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About Paul: Paul Cristina was born in Cleveland, OH in August of 1983. Cristina’s work focuses on combining disparate aesthetics through the experimentation of various styles and mediums, while using drawing as a primary foundation for his development. He currently lives and works in South Carolina.
Topics Discussed In This Episode:
- The importance of having wholesome and creative relationships
- Paul getting his footing as a creative without a support community
- Working hourly wage jobs that took away from art as a full time practice
- Cristina's original pursuit of music
- How being a paramedic taught Cristina to maintain a presence of confidence and composure in all aspects of life
- Cristina's evolution from drawing with pen in sketchbooks to mixed media on large scale canvases
- Robert Rauschenberg's early influence on Cristina
- Turning points in Cristina's life that pushed him towards art
- Drawing both from imagination and from a deliberate effort to get better at drawing
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