13 December 2008

*non dream* Holiday smARTshow 2008

My first public showing at the Flat Iron Arts Building in Wicker Park These won't be the official photos or documentation but they'll suffice until I get better ones. I am now in the process of securing and designing a website specifically for the preview and sales of my work.

This series stemmed from a much needed liberation of color. I was practicing formal training of representational imagery. I painted tentatively and was not truly excited about my work. Through the help and encouragement of my professor this semester I have found a new obsession with color and a desire to effect people in positive ways with their energy and vibrancy.

It's been interesting taking a Positive Psychology course along side my this painting studio this semester. This too has become a new passion and I wish to spread my knowledge by example and stimuli so that others may learn to enjoy life at every level of poverty, tragedy, or luxury.

Continuing with this series I will be studying more color theory and experimenting with different effects of color and paint use. Ultimately I want people to become absorbed in these works, even if just for a brief moment shutting everything else out, only seeing the mesmerizing colors before them. That's what it's become - painting color; painting positive energy.

When the official photos are posted I will include more detailed information concerning sizing and pricing. Please contact me via email for commissions: akindl@saic.edu

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