Creating digital paintings with Alice Zilberberg
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When I first reached out to Toronto based artist Alice Zilberberg, I thought that this would be a conversation about photography. I soon learned that what Alice does is so much more.

The list of awards Alice Zilberberg has received for her artwork is remarkable for someone so young. She most recently received first place in the International Photography Awards for her surreal portraits of wild animals in the series she calls "Meditations." One of the stars of the series and the place I wanted to start our conversation is a striking portrait of a bison. What I discovered is that Alice is not merely a photographer and a bison is not a buffalo.

Alice Zilberberg:  I just started out with going to different zoos and seeing which animals I liked. Just the ones that kinda worked out were the ones that first made it into the series. But I always kind of have a vision of what it's going to look like even though that changes sometimes a lot throughout the process. So, I just really like the bison. It's a bison. Actually, it's technically, so you could say buffalo.

Steve Waxman: I call turtles and tortoises the same things. I'm one of those cruel people.

Alice Zilberberg: It's not just you, it's everyone. They mix up the animals in the technical term. Secondly, the North American bison is nicknamed a buffalo, but it's more technical term is bison.

To see the entire transcript, visit imstevewaxman.com

Since we conducted this interview, Alice's Meditations series has won two more award: The 2020 Color Awards - First Place and Outstanding Achievement in Wildlife / The 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards winner in the Wildlife category. That brings her awards total to close to 30.

If you'd like to find out more about Alice or her artwork, please visit alicezilberberg.com. You can also see some of Alice’s artwork by visiting The Creationists podcast on Facebook or Instagram.

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