Event Title
Untitled I, Untitled II
Faculty Sponsor
Richard Johnson
College(s)
College of Liberal Arts
Submission Type
Art
Location
Lobby, Earl K. Long Library
Description
One phrase I’ve always lived by is “art for art’s sake.” There are no hidden meanings in my paintings nor are they meant to serve a purpose. They are purely meant to be visually appealing. Influenced by Japanese animation and manga and more recently, fashion illustration, my work features stylized, complex females in simplistic spaces. Ethereal and dreamlike, the organic females are often juxtaposed with geometric shapes because I like the stark contrast between the two. The whole image is first outlined in ink and then the figures are given form by slowly building the colors with washes. The background is then painted as opaquely as possible. My work is simplistic as is the method, but it is straightforward in the fact that I paint what intrigues me and I do so in my own style.
Untitled I, Untitled II
Lobby, Earl K. Long Library
One phrase I’ve always lived by is “art for art’s sake.” There are no hidden meanings in my paintings nor are they meant to serve a purpose. They are purely meant to be visually appealing. Influenced by Japanese animation and manga and more recently, fashion illustration, my work features stylized, complex females in simplistic spaces. Ethereal and dreamlike, the organic females are often juxtaposed with geometric shapes because I like the stark contrast between the two. The whole image is first outlined in ink and then the figures are given form by slowly building the colors with washes. The background is then painted as opaquely as possible. My work is simplistic as is the method, but it is straightforward in the fact that I paint what intrigues me and I do so in my own style.