Ram Vafa
My background as an artist is really kind of simple: I create because it gives reason to exist, and having reason to exist creates chance to serve purpose. It breaks down all barriers between language and communication and allows me to connect on a universal level. Through memory, sounds and emotions in forms of colour, fluid movements and environmental elements, I can express my part in communicating a level of understanding. Even from before I could remember I was always trying to create through abstraction, painting landscapes and pencil sketches of my favourite Nintendo characters, it was the one thing I could count on as a kid. But through the years it took a backseat and faded into a transparent possession; what I loved most was forced out of my vision through a lack of self-awareness. Starting from our most susceptible years during school education, to failing my first business venture... I lost my craft. But through a turn of events and experiences I came to realise how important it is to not only acknowledge our possessions and express on both internal and external levels, but to further develop our selfawareness, which can help us to highlight and address issues within our environment. To help me do that I juggle a part time job to keep myself afloat, and use whatever I have left to invest into my craft, selling my work along the way. Through acrylic mediums and resin on hand crafted wooden base canvas’s I found I could create these focus points I speak of. This is where the fluid movements of our rivers, the cut edge detail carved into mountain edges and the vibrant wavelengths within colours that align best with us become my go-to. My inspiration for all shapes, colours and movements you see within my work; I have our environment to thank for that. Helping me attach the physical form of nature’s movements with the sounds that can be perceived within colours, allows me to create work holding more than just visual value, but the universal language of humanity with our environment as an anchor point.
Painter IG: @ramkaractor
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