Ahh my story? Well here it goes...
Nearly two decades ago I studied art in college; art and communication studies. The plan was to get into marketing but that soon failed when I realized I wanted to help people in a different way, more personally, than such a career would provide. After graduating I set the paintbrush aside for other pursuits: a career in helping and teaching, a family... adventure... but as I wove my story I always remained crafty and creating. Little did I know, I was refining my skills for what was to come...
In 2018 I took a life-changing trip to Alaska that literally opened up a creative floodgate that has not stopped. Absolute immersion in nature, connecting so wholly with such pure places, had an affect on me that awakened my soul in a way I've never experienced.
At first I started painting trees and some landscapes. But the pull to "make sense of the world" through art and expression nagged at me. That's when "she" showed up on the scene; the figure I often paint, always from the back. In difficult times, I would turn to my artistic self and allow what my heart and hands create to tell my story, sort out my emotions, put things in order, or take them apart.
Through this, I learned that art is always, ALWAYS whatever it needs to be in the moment we find ourselves present enough to pay attention to it.
Amid the pandemic I realized that sharing my pieces connected with others - oftentimes people would say "this piece speaks to me..." and I truly love that because I know that purity and sense of wonder that I tap into in order to create a piece is resonating with the purity and sense of wonder in another beautiful soul. That's pretty darn amazing.
I continue to paint, create, try new things, appreciate and thank nature and every higher being there is out there for this gift of life and art that I've been given. I continue to tell my "story" through paint and brush so to connect with others on a level that reminds us of the human experience we all get to share.
Thanks for checking out my work and reading my story. I hope you enjoy the journey!
Peace,
A.C. Newman