Interview with ZOE BYLAND:

Your childhood ambition:

Being an illustrator (or occasionally a private investigator).

Something you treasure:

Friendship.

Your worst habit:

Hope, or longing.

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

Being passionate about it, telling stories in my paintings and creating atmospheres.

Your first job:

A comic strip about a little mosquito for a small magazine.

Someone whose work you highly recommend:

I love the Dutch masters, especially the brothers Van Eyck.

 

See more of Zoe Byland’s work here.