Interview with Dan Zeller.

Great artists can seem intimidating.

Have you ever looked at a piece of art and wondered:

• How did they come up with that idea for that art?
• How did they learn the skills to execute that idea?
• Were they born with a genius I’ll never reach?

Great art isn’t created in a vacuum. And, as much as we admire raw talent, great artists aren’t magical beings who woke up one day and decided to make art. So, what is a successful artist?

• How do you develop artistic skills?
• Where do you find inspiration for great art, and how do you deal with imposter syndrome?

During the next two weeks we will be sharing interviews with two artists who are actively pursuing their creative talents. They’ll be discussing everything from their drive to create, to the evolution of their art and finding their artistic identities.

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Johnny Ganta

Johnny Ganta, during Spark interview.

“John Ganta is an Experience Designer and a scholar of the Liberal Arts in Grammar, Rhetoric, Geometry and Music. He is a Music Theory Master of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, along with Masters of Business Administration in Finance, with a speciality in quantitative statistics and investment portfolio management. His poly-disciplinary design process weaves the siloed branches of academia and their various codes into a manifold of surprising possibilities.” – StudioGanta

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 Daniel Zeller

Daniel Zeller, during Spark interview.

Description of Zeller’s art: “The visual language of these drawings is borrowed from many places, including but not limited to satellite photography, electron micrographs, topographic maps, anatomical and schematic diagrams; imagery which might be generally categorized as two dimensional translations of the three dimensional world.” DanZeller

“Zeller’s work is represented in the permanent collections of the MOMA – Museum of Modern Art (New York), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), Albright -Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LA, CA), among others.” (Soskine)

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Pixite: Your Partner in Creativity

At Pixite, our goal is to support and spark natural creativity.

In a world of busy schedules and easy Netflix, we think it’s important to take time to create. We believe that everyone is creative, and that it’s important to practice and express this side of ourselves. It’s a bit like exercising – you know it’s good for you, you feel better after you do it, but sometimes it’s hard to just show up. And, unlike exercise, the benefit of creating is not necessarily a physical result, which makes it even easier to ignore or push aside.

The reality is: creating is essential to your personal wellbeing. To use your imagination, to make something where there was nothing, to immerse yourself in a personally meaningful project: these are distinct, and beautiful, expressions of humanity.

So: carve out some time for creating today. Exercise your brain, express your humanness, and enjoy the process.