AnySquared Spotlight art talks highlight artists of all ages and experiences and include both members and friends. See videos of recent spotlight art talks on our YouTube Channel. AnySquared Spotlight Art Talk Andrea Kaspryk See “About” below > BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION ON ZOOM: Wednesday, March 24th at 7:30pm Facebook Event Reminder > Get on the Zoom! It’s worth it: The recorded Q & A and unrecorded after-discussion is great! Zoom ID 876 7636 5100. For direct zoom link, inbox AnySquared at least one hour before start time: [email protected]. > SEE THE STREAM: Saturday, March 27th at 6pm on Hairpin Arts Center’s Facebook Live! Thank you Hairpin Arts Center for being our streaming partner! > IF YOU MISS IT: Watch on AnySquared Projects’ YouTube ____ ABOUT ANDREA KASPRYK:
IG: @andreaalewise andreakaspryk.com Most of my paintings, drawings and prints tell a story, and in the art world these are called narrative paintings. My past interest and pursuit of writing and studying literature informs my desire to tell a story through images. Invariably, though not always, I tell my own personal story as a transgender person through my art.
My work is inspired by twentieth century modernist art movements and styles, such as expressionism, surrealism, and symbolism, and such painters as Max Beckmann, Giorgio de Chirico, and Edvard Munch. The figures and scenes in my paintings are often set in a natural and imagined, mythic world; in this regard, William Blake’s work is my model.
Regularly attending figure painting and figure drawing classes and drop-in sessions with a nude model are part of my practice and help me imagine the figures that I use in my imaginative paintings and prints.
Working in a sketch book to generate new images and ideas and on still life paintings to practice the use of value, color and composition are periodically also part of my art practice.
Figure painting and drawing, working out, and sometimes refining images and ideas in a sketchbook — these are also an ongoing aspect of my art practice. ____
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