“I love Inuit art, and most anything you would find in a folk art museum, as well as children's art or children's book illustrators or illustrators in general - all the kinds of work that my paintings would draw comparisons to.” WellsKindChildrenArtBookPaintingDrawsFolksComparisonMuseumsChildren's BooksIllustratorsInuitFolk Art Author:Neil Farber
“I grew up on a farm with only two TV channels. I didn't grow up around much culture. When I got excited about painting, I never really got further than what would have been in a modern art history textbook.” Has BeensArtTwoCultureGrowsGrowing UpModernPaintingTvsGrewGrew UpExcitedFarmsTextbooksArt HistoryModern ArtHistory Textbooks Author:Neil Farber
“I loved surrealism and abstract painting, and anything related to those. I always thought painting was the highest form of art. What led me to drawing was seeing so much self-important, pretentious, conceptual-type art in university. I wanted to reject that by making quick, fun art.” ArtImportantSelfWantedFormFunSeeingPaintingTypeHighestUniversityDrawingRelatedAbstractRejectsPretentiousSurrealismAbstract Painting Author:Neil Farber
“I had so many ideas that I wanted to get out at once that it led to simple little drawings and paintings.” LittlesIdeasWantedSimplePaintingDrawingDrawing And Painting Author:Neil Farber
“Each painting is its own world, but a lot of times I do see the paintings as one page from a story. You can imagine what has happened before or after. Sometimes they are worded as being a part of a story, especially the paintings where characters are in conversation.” WorldSometimesCharacterStoriesImagineHappenedPaintingConversationPages Author:Neil Farber
