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We thought hard about being a @moxie.eth Hero this week and how we'll celebrate that. Introducing Pkok Finterviews - Cast-form farcaster interviews, 20 questions to some of our favorite people. We aim to tell stories of phenomenal individuals shaping the art ecosystem on web3. It's also a great way for us and other heroes to get to know and engage with them. Oh! each interview starts with /degen love. But wait, there's more! These Finterviews are not restricted to only those we tag. If you'd like to participate, just respond to the questions and join the party, everybody is invited to be a part of these Finterviews. Tell us more about yourself, read other people's stories and hopefully we all get to know each other better by the end. Pkok Finterviews, a 🧵

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Hi @reneecampbell, welcome to our Finterview :)

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Gm Renee. It's good to have you here. Shall we begin? There's a long list of questions prepared for you 😁

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Ok let’s do it. It might run over two days though given our time zones 😁

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We have almost a week for it 😆 What does beauty mean to you as an artist?

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Ok I’m still sleepy so let’s hope this makes sense 😁😁 Beauty is definitely what I’m drawn to. I like to create art that doesn’t challenge or confront you but pulls you into a feeling of calm. Without beauty in my subjects, that wouldn’t be possible. To me, beauty is a perfectly weighted image where your eye moves freely without being disturbed in the flow. It’s relaxing and full of positive emotions.

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It makes a lot of sense! What initially drew you to art, and how did your journey as an artist begin?

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I’ve always been drawn to it so can’t remember the origin. I have 5 older sisters that were pretty much all artistic so it was always around me. I remember Mondrian specifically as one of my first art memories. I used to spend hours looking through photo albums, reliving the emotions I felt through the images. That was really one of my strongest inspirations, the ability photography has to make you feel. It was after I finished school that I got my first camera and was able to start finding my art language. Before that, I drew with pencil and charcoal, mostly mimicking photographic portraits by photographers like Herb Ritts and Annie Leibovitz. I loved how you could feel the personalities of their subjects through the images.

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Mondrian, Herb Ritts and Annie Leibovitz... This is a really great starting point. Speaking of which... is there anyone special that helped you when you were starting out (besides your sisters), and what difference did they make?

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No. I just followed my interests. Not all my sisters helped out either. One of them did the opposite to that 😁 The need to create has always been so strong that I couldn’t ignore it. It was happening whether I liked it or not. Like breathing, it was a natural part of me.

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Classic sibling love 😅. Love what you said about the “need to create”. When do you feel like you’ve fulfilled that need the most; when you create something that gets applauded/recognized/acclaimed, or is it more about when you feel like you’ve created something special/unique/good in your own eyes?

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It’s definitely how the work makes me feel. That’s my drug of choice. Feeling the flutter in my stomach when I create something good is the best feeling ever. I’m addicted to that rush. Whether others like it or not is just a bonus. I was creating long before I shared with others and would keep creating whether others were looking or not.

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Speaking of sharing your art with others, how has your experience been so far on fc? In what ways do you think fc is good and not so good for artists?

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My experience from the start was very welcoming but I know I came in at a good time and got a little lucky. I felt comfortable here and because of that, I cast a lot! 😁 I think discoverability can be tough but if you put the time and effort in, it does pay off. It takes a certain type of person to want to dig in and do that though. I’ve had more real conversations here than any other social media and I love that it’s more about the work than the hype. My advice to artists is to try and build a community, branch out of your circles to meet new people. There are so many interesting people I’ve met or gotten to know more thanks to FC and who doesn’t love waking up to a new app created or weird glitch every day? 😁😁

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Fc is indeed a special place which you can turn into whatever you want it to be. Who are some people who make your fc experience exponentially better?

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I have a solid group of friends that always make me laugh and fill me in on anything I’ve missed. I think you know who they are. This place wouldn’t be the same without them.

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Let's go back to your art. Can you share a moment when you felt truly proud or fulfilled as an artist?

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There are two ways I could answer that. Creating a great image makes me feel fulfilled every single time. I breathe easier and am more relaxed but if we’re talking about the feeling of acknowledgment, my first sale was that moment. I had a series charcoal portraits for my final work in high school and a local painter loved one so much he bought it. That felt pretty special. At that point I’d never dreamed of selling my art, I just loved creating so did it. Then selling work at Sothebys a very long time ago felt pretty amazing. Both moments were completely unexpected which is what made them so much sweeter.

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Surprises are always sweet! How has your art evolved over the years, and what has stayed consistent?

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My work has always been led by the emotions in the art, whether it was charcoal, photography or sculpture, it’s always been about the feelings. I’m in aunique position to have had two very separate art lives with a decades break in between from illness. With that comes a clarity to see how I used to create and how I do now. In my first life, I was much more experimental which was fitting for my age. I cross processed and cross printed, exploring many different ways to shoot and manipulate the images. Although there was still feelings of calm in my work, back then it was much more chaotic and exciting. Once I came back to art, my life was pain and responsibilities. A busy life with kids and being pulled in many directions, because of that, I wanted to find calm and it was with that need for calm that I paired everything back. Simple lighting and set up and just me, my camera and the flowers. I needed meditation and found that in the flowers.

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