots and also some very stunning self portraits. You do some of your own drawings and digital painting in your photo manipulations. Have you ever considered doing an entire picture by digital painting? Is there any other media or styles of artworks you would like to try and add to your gallery?

Honestly not at all, digital painting is without a doubt one of the art forms/ media I most respect but personal I don't feel tempted to do it at all.

I'm more focused and worried about evolving as a graphic designer and working on my traditional art more. I love exploring textures and watercolors :]

♦ Is there any areas of your art you wish you could improve on and if so what would they be? Is there an ultimate goal or dream you'd really like to achieve through your art? Also is there anything important you would like to say about your art to people, like critique, respect or the way you do things in general?

I think my dream is no different from the dreams of many other artists. I wanna be respected and admired</i> by my work. I wanna reach out to people, not only to let them see what lies inside me, but also in a way that will tell them know they are not alone when they feel certian things.

About the message I'd like to leave: I'd like to ask people to accept and respect everyone's art. I don't think anyone has the right to say "You should change this or that" "You should explore this or that theme", because art is about personal evolving, it's a path that can only be followed by us. If we do everything we are told, if we change our art for others, we are lying to ourselves.

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