| About You |
I was born April 1988. I grew up in Sonora, California. My Great Uncle Ed Lane was an oil painter known in Tuolumne County. He was a major influence on me. I grew up around art and around nature. I had always been fond of pencil sketching, and had done that for many years until I started taking art courses at Modesto Junior College. These exposed me to different drawing mediums and methods. I did not start painting until 2017 in acrylics, and finally oils in 2021. I have not had any formal training in painting up until this point.
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| Artist Statement |
Art is illumination. It disrupts passivity–both for the artist and the viewer. It doesn’t demand that we see differently, so much as it challenges us to actually see what we see. My journey with painting has been precisely that. It has challenged me to consciously take notice of what is in front of me, and represent things as they really appear, and not rely on my mental abbreviations. My job as an artist is to communicate something to the viewer, and to communicate clearly. It’s my job to draw the person in, make them pause, look, and see.
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