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#Aron Wiesenfeld
#drawing
When a pal requested for a small drawing on a Submit-It notice so as to add to his rising assortment of artworks on the long-lasting yellow sq., Aron Wiesenfeld obliged. The North Carolina-based artist rendered one in every of his introspective scenes and loved the method sufficient to create a whole sequence on the three x 3-inch canvas.
Wiesenfeld has since created dozens of drawings in black ink, translating the thriller and ennui of his paintings onto the scaled-down floor. In a single work, an open dresser drawer reveals a toddler tucked inside, whereas one other piece depicts a baby listlessly watching a document flip. The artist not often plans a drawing earlier than placing ink to paper and challenges himself to seize the identical depth, moods, and tales of his bigger works with rather more minimal instruments. He shares:
It forces you to be very economical because you solely have 10 to twenty strains to make a cloud or a discipline of grass. I’ve a lot respect for cartoonists who do this nicely, like R. Crumb or Edward Gorey…As a result of the drawings are so small, each motion of the hand is magnified when seen on a display, and the strains appear extra fluid or spontaneous than a bigger drawing is perhaps.
In October, Wiesenfeld will present a few of his bigger oil work at James Freeman Gallery in London. He periodically provides his Submit-It drawings to his shop and plans to publish a e book of the works later this 12 months. Observe information about these releases on his Instagram.
#Aron Wiesenfeld
#drawing
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