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Showcasing Grace Arledge, Fine Artist

About The Artist

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Background...

Commercial Artist 10 yrs in Chicago IL USA
AA & Certificates Commercial Art & Desktop Publishing
Studied Drawing & Illustration at The American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL USA
Art History, Oxford UK
Manage 2 Websites In Visual Art & Fashion

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More or Less Everything
Formally Trained in Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Ink, Marker, Acrylic, Oil Wash, Pencil, Charcoal, Pastel, Computer Graphic Design, Computer Illustration, PhotoShop Techniques (Print)
Self-Taught Web Design
Experimental Media: Collage, Glitter, Color Inks, Nail Polish, Mixed Media
Currently Experimenting w/Digital Art on Canvas

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My Soul
Physics, Psychology, Parapsychology
All Art Disciplines
All Things Spiritual, Religious, New Age, The Universe, Nature, Beauty, Philosophy, God, Creator
Form (Loose/Tight), Structure, Design
Order from Chaos

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I use representational technique mostly to put the art "in your face" so you get the message loud and clear...but lately I am feeling like I want to experiment with abstraction for a more mysterious approach. I believe in positive messages, for the most part, but I also think expressing the gamut of emotions is a healthy outlet for the soul. I try to express spirituality in a lot of my work, either directly or indirectly. Sometimes I like to be a portrait painter, if I think the character is interesting in some way, or someone I like.

Since I garden, I also have a love affair with flowers in art, but I like to portray them as related to the universe somehow. Being from Chicago, I have a love for great architecture so I have done art of Frank Lloyd Wright (of course) and also, since I live in the South now, some of the lovely antebellum homes that survived the scourge of the Civil War...they are some of the loveliest old homes left in the US, because the South would not tear them down for "progress."

Eventually with my portfolio I would like to portray "The Theory of Everything," i.e., where all parts of the Universe are shown to be connected; but I will do it in Art, not with Logic.

"The Towers of Riverside, IL"

Showcasing Grace Arledge, Fine Artist

Showcasing Grace Arledge, Fine Artist

About The Artist

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