Sunday, July 14, 2013

Eugene Wang





Eugene Yang was born in China and has received training in art since middle school. He has a master in Education of Fine Art and has taught at schools until he moved to the United States. He has created an oil painting daily of contemporary still life since 2008. These paintings are quite small, no bigger than 11” X 14” canvases. About two thousand of these paintings have been sold all over the world to various collectors. His still life paintings consist of food in an isolated setting. Yang’s goal is to capture lighting and beauty in simplicity of everyday objects he observes.
I find his artwork inspiring because there are such beautiful details in such tiny, simple works. I love how he explores different ways to paint an object. For example, when we think of an orange we think of it whole but he has painted it peeled or sliced in half, creating something more interesting to look at. His use of color in order to create unity between the objects is wonderful. I also love his style too because it isn’t super realistic, it’s more painterly. 



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