…and suddenly – I have a new favorite artist!
I have always been a big fantasy art fan. Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, Chris Archilleos – all big international artists laying down their weird and wonderful imaginings onto canvas. But today I met a Whangarei guy, in a Whangarei studio who really impressed me.
Evan “Soju Shots” Heasman has a tiny upstairs workshop in Walton street, open most Wednesdays and Thursdays, where you can come in and see his many prints and have a good ol chat with him about his fantastical fairy-tale motifs and the real life stories that inspired them.
What impressed me about his art, is that it has the “feel-good factor”. It’s up-beat, simple, endearing, and soulful…and best of all – affordable! I think I am about to become a collector!
