Salutations! If you missed my art show last week, here's a little video I shot on a friend's phone such that you can get a glimpse at how the pieces were arranged and which ones were shown. Throughout the video, I read one of the artist statements that I had displayed that night (see below). It truly was a great time. Many, many thanks to the amazing people at City Church for offering their gallery space as an opportunity for artists to show and thus get involved with one of the hottest First Friday art walks in the country!
Hope all's well, and take care. And here's a look at my artist statement from the show:
Works on Paper and Canvas
My watercolor illustrations
on paper combine realistic scenery with imaginative color and fictional
stories. I find that the best fiction
offers not an escape from reality but an unrehearsed confrontation with
it. So, in hopes of drawing the viewer’s
attention back to how brilliant life can actually be, my illustrations seek to blend
the details of reality with the colors and surprise of imagination. Hence, the images represent no escape into a
pretend world. Rather, I’m pointing to a
real brilliance that already surrounds
us, if only we’d look for it.
My canvases arose
from the experience of taking and teaching fine art classes. They stand as an encouragement that students
can, with time, become teachers. More
so, however, they stand as a reminder that the true teacher must always remain
a student at heart. The best teachers
I’ve ever had are the ones that are open to learning from their students, the
ones that see the good in their students’ work, even when no one else does. Without such teachers in my life, I would
never have become the artist I am today.
My own journey as an artist started
when I was very young. Since I could
first hold a pencil, I’ve enjoyed drawing people. I have since expanded my repertoire to
include a few background details, though the human being remains the most
beautiful and captivating subject to me.
Before I went to art school, I couldn’t stand watercolor and using color
in general intimidated me. In college, however,
I gradually discovered that watercolor was a perfect match for my drawing
style, that it would bring my characters to life. I also do other types of artwork, including digital
illustration, fine art photography, music, and graphic design.
