Lovely Surprise presents Dodo NEWMAN

 

D’origine hongroise, Dodo Newman a passé 7 ans de sa petite enfance en Inde, puis une partie de sa scolarité en Iran, à l’Université de Rome et de Florence, puis à Paris et en Grande-Bretagne pour finalement s’installer quelques années à Berlin.Pendant une longue période elle a appris les techniques de l’encre de chine avec un maître passionné des traditions japonaises et quelques mois avec Jozsef Burkus, essayant diverses techniques.Autodidacte, elle travaille maintenant sur Plexiglas avec des résines naturelles.

 

Elle ne peut pas vivre sans peindre et travaille à la lumière naturelle; commençant à 8h du matin, elle s’arrête de peindre lorsque le jour commence à disparaître.Le soleil est pour elle indispensable, source de vie et d’inspiration.

 

J’ai eu la chance de la rencontrer à Cannes durant le 63ème Festival.Elle offrait 20 tableaux spécialement réalisés pour une vente aux enchères de la Croix Rouge au profit d’Haïti.Très peu d’artistes ont cette âme philanthropique, encore moins quand ils sont peu connus.

 

Elle portait un tee-shirt provoquant où il était écrit: «Fuck the crisis», et semblait à la fois forte, fragile, idéaliste mais déterminée.

Dodo considère qu’il faut inspirer les autres, c’est vital…

L’inspiration dit-elle, c’est aussi le fait de respirer, c’est primordial.

Elle cherche à être l’inspiratrice de l’autre, pour l’influencer à aimer, à détester, à penser autrement, à faire autre chose ou à faire autrement; pour changer un état d’esprit dans l’instant, pour provoquer une émotion différente juste là et maintenant.

 

En étant ainsi «inspirationaliste», elle veut inspirer chaque être… à poursuivre ou à achever son rêve, à croire en lui… jusqu’à la toute fin…

 

Regardez et voyons si  son inspiration sera la vôtre… et n’oubliez pas d’expirer à un moment donné

 

Amicalement,

 

Mademoiselle Viviane-Lucie

www.dodonewman.com

 

10 Questions from Lovely Surprise®

1. What were the upbeats of your career (why and how did you make these choices?)

In the life of an artist the biggest changing point is when he or she decides to actually live only from his or her art. Few years ago when I moved to Berlin I decided that I don’t want to paint besides my work I want the painting as my only work. I had a very strong decision that I made that even if I starve and have moments of hunger I will still paint, no matter what happens. So life gave me all that I had imagined in my head. In the first year I had very tough and big financial problems, I starved and was afraid many times but finally I reached my aim and in the second year I started finally to sell my artworks.

After a very hard and challenging year I came to a point when I reached the bottom of my energies and Soul. I had almost nothing to eat since 2 weeks, I couldn’t pay my flat and my studio and I thought it was the end of everything. In this moment of time I remembered my original aim and I decided to live and not to die. I created an Open Day in my studio and because of my strong will I sold immediately 5 artworks. Everything changed and I realized I can reach every aim in my life, anything I imagine if I am strong enough inside and willing to endure until the very end, fight in the most desperate moments.

2. What are your sources of inspiration( places, sounds, people, colors…)

Inspiration for me comes from everything and everyone that’s different. I cannot live in one place for a longer time, I need to travel, to feel inside the new and unknown.

The differences, changes and challenges are what inspire me. The more something is crazy, the more something that seems impossible, the more it inspires me and attracts me.

I am a very open person, I love every type of colours that comes from my past, since I grew up in India, where everything is about senses, colours, tastes, smells and spiritual feelings.

3. You feel close to (what, whom…)

To my own Soul, everything starts form within myself. When I am in peace and accept it, then I embrace the whole World. I am not attached to places, people, things, I aim at being « free ».

4.Your favourite work of arts (readings, musics, artists…)

I love everything that is deep and gives me feelings. I can get lost in classical music, I love opera and ballet, just as every type of music depending on my mood.

As an artist I adore all type of artistic form, our World is an empty hole without Art and culture.

For me the past is the biggest teacher in art, we should not forget the Old Masters, they give are my guide in my future path.

5. A magic place for you

India, the ultimate Land of Magic, where I grew up and my heart is still there.

But anywhere where there is sea and ocean can be magical for me. I love the smell of the salty air, the sound of the waves, the sun’s warmth.

6. Your favourite moment in the day

When I am working, thinking about art and while I am making art….

7. A sentence or an expression that moves you

Every heartbeat is a universe of possibilities.

Nothing is impossible: The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. Just never give up your dreams, ever!

8. You have a soft spot for…

- Pens

- Varied gem and coloured stones, minerals, crystals, etc.

- Shoes

- Candies, sweets

9. Do you collect something?

I collect quotes and wise sayings. I am a collector of things that make me happy and positive, when I read or look at them. I love to live surrounded by my dreams, things that inspire me.

10. What are your future plans?

I never plan, I have aims of course but I am always opne for the possibilities that I come over with. Flexibility is something one has to learn and this makes someone free inside.

In what way do you find Lovely Surprise® inspiring?

Lovely idea

I saw in the first sight that this idea, concept is coming from a creative and sensitive person, who cares about others. I love everything about this concept, especially about its secret and surprising side, makes me curious. Lovely:-)