Mini Interview with ALAINA VARRONE:

Your childhood ambition:

Veterinarian.

Something you treasure:

My Japanese Chin, Patina.

Your worst habit:

I double-dip.

The aspect of your work that’s most important to you:

I’m more concerned with creating characters and telling stories than being the best technically.

Your first job:

Floor help at a bohemian boutique at 15. I vowed to never work a retail job ever again.

Someone whose work you highly recommend:

My homeboy Mark Hall-Patch. His narrative paintings are incredibly insightful and inspiring.

 

View Alaina Varrone’s work here.