{"id":3219,"date":"2015-02-28T09:26:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3219"},"modified":"2015-02-28T09:26:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T23:26:09","slug":"lola-santiago-blog-interview-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3219","title":{"rendered":"Lola Santiago [Blog Interview #61]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3219\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3259\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-01.jpg\" alt=\"Lola Santiago\" width=\"760\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-01.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-01-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>Lola Santiago\u2019s luscious, rich abstract paintings have us here at ArtChat buzzing. We couldn\u2019t wait to interview her and find out a little more about her and her wonderful paintings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Lola your work starts with colour washes. Do you allow the first washes to dictate what comes next or is it more controlled than that?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: I like to let my colours take me where they want, I follow the colours flow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: When you were young who were your heroes, and were they artists or other figures?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: I loved Miro, <a title=\"Chagall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theartstory.org\/artist-chagall-marc.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Chagall<\/a> and <a title=\"Dali\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ngv.vic.gov.au\/dali\/salvador\/daliandsurrealism.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dali<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: If you could spend a day with any historical figure who would it be?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: It would definitely have to be <a title=\"Helen Keller\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biography.com\/people\/helen-keller-9361967\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Keller<\/a>, her movie and book as a child made an impact on me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Your work is always vibrant and rich. How important is colour to you?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: I could just as easily do sombre and not rich colours, I love all paint.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-04.jpg\" alt=\"Lola Santiago\" width=\"760\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-04.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-04-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>AC: Is there anything you do to get into the creative zone or does it happen naturally when you arrive at the studio.<br \/>\n<\/strong>LS: It happens freely<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: What is your favourite childhood memory?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: Musicals with Gidget and <a title=\"Elvis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elvis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elvis<\/a>, on Sundays rainy days, and Mum cooking Sunday roast<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Do you listen to music when you work and if so what inspires you?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: Yes, I listen to classical and 2CH, all things inspire me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Have you always been drawn to abstract art and why?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: I love abstract and the freedom it gives me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: Do you have any other creative activities in your life besides painting?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: Gardening, Cooking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: What is so inciting about the night that inspires you to paint after dark?<\/strong><br \/>\nLS: The quietness, the peace.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-02.jpg\" alt=\"Lola Santiago\" width=\"760\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-02.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Linda-Vario-02-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Lola Santiago\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/LolaSantiago2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lola Santiago<\/a>\u00a0 will be exhibiting at <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a> 61 Musgrave Road, Red Hill, Brisbane in the month of February\u00a0together with two other promising\u00a0female artists <a title=\"Linda Vario\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/LindaVario2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">Linda Vario <\/a>and\u00a0<a title=\"Danielle McManus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/DanielleMcManus2015.html\" target=\"_blank\">Danielle McManus<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0exhibition \u00a0&#8220;Women Of Substance&#8221; .<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff4b33;\" title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a9\u00a0\u00a0Red Hill Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3219\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareLola Santiago\u2019s luscious, rich abstract paintings have us here at ArtChat buzzing. 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