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Welcome back to Breaking Bread, Brightland's editorial series that fosters dialogues with creatives, makers and artists who inspire us. Our latest installment features Andie Dinkin, the New York-based artist behind Brightland's whimsical holiday card illustration. Andie's delightful artwork is featured at beloved spots across the country including [Gigi's Hollywood](https://www.instagram.com/gigis_la/) and [The Carlyle Hotel](https://www.instagram.com/rosewoodthecarlyle/). We recently visited Andie at her sunny New York home and art studio—⁠read on to learn about where she finds inspiration for her enchanting art. **How do you describe what you do?** I’ve always enjoyed creating secret worlds for myself and my viewers to enter into. Imagined and dreamlike worlds, a world where anything goes. **What drew you to the art world? When did you make your first illustration?** I have always been drawing, since I can remember. I guess instinctively I was drawn into the art world. My major was illustration at RISD, so I learned so much about illustration there. **Where do you find inspiration for your art?** Dreams, Greek Mythology, Midsummer Night’s Dream. I look a lot at old vintage photographs from LIFE magazine. Some books that I draw a lot of illustrations of are Dali’s Cookbooks and Les Diners de Gala. I love the playfulness and weirdness of thosebooks. I draw a lot of inspiration from the artists Florine Stettheimer, Leonara Carrington, Remedios Varo, Hieronymus Bosch, Paul Delvaux, and Marcel Dzama. I’m inspired by mostly surrealist artists at the moment. **What did your creative process look like when creating the Brightland holiday card?** I loved working on the Brightland holiday card. I started with making an inspiration folder of images and made sketches from there. I imagined a big holiday dinner that I would like to attend and I tried to recreate that feeling. **What are you looking forward to this holiday season?** I recently moved from LA to NYC last January and I have officially decided that Fall is my favorite season. I love walking around in the brisk weather and seeing the orange warm light with the brick apartments. I also love enjoying the holidays and having drunken and merry celebrations and meals with my family. **What dishes currently nourish you?** At the end of the summer, I had been making Greek inspired meals a lot. I’d make a whole fish in the oven with the [Brightland chili olive oil](/content/products/ardor/index.html), a salad with radishes, cucumbers, red onions, end of the season tomatoes, feta, and labneh, alongside hummus with the [lemon Brightland olive oil](/content/products/lucid/index.html). **Where do you get cooking inspiration?** I use some of the Ottolenghi cookbooks. I have trouble following recipes so in the end, I just end up winging it. I find if I try to use only whole ingredients ideally from the farmers market, and keep it simple, I make my best meals. **What does “living in a golden state” mean to you?** A golden state would be doing my art but also learning how to maintain a balance. I would love to learn how to have a natural balance of spending time with friends and family, working out (I run and do yoga, but rarely lately) and doing my artwork. I think since it is such a passion for me, I find that sometimes I let my artwork take over and run my life. 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