SKETCHUP TO ART OF ILLUSION HOW TO

With this commission, I decided to start with a simple composition of arranged “vessels,” the various containers, plastic jugs, mason jars and empty fruit cups repurposed for paint that litter my studio. Working up a new abstract commission… Excited to see where this goes #trustthepaint #painting #art #abstractartĪ post shared by Zach Taylor Art on at 2:11pm PDT

SKETCHUP TO ART OF ILLUSION HOW TO

I frequently find myself pondering this metaphor as it relates to art and the human condition – I have been curious about how to incorporate it in my work. Vessels can be filled with physical matter or the intangible. They can be man-made or naturally occurring. Vessels can be reservoirs for anything we can imagine inside them. During one of our exhibition discussions, another artist discussed his view of people in the world as “vessels,” each in a varying state of being filled, empty, or something in between. In October I began volunteering at Vine Arts Center, a local community-run gallery in my neighborhood.

It became a meditation on the warmth, love and trust inherent in my art practice. My assignment was to rework an old watercolor sketch based on a dream about water basins. 18″ x 36″Ī still-life of prismatic containers divides cold winter light into rainbow jets of color, filling my studio space with a brilliant playfulness that leaps away from November’s funeral pall.

Sketchup to art of illusion