Interview with Artist: Madelyn Webb

What’s your strongest memory of childhood?
My first art experience was painting in a class at school. My art teacher didn’t like it. I was upset and confused because he had told us to do something new, which I did. Even my classmates like my drawing. After that I stopped drawing for many years. Eventually I overcome those obstacles and started to paint all over again, on totally different levels and totally different skills.

What work do you most enjoy doing?
I love to draw, paint and sculpt in materials like clay, even cement with gypsum. I work mostly with oil colors.

Can you describe a real-life situation that inspired you?
It was a long time ago, at a museum of old masters’ paintings. I walked from one room to another like a princess at her first ball. It was a puzzle I needed to fulfill in my life. I began to notice more interesting topics, colors and lines, shadows and light interactions, to look at the sky and watch people. At the beginning it was nice but not really professional. I didn’t think I should be doing it in a "right" way or take art lessons. I was so excited when I saw that I had made some beautiful art from my imagination. It was a eureka moment.

How and when did you realize that painting would be
the true desire of your soul?

I have started and stopped painting, craft and murals many times, often because I had to take care my family and parents. Life is life. Its kind of circle of procrastinations, reverses, upsets and disappointments. But dreams never die and so now it’s about my lifestyle and me. Now art is everything for me. And I still continue to learn.

What is inspiring you now?

Flashbacks, sometimes in slow motion. Mother nature, dreams, music, everything beautiful and soulful. Elusive things inspire me, manifesting moments which cannot be conveyed in words.

What are your experiences during the creative process?
It's different every time, most of the time it’s a secret. My thoughts, skills, even my hand seems to be guided. And there is a special lightness, gratitude and joy in being a conductor of energy for the good of the world.

What is the most important content in your paintings? Colors, light, beauty, Composition, harmony. Each artwork has a different, unpredictable outcome and a process, which is its own unique story, like a spirit moving by itself.

Could you give me an example? One of the first happened in a dream. I saw a beautiful Holly Mother. I woke up and in one day I had finished my artwork, Mary with the baby Jesus. I can’t explain why it came to me but it was a great feeling.

What do you like most about painting? I like telling wonderful stories with radiant colors and compositions. Just a thought can be everything. I like this word everything. And the most wonderful feeling is when I finish a work into which I have put my heart and soul.

Who is your teacher?
My teacher has been my life in a universe of different situations. Look at the kids. They can teach you a lot. Look how couples look at each other. Look at the animals. Look at sunlight through the window. Teachers are everywhere. Our Planet is amazing.

What is your dream project?
I prefer to finish my projects rather than talk about them. It takes time to realize, like letting dough rest in order to rise, kneading my thoughts into my work.

What is your goal?
My goal? My goal is to create more projects and installations, which lead to success.
It might be crazy, but you never know. For example: I want to make a thousand paintings in a certain period of time. Is it possible? Yes. It takes time, effort and energy. Most of the time goals are connected with strategy and plans.

Do you want to add something?
I wish you good positive changes and a happy long life that I wish for me too.