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New Website
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check it out:
www.zacharyhillart.com
www.zacharyhillart.com
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Proxart Online Exposure
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proxart.wordpress.com/2009/05/…
Check it out! And we are looking for Santa Clarita artists who are willing to do this as well.
Check it out! And we are looking for Santa Clarita artists who are willing to do this as well.
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Annual Student Art Exhibition
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2 of my paintings were selected for the juried exhibition at the college I attend.
The exhibitions will go from April 14th - May 17th at College of the Canyons
The exhibitions will go from April 14th - May 17th at College of the Canyons
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I have been thinking about this a lot lately, because lately I have been asked this a lot. I don't know what that means really.... hopefully it means that people are taking notice of my artwork, but I never paint with the intent of getting noticed, its just a nice bonus for an extroverted young artist in Southern California.
I digress...
So as I was in class the other day it hit me while I was painting a model very ugly and abstract like.
I will be the first one to admit that I do not have a lot of skill, if any when it comes to drawing or painting realistically. I have always been drawn to abstract and never put in the time to really take the time and effort to practice my drawing skills. I mean I am not drawing stick figures or anything, but don't expect the da vinci like paintings to come out of this hand anytime soon....
I digress again....
So I asked myself, why am I painting this way? There has to be some kind of unknown emotional feeling or something that is pushing me to paint large gestural strokes and blurry images. The answer is:
I completely dislike pure beauty, furthermore I have discovered that this is a direct result and reflection of my environment and attitude to my surroundings. Our country is heading into an ugly place:
Job loss, economic crisis, corporate bailouts, ponzi schemes, foreclosures etc etc
For the most part, my little town I live in and has at least seemingly appeared to bumble right along as if everything is still tip top. But everything is not all right, and I suppose my paintings are a way of exposing that. My paintings are mirrors for the beautiful people to look through.
My art history teacher said that good art is a reflection of society of the time of the artist. For the first time I think my paintings do just that....
I digress...
So as I was in class the other day it hit me while I was painting a model very ugly and abstract like.
I will be the first one to admit that I do not have a lot of skill, if any when it comes to drawing or painting realistically. I have always been drawn to abstract and never put in the time to really take the time and effort to practice my drawing skills. I mean I am not drawing stick figures or anything, but don't expect the da vinci like paintings to come out of this hand anytime soon....
I digress again....
So I asked myself, why am I painting this way? There has to be some kind of unknown emotional feeling or something that is pushing me to paint large gestural strokes and blurry images. The answer is:
I completely dislike pure beauty, furthermore I have discovered that this is a direct result and reflection of my environment and attitude to my surroundings. Our country is heading into an ugly place:
Job loss, economic crisis, corporate bailouts, ponzi schemes, foreclosures etc etc
For the most part, my little town I live in and has at least seemingly appeared to bumble right along as if everything is still tip top. But everything is not all right, and I suppose my paintings are a way of exposing that. My paintings are mirrors for the beautiful people to look through.
My art history teacher said that good art is a reflection of society of the time of the artist. For the first time I think my paintings do just that....
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Fellow artist Stacy Alexander was kind of enough to write an article on me in her art blog/review:
stacyalexander.blogspot.com/20…
Please go check it out and her blog, she is doing a great thing for many artists out there and could use support.
She is also an amazing artist, her work can be seen at www.stacyalexanderstudios.com
stacyalexander.blogspot.com/20…
Please go check it out and her blog, she is doing a great thing for many artists out there and could use support.
She is also an amazing artist, her work can be seen at www.stacyalexanderstudios.com
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