Therefore, we contacted him for an interview and he has been kind enough to answer few of our questions.Guys, catch his interview below with some of his illustrations and you'll get to know how amazing this artist is:
Gary, please introduce yourself to E-junkies.
My name is Gary Fernández, and I am a visual artist and illustrator living and working between Spain and The United States.
The everyday life, the radio, books, films, and traveling… Very regular things that at a certain point turn into something stranger.
I guess I met the wrong people doing music and arts while I was on my way of becoming an economist. Arts looked much more interesting to me, so I decided to do something in that way.
I usually start doing some research until an idea comes up. Sometimes the ideas come from words, some others just walking on the street, or visiting book stores, antiques … Then I sketch until I get something I'm happy with. It's in that moment when I start to define each element of the composition, and then I just work the final art.
It is different. The main difference is that for clients I am working in a team, with a specific briefing and an art direction. Working on my own projects, I usually test different things in order to get something unexpected. So it's a more open process for experimentation.
There is not much more to say than what you see. Metallic Peacock Feathers was a commission from an ad agency in Spain for the launch of a new perfume worldwide. My idea was to make inspired-by-peacock feathers, not real peacock feathers. Just trying to get the feeling of them.
“Wild Horses and The Incredibly Red Plastic Flowers” had been started back in 2009, when I was drawing horses and horses and wanting to get my own type of horse and they were the first ones. Then I used them for my exhibition in Marseille last year, and made some changes until I got to the revisited version you can see on my website. The artwork is about a synthetic naturescape where the horses are pasting. The season is spring. The idea is very basic. I like to work with basic ideas, actually.
Each one is special for some reason. Sometimes, when working on a commercial project, although the outcome is quite different to my personal work, the project becomes something very special for me, because of the team work. Other times, a project is special because of the moment I have worked on it. I don't know. Each one is special in different aspects. Anyway, maybe my exhibition in Shanghai, China would be the most special one, so far.
It was in 2007 when I decided to make something different of what I was doing, based on my most personal sketches I was saving for years in notebooks. At the end, I was so happy with the outcome and I felt like it was something I could continue developing, so it became my new way of working. Now I would like to work in a new version, a bigger book!
A while ago someone sent me an email telling me “you are like Lewis Carrol on acid”!
What are the other things that interests you?
Apart from music, theatre, books, traveling, animals, art, my wonderful wife, Pancho the dog, etc, etc… I'm interested in nothing else but making art.
Many other artists would draw inspiration from you. What message do you have for them?
Be yourself and enjoy doing what you do.Gary, thanks for such a delightful interview. It was a pleasure to have you with us. We wish you all the very best!
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