02 What sort of Art and themes do you gravitate towards generally?<\/span><\/h3>\nI love the body, I love faces and I am drawn towards work that shows a real mastery of the medium in which it was executed. I like narratives within the work and drama.<\/p>\n
03 What have been the main inspirations in your working themes and style?<\/h3>\n
I\u2019m really influenced by my surroundings. I made a visit to LA recently, my first time there and I think the space and light in the city really had an effect on my approach to my work. I felt the urge to start using colour whereas before I was all jet black baby. I\u2019ve retained this urge since returning to London and I\u2019m going to see where it takes me. Anything can spark an idea though: a conversation, a dream, a person, a song\u2026.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n04 What about the different mediums and techniques that you use or employ? Do you use modern technology and if so how?<\/h3>\n
Pen and ink are my preferred weapons. Modern technology? I\u2019m all for it. My finished drawings are all executed on paper or board without any digital manipulation, however prior to putting pen to paper I use Photoshop sometimes to compose images from photos, scans, stuff I\u2019ve found on the net. I have a huge archive of reference material and it\u2019s ever-growing.<\/p>\n
05 What other current Artists do you find appealing? Heroes and Zeroes?<\/h3>\n
So many. I\u2019m just going to list some current artists I respect or whose work I\u2019m drawn to and I recommend you go and check them all out. My memory is terrible but here are a few that spring to mind: Guy Denning, Justin Mortimer, Dale Grimshaw, CKirk, Audrey Kawasaki, Dan May, Antony Micallef, Dan Hillier, Sage Vaughn, Andrew Salgado, Chiharu Shiota, Jenny Saville, etc etc.<\/p>\n
The Zeroes\u2026 who cares?<\/span><\/p>\n06 What can we expect to see from your current body of work right now?<\/span><\/h3>\nAt the moment I am working up drawings for a show in the pipeline at Converge Gallery, PA. The theme initially centred around crows and spirituality but I\u2019ve kind of deviated off into killer whales, bubbles, cityscapes, panda suits and humming birds.<\/p>\n
07 Anything that you really dislike and why?<\/h3>\n
I guess everything has its place.<\/p>\n
08 What about Commissions and awkward Clients?<\/span><\/h3>\nI get a lot of fun commissions from bands and musicians which is great as I\u2019m a drummer myself and I like when the two worlds collide.<\/span><\/p>\nAwkward: clients not understanding that a \u2018slight adjustment\u2019 in a pen drawing actually requires a complete reworking.<\/span><\/p>\n09 Tell us what you are up to at the moment and where can we view your work etc?<\/span><\/h3>\nI am taking part in a couple of group shows in London at the moment through a fantastic art collective called Movement: Artworks. The first show is still open at Pictorem Gallery in Walthamstow until next week, then it moves to Aside Bside Gallery in Dalston on 6th Feb. I\u2019ve been experimenting with working on canvas for the second.<\/span><\/p>\nBeyond this, I have a duo show planned in the States this coming Spring with a really cool gallery called Converge which I mentioned earlier. It will be a duo exhibition with an American artist called Liz Parrish who has an entire world of beautifully alluring yet creepy characters painted on canvas.<\/span><\/p>\n10 Your thoughts on the future and things that excite you beyond Art?<\/h3>\n
I have no idea what\u2019s going to happen in the future and that excites the hell out of me. As long as I can continue working I\u2019ll be happy. I play drums in an 8 piece Gypsy\/Folk\/Punk band called The Great Malarkey and we were holed up in the studio recording just before Xmas. We just received the first mixes back meaning the next single will be released very soon. We also have a mini Scandinavian tour coming up in February so it\u2019ll be nice to get out of London again for a bit. We\u2019re a riot, check us out.<\/span><\/p>\n11 Have you met or worked with anyone interesting on your Artistic journey?<\/h3>\n
I\u2019m fortunate enough to meet interesting people all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n12 What does the future hold in store for you and your work?<\/h3>\n
I know everyone says \u2018take over the world\u2019. I actually mean it.<\/p>\n
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\nwww.jonibelaruski.com<\/a>
\nwww.facebook.com\/pages\/Joni-Belaruski-Art<\/a>
\ntwitter.com\/JoniBelaruski<\/a>
\nwww.thegreatmalarkey.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pen and ink are my preferred weapons. Modern technology? I\u2019m all for it. My finished drawings are all executed on paper or board without any digital manipulation, however prior to putting pen to paper I use Photoshop sometimes to compose images from photos, scans, stuff I\u2019ve found on the net. I have a huge archive of reference material and it\u2019s ever-growing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":5935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,67,73],"tags":[1169,926,924,925],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-culture","category-interviews","tag-art","tag-artswing","tag-joni-belaruski","tag-pen-and-ink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5903"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8709,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903\/revisions\/8709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5903"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=5903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n04 What about the different mediums and techniques that you use or employ? Do you use modern technology and if so how?<\/h3>\n
Pen and ink are my preferred weapons. Modern technology? I\u2019m all for it. My finished drawings are all executed on paper or board without any digital manipulation, however prior to putting pen to paper I use Photoshop sometimes to compose images from photos, scans, stuff I\u2019ve found on the net. I have a huge archive of reference material and it\u2019s ever-growing.<\/p>\n
05 What other current Artists do you find appealing? Heroes and Zeroes?<\/h3>\n
So many. I\u2019m just going to list some current artists I respect or whose work I\u2019m drawn to and I recommend you go and check them all out. My memory is terrible but here are a few that spring to mind: Guy Denning, Justin Mortimer, Dale Grimshaw, CKirk, Audrey Kawasaki, Dan May, Antony Micallef, Dan Hillier, Sage Vaughn, Andrew Salgado, Chiharu Shiota, Jenny Saville, etc etc.<\/p>\n
The Zeroes\u2026 who cares?<\/span><\/p>\n At the moment I am working up drawings for a show in the pipeline at Converge Gallery, PA. The theme initially centred around crows and spirituality but I\u2019ve kind of deviated off into killer whales, bubbles, cityscapes, panda suits and humming birds.<\/p>\n I guess everything has its place.<\/p>\n I get a lot of fun commissions from bands and musicians which is great as I\u2019m a drummer myself and I like when the two worlds collide.<\/span><\/p>\n Awkward: clients not understanding that a \u2018slight adjustment\u2019 in a pen drawing actually requires a complete reworking.<\/span><\/p>\n I am taking part in a couple of group shows in London at the moment through a fantastic art collective called Movement: Artworks. The first show is still open at Pictorem Gallery in Walthamstow until next week, then it moves to Aside Bside Gallery in Dalston on 6th Feb. I\u2019ve been experimenting with working on canvas for the second.<\/span><\/p>\n Beyond this, I have a duo show planned in the States this coming Spring with a really cool gallery called Converge which I mentioned earlier. It will be a duo exhibition with an American artist called Liz Parrish who has an entire world of beautifully alluring yet creepy characters painted on canvas.<\/span><\/p>\n I have no idea what\u2019s going to happen in the future and that excites the hell out of me. As long as I can continue working I\u2019ll be happy. I play drums in an 8 piece Gypsy\/Folk\/Punk band called The Great Malarkey and we were holed up in the studio recording just before Xmas. We just received the first mixes back meaning the next single will be released very soon. We also have a mini Scandinavian tour coming up in February so it\u2019ll be nice to get out of London again for a bit. We\u2019re a riot, check us out.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m fortunate enough to meet interesting people all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n I know everyone says \u2018take over the world\u2019. I actually mean it.<\/p>\n Web Links:<\/strong> Pen and ink are my preferred weapons. Modern technology? I\u2019m all for it. My finished drawings are all executed on paper or board without any digital manipulation, however prior to putting pen to paper I use Photoshop sometimes to compose images from photos, scans, stuff I\u2019ve found on the net. I have a huge archive of reference material and it\u2019s ever-growing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":5935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,67,73],"tags":[1169,926,924,925],"series":[],"class_list":["post-5903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-culture","category-interviews","tag-art","tag-artswing","tag-joni-belaruski","tag-pen-and-ink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5903"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8709,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5903\/revisions\/8709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5903"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyeplug.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=5903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}06 What can we expect to see from your current body of work right now?<\/span><\/h3>\n
07 Anything that you really dislike and why?<\/h3>\n
08 What about Commissions and awkward Clients?<\/span><\/h3>\n
09 Tell us what you are up to at the moment and where can we view your work etc?<\/span><\/h3>\n
10 Your thoughts on the future and things that excite you beyond Art?<\/h3>\n
11 Have you met or worked with anyone interesting on your Artistic journey?<\/h3>\n
12 What does the future hold in store for you and your work?<\/h3>\n
\nwww.jonibelaruski.com<\/a>
\nwww.facebook.com\/pages\/Joni-Belaruski-Art<\/a>
\ntwitter.com\/JoniBelaruski<\/a>
\nwww.thegreatmalarkey.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"