Experimentation at Work Cover Artist Wess Foreman
NORTHSHORE ARTIST Wess Foreman has been driven by a desire to create and experiment since he first started working as an artist over 18 years ago. “Early on, before I had developed a style of my own, I tried sticking to certain subject matters or color combinations or techniques, but all of that came across [to me] as artificial and forced,” he explains, describing the evolution toward what has now become his signature style. His application of water to an acrylic composition creates a unique quality to his work. 12
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Speaking of this evolution, Foreman describes it more like how one develops their handwriting style, something that comes from practice, the end result of his “mechanical tendencies and limitations” working in concert with how his brain is perceiving the image he is working from. “I continued to approach each painting as a new experiment, building upon all my previous experiments, iterating this ‘handwriting style’ all along the way. But it’s never a set thing—I am always creating new experiments. My style drifts along with me.” >>
photos: PAIGE HENDERSON www.bellus.photography
by Maggie Bokobza
