A minute with Maria A Aristidou Commercial Artist

 

Where do you live?
In Cyprus with the family and in Liverpool with my fiance

Best childhood memory?
Mom, Dad and brother riding the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland Paris. Weeeeeee

Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish?
Fish! I love fish and meze! Nothing beats a good Greek meze!

What did you have for breakfast?
Coffee and a cracker

Would you class yourself as a day or night person? What’s your idea of the perfect night/day out?
I never thought of that. I love the natural daylight but inspiration usually comes after midnight. The perfect day… hm… A whole day in the studio with extremely loud music and no cell phone!

Best book ever read?
Ah! Game of Thrones. Because it travels you to another world. A world with dragons!! I am also fascinated on how the writer can keep track of all those characters!

Favourite film of all time?
Starwars! Avatar! No wait Wall-E! All the Disney movies! I love animation and anything with CGI

Best holiday ever taken? What’s your dream trip?
My most treasured holiday memories are based on a Disney Park visit. Doesn’t matter if I was 6 or 26. The feeling is always the same! Therefore, a favourite holiday destination would be any country with a Disney Park to visit!

What music are you listening to in the car at the moment?
Hans Zimmer scores or The Blue Man Group – how to be a megastar

What is always in your fridge?
Milk for my coffee

Dream house: rural retreat or urban dwelling? Where would it be, what would it be like?
I love the city. I live in Liverpool and I love that city. There are so many things to do and so many stimulus around you that inspire and motivate you to create, evolve and get better. However, nothing beats a weekend up in the mountains.

If you could pick anyone at all (alive or dead) to go out for the evening with, who would it be?
Oh that would be Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry of course. I just admire them so much and always wondered what would be like to go for a coffee with them

If the world is ending in 24 hours what would you do?
Relax on the couch and watch a movie with my family. A cup of coffee by the sea with my fiancé Then go for beers with friends at Barrel House in Larnaca. It’s the simple things that count 🙂

What is your greatest fear?
Death of a loved one

Tell me a joke…
When the boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.