Devon Sioui // Portraits

DEvon Sioui
is A PAINTER, PAINT-MAKER, ILLUSTRATOR, EMBROIDERER, mother, WRITER, gardener & OCCASIONAL Tattooer based IN GUELPH, ONTARIO.

6" x 9" Mechanical pencil or ballpoint pen on hot press

Weekly Portraits

16. Prince // "A strong spirit transcends rules."

15. David Sedaris // "As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts."

14. Leonard Cohen // "If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often."

13. Lee "Scratch" Perry // "Instead of hate and malice, we should be drinking chalice."

12. Kurt Cobain // "I wanted to be in a punk band before I had even heard any punk music."

11. Laurie Anderson // "As an artist, I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true."

10. Joanna Newsom // "And I do hate to fold/Right here at the top of my game/When I've been trying with my whole heart and soul/To stay right here in the right lane."

09. Anaïs Nin // "Good things happen to those who hustle."

08. Charles Bukowski // "Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."

07. Kim Gordon // "It's amazing how many things you can do when you're just pretending."

06. Nina Simone // "Music has been a burden and a joy for as long as I can remember."

05. Yoko Ono // "You change the world by being yourself."

04. Joni Mitchell // "I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance."

03. Patti Smith // "I had no proof that I had the stuff to be an artist, though I hungered to be one."

02. Neil Young // "I just do what I do."

01. David Bowie // "Thank you for our good times; they will never rot."