Title: Raw
Medium: Oil Painting on linen wrapped birch gallery panel
Size: 24"x30"
Date: 2015
About the Artist: "Born November 29th, 1987, of two artist parents, I was raised with significant creative influence. I've witnessed the affect art had on their lives, and naturally kept art close to me throughout the years. Currently living in rural Ontario, where I was raised, I spend my days painting full time with my husband, Oda.
Through a focus on hyperrealism, my paintings are reflections of the ephemeral visual relationships around us. Capturing fleeting moments that affect our emotional state from a singular glance, under the aegis of a heightened sense of reality.... I do not merely want to meticulously capture an image, but rather breathe a vital life force into transformed renditions of the world around me. I want my pieces to evoke a deep sense of emotion influenced not only from an in-depth tangibility executed through a high level of detail, but married with a sincere passionate portrayal of contemporary art. I'm very much a recluse, who has a difficult time forming interpersonal relationships; painting in this manner of fabricated reality is my way of connecting to subjects, while simultaneously sending a strong message to the viewer."-King
Statement: 'King is an eminent hyperrealist who's artwork manifests through meticulous attention to detail and sharpness achieved through textural focus and reproduction. Her work exists as the antonym to her conception, which is inherently more abstract. The convergence of these separate handlings reflects the beauty and power of art as well as its liquidity of expression." - Gabriel Tenneson
About the Work/Connections: "My current bodies of work are heavily focused on light and shadow, and how the element of light can alter the relationship of a viewer and subject. The goal being to propel the audience to connect to one transient moment, captured through mood, established from the control of light and shadow."- King
The shadowing in this piece definitely creates a more somber, chilling mood. This image is disturbing, but not in an overbearing way. The piece could've easily just been a head cut up realistically, but the fact that king created it to look like a cut up steak somehow makes it even more odd. The piece has very dull colors and the man's face has a very blank expressing, making the image feel very lifeless and haunting.
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