Episode 41 - Jade Purple Brown

This Way Up

In this episode, I interview the artist Jade Purple Brown.

If you don’t know Jade, you may have come across her work if you use Adobe illustrator as her work is the splash card that comes up when the application is loading. That’s how talented she is and so I was excited to capture her story.

And what a story it is. I actually reference during our conversation that her life is akin to a movie. From being fired from her first job as an art director to rising up and working hard to finding her voice as an artist and all the challenges that come with this arduous path.

Her ethos is to bring messages of optimism to create new, dynamic worlds of individuality and empowerment. And it shows, it's hard to quickly pass her work without being mesmerized by her bold lines and punchy colours. Along with pushing herself to create 2 pieces of personal work every week, she also creates work for some pretty big brands including Nike, Refinery 29, Sephora and Apple.

Jade also imparts some really important practical advice - whether that’s how much you should charge for your work or how to build a strong portfolio or following on social.

Our hour-long conversation flew-by and for good reason as Jade is fascinating and being in her 20s, I suspect this won’t be the last we hear of her.