Nicolas Burrows
His dynamic, playful compositions have been applied to animation, editorial illustration, textiles, packaging design and record covers.
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*Do you remember the first illustration that made you want to create artworks? What was it? Would you mind sharing it with us?
I don’t really remember. I used to love Aardman films and the 'Brambly Hedge’ illustrated children’s books by Jill Barklem, even though those examples are nothing like my work.
*Does music inspire your work?
I write songs and make music (under the name ‘Fell'), so there are crossovers in the processes I use in my visual work and my music work. But I don’t really draw or make images inspired directly by particular pieces of music or tracks. I do think about colours like I think about melody though - colour relationships to me are like the notes in a melody - they don’t really mean much by themselves, it’s about how you arrange them - and you can keep rearranging them in infinite variations, like I can keep rearranging different shapes to make endless images.
*If your art was a song, what would it be? Why?
Something by Hailu Mergia because it’s immediate, energetic and subtly sophisticated but with a raw edge.
*How would you connect your drawing and music ?
Panda Bear maybe. I think I could make something that works with his playful sonic palette.
*Is there a song release on Kitsuné Musique you think would have been great for you to paint?
It’s too hard to choose!
*Now that you have linked painting with music, what other art would you like to explore?
Animation. Making my work move…getting deeper into songwriting…
