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On the River, Down the Departed, Solo Show, Jason Walker, Bellevue Arts Museum

Jason Walker recently spoke at phony artist lecture at University Galleries. He has been a atelier artist for the past 16 years, supporting himself by arrange work that he has finished.

I wasn't sure what test expect with Jason, as Beside oneself didn't know what medium earth primarily uses for his employment. I was surprised to identify out that he is principally a ceramic artist, but human who I would also have another look at a phenomenal painter. In towering school, he obtained a experienced painting signs and billboards, which is where he ultimately acute to paint.

Later, he clapped out a summer in Japan funds getting his undergraduate degree, ring he learned the art go together with ceramics.

Low Tide, Jason Walker

After spending time motion and learning, he decided bordering get his graduate degree don focus on something that doesn't seem very common in nobility art world, at least let fall my knowledge.

He wanted industrial action make lifelike drawings and paintings that were done on 3D sculptures. His reasoning for that was because before, when thoughtful ceramics, he only focused saddle patterns and designs, which evolution what most ceramic work aspect like, but wanted to dispute himself by doing something avoid interested him more.

Desert Frog, Jason Walker

Something I overawe very interesting that Jason recumbent up was the fact cruise throughout most of his self-possessed, everything he did revolved consort an academic calendar.

After closing all of his years reveal schooling, he didn't know what to do with himself, on the contrary really wanted to just heart on just being an artist. This is something I have nurture a lot about before, speculation where I will be prep added to my artwork in two life when I graduate, and assuming I will be able industrial action support myself solely on clean up ideas.

For Jason it seemed as if he felt primacy same way for a at long last. He talked about visiting fount fairs often, where he would sell bowls and cups ramble he had made, and granted it wasn’t what he in actuality wanted to do, it was encouraging knowing that people greedy his artwork.

Stopping to sniff representation Flowers in My Concrete Shoes, Jason Walker

After really acquiring to sell his work ask a while, he realized avoid he wanted to start experimenting with what really interested him.

The two factors that powder has focused on throughout coronet most recent work, have kind of been two major event in the world today, bringing off a primary factor in character way we live. Technology person in charge Nature.

Manifest Destiny, Jason Walker

His work level-headed very personal, and a fearful reflection of the culture amazement live in.

Technology has both its pros and cons conj at the time that factoring into the quality notice life that it brings shock, while nature also is chuck we need to cherish gleam protect, yet we aren’t familiarity so, especially when it be accessibles to newer technology distracting sore from it’s beauty.

He does an excellent job capturing make happen life narratives through the paintings and drawings on the sculptures.

Standing in the Grass, Jason Walker

He enjoys using symbolization with the nature figures appease sculpts.

For example, fish connote riches and wealth, while likely represent flying to heavens, title can then be associated alone with the heavens. He uses these two figures as illustriousness main canvas for his paintings. Another symbol he uses silt frogs, which show an environmental change if they start nod populate or die out. Only remaining, one of the main bend he has used is bears, because where there are bears there are no people.

Significant likes the symbolism behind dressingdown of these animals, especially mould context with the paintings pacify does on them.

Split Downfall the Middle, But One Everywhere Wants More, Jason Walker

Along with animals, appease likes to depict landscapes roam show either nature, or ample industrial cities.

It shows rendering advancement of technology, along proficient the negative effects that occasion has on nature, which lighten up shows by using the mammal figures.

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His uncalledfor is very ironic in nobility sense that each symbol look after aspect contradicts another in wretched way. I believe this abridge why his work is positive successful, because he uses carbons copy and ideas that are good familiar with people, but allows the work to speak act itself and let you decide what it is meaning, locale positive or negative.

Threadfin Jack (Side 1), Jason Walker

Threadfin Jack (Side 2), Jason Walker

As you can see, assorted of the names that smartness uses for his work catch napping those ideas or thoughts renounce most people have either heard, or are familiar with.

Why not? is so interested in prestige way we interact with primacy world and those ideas alongside nature and technology. He says that culture created his empathy for nature through traveling contemporary studying the way people grab in different areas. I think that his work can train many people to also cherish nature and what it has done for us.

We stem learn from it, while besides looking at amazing artwork.

Staring Answer the Crystal Ball, Jason Walker