In Which I Talk To Artists

Rachel Harris loves making things, operating primarily in the world of graphic design, illustration, and motion. She holds a MFA in graphic design from RISD, and currently works at the Harvard Kennedy School. She also spent several years as a senior designer at Fathom, a Boston-based information design studio. She has done work for a wide range of clients, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, General Electric, and the Girl Scouts.

http://rachel-harris.com/

https://www.instagram.com/laraquelx/

Rachel Harris loves making things, operating primarily in the world of graphic design, illustration, and motion. She holds a MFA in graphic design from RISD, and currently works at the Harvard Kennedy School. She also spent several years as a senior designer at Fathom, a Boston-based information design studio. She has done work for a wide range of clients, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, General Electric, and the Girl Scouts.

http://rachel-harris.com/

https://www.instagram.com/laraquelx/

Rachel Harris loves making things, operating primarily in the world of graphic design, illustration, and motion. She holds a MFA in graphic design from RISD, and currently works at the Harvard Kennedy School. She also spent several years as a senior designer at Fathom, a Boston-based information design studio. She has done work for a wide range of clients, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, General Electric, and the Girl Scouts.

http://rachel-harris.com/

https://www.instagram.com/laraquelx/

After graduating from Alberta University of the Arts in 2011, she visited Jillian in New York and landed a job at Bumble and bumble, where she immediately made a splash in the graphic arts community with the wallpaper she designed and illustrated at the uptown salon, as well as holiday cards and the illustrations she created for B&b’s first rewards gaming app. She continued to do freelance illustrations for clients such as GQ, Wall Street Journal and Cole Haan and in 2013, she made the leap to New York’s Arch & Loop design firm, where she reunited with the beauty and fashion clients she loves.

In addition to her National Magazine Award, Lauren has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, Society of News Design, and American Illustration. Her most recent project involved illustrating Caroline Paul’s book, You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World (Bloomsbury, May 2018).

(bio from Alberta University of the Arts and magazine-awards.com)

https://www.instagram.com/laurentamaki/

https://laurentamaki.tumblr.com/

After graduating from Alberta University of the Arts in 2011, she visited Jillian in New York and landed a job at Bumble and bumble, where she immediately made a splash in the graphic arts community with the wallpaper she designed and illustrated at the uptown salon, as well as holiday cards and the illustrations she created for B&b’s first rewards gaming app. She continued to do freelance illustrations for clients such as GQ, Wall Street Journal and Cole Haan and in 2013, she made the leap to New York’s Arch & Loop design firm, where she reunited with the beauty and fashion clients she loves.

In addition to her National Magazine Award, Lauren has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, Society of News Design, and American Illustration. Her most recent project involved illustrating Caroline Paul’s book, You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World (Bloomsbury, May 2018).

(bio from Alberta University of the Arts and magazine-awards.com)

https://www.instagram.com/laurentamaki/

https://laurentamaki.tumblr.com/

After graduating from Alberta University of the Arts in 2011, she visited Jillian in New York and landed a job at Bumble and bumble, where she immediately made a splash in the graphic arts community with the wallpaper she designed and illustrated at the uptown salon, as well as holiday cards and the illustrations she created for B&b’s first rewards gaming app. She continued to do freelance illustrations for clients such as GQ, Wall Street Journal and Cole Haan and in 2013, she made the leap to New York’s Arch & Loop design firm, where she reunited with the beauty and fashion clients she loves.

In addition to her National Magazine Award, Lauren has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, Society of News Design, and American Illustration. Her most recent project involved illustrating Caroline Paul’s book, You Are Mighty: A Guide to Changing the World (Bloomsbury, May 2018).

(bio from Alberta University of the Arts and magazine-awards.com)

https://www.instagram.com/laurentamaki/

https://laurentamaki.tumblr.com/

Beth received her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art in 2002. She began her collegiate career as part of the Architecture program, but quickly realized that the Fine Arts section of the building was where she belonged. The majority of her years in school were actually spent in the dark room, developing film. The hands-on tactility of processing film and the delay of the work coming to life really "fit" - numbers, cause and effect, creativity. After graduating, she worked alongside a photojournalistic photographer for a couple of years until another job forced a move. After setting all creative endeavors aside for quite awhile, she began to feel the itch again.

During her time away, digital photography had swept the photography industry, forcing her to reevaluate her direction. As a fine arts major, she had a fairly full resume of work - throwing and hand building with clay, watercolor, design, sculpture, photography and printmaking. Through the years, she'd painted on the side - nothing major, only small projects - until one fortuitous request changed it all - a request for a large abstract piece. From that, a real passion was awakened.

Beth's work is characterized by bold, gestural brush strokes and minimalist detail. As a nod to her analytical roots in photography and architecture, she approaches each piece with a mathematical mindset - counting evens and odds, balancing lights and darks, visually "slicing" the composition into thirds and fifths. She approaches her work as if it's a problem to solve: combining and contrasting elements with and against one another to create a cohesive yet dynamic piece. Beth's work is an exploration of contrast, tension and resolve. Methodical by nature, she challenges her own ideas of control by experimenting with materials, allowing them to behave as they naturally would, with subtle direction. Each canvas, piece of paper or panel is an invitation to engage - to feel, to react, to explore the tension and resolve of each and every element and property used to build it.

https://www.instagram.com/beth_winterburn/

https://bethwinterburn.com

Beth received her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art in 2002. She began her collegiate career as part of the Architecture program, but quickly realized that the Fine Arts section of the building was where she belonged. The majority of her years in school were actually spent in the dark room, developing film. The hands-on tactility of processing film and the delay of the work coming to life really "fit" - numbers, cause and effect, creativity. After graduating, she worked alongside a photojournalistic photographer for a couple of years until another job forced a move. After setting all creative endeavors aside for quite awhile, she began to feel the itch again.

During her time away, digital photography had swept the photography industry, forcing her to reevaluate her direction. As a fine arts major, she had a fairly full resume of work - throwing and hand building with clay, watercolor, design, sculpture, photography and printmaking. Through the years, she'd painted on the side - nothing major, only small projects - until one fortuitous request changed it all - a request for a large abstract piece. From that, a real passion was awakened.

Beth's work is characterized by bold, gestural brush strokes and minimalist detail. As a nod to her analytical roots in photography and architecture, she approaches each piece with a mathematical mindset - counting evens and odds, balancing lights and darks, visually "slicing" the composition into thirds and fifths. She approaches her work as if it's a problem to solve: combining and contrasting elements with and against one another to create a cohesive yet dynamic piece. Beth's work is an exploration of contrast, tension and resolve. Methodical by nature, she challenges her own ideas of control by experimenting with materials, allowing them to behave as they naturally would, with subtle direction. Each canvas, piece of paper or panel is an invitation to engage - to feel, to react, to explore the tension and resolve of each and every element and property used to build it.

https://www.instagram.com/beth_winterburn/

https://bethwinterburn.com

Beth received her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art in 2002. She began her collegiate career as part of the Architecture program, but quickly realized that the Fine Arts section of the building was where she belonged. The majority of her years in school were actually spent in the dark room, developing film. The hands-on tactility of processing film and the delay of the work coming to life really "fit" - numbers, cause and effect, creativity. After graduating, she worked alongside a photojournalistic photographer for a couple of years until another job forced a move. After setting all creative endeavors aside for quite awhile, she began to feel the itch again.

During her time away, digital photography had swept the photography industry, forcing her to reevaluate her direction. As a fine arts major, she had a fairly full resume of work - throwing and hand building with clay, watercolor, design, sculpture, photography and printmaking. Through the years, she'd painted on the side - nothing major, only small projects - until one fortuitous request changed it all - a request for a large abstract piece. From that, a real passion was awakened.

Beth's work is characterized by bold, gestural brush strokes and minimalist detail. As a nod to her analytical roots in photography and architecture, she approaches each piece with a mathematical mindset - counting evens and odds, balancing lights and darks, visually "slicing" the composition into thirds and fifths. She approaches her work as if it's a problem to solve: combining and contrasting elements with and against one another to create a cohesive yet dynamic piece. Beth's work is an exploration of contrast, tension and resolve. Methodical by nature, she challenges her own ideas of control by experimenting with materials, allowing them to behave as they naturally would, with subtle direction. Each canvas, piece of paper or panel is an invitation to engage - to feel, to react, to explore the tension and resolve of each and every element and property used to build it.

https://www.instagram.com/beth_winterburn/

https://bethwinterburn.com

Megan is an artist and illustrator based in Silver Spring, Md., having recently returned to her hometown after several years in New York City.

She worked for nine years as a high school art and Spanish teacher, before making the transition to full-time artist more than four years ago. Her beautiful seascape-inspired images have been featured in several spaces online and in person, including the popular website DesignLoveFest, Kristen Coates Gallery in Newport, RI, Create! Magazine, and The Coop in Brooklyn, N.Y. This summer(2019) you can find her work on view at Axiom Gallery and at Shelter DC.

https://www.instagram.com/artbymegan/