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Guy Quits His Job In Sushi Restaurant To Follow His Artistic Dreams, Develops A Very Unique Painting Style
Joseph Lee is a self-taught artist who primarily focuses on faces and the emotions that inhabit them. Lee manipulates them through segmented brush strokes, color choice, and volume, converging them into a complete and balanced whole. The artist hopes that his unique art can act sort of like mirrors, allowing the viewers to experience themselves.
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"To me, faces are important because they're the things you come across the most on a daily basis and they're the most overlooked," Joseph said. "When you come across my portrait painting, I hope that it enables you to just stop and soak it in and see yourself, allow it to be some kind of reflection."
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You could say his artistic journey started when he was working in a sushi restaurant, waiting tables. "It was one of those days where I had a miserable shift and I just made an instant decision at that moment to just quit. I immediately went to the canvas, I immediately picked up a brush, and I just felt at home developing my painting technique."
The biggest inspiration came when Lee sold his first beautiful painting. "It was the greatest feeling," he said. "I remember [after] cashing that check, I was a little paranoid for two days, I didn't know if it's gonna go through or not... It was a confidence boost. And I think when you're starting off as an artist, that's all you really need."
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Doris S. Anderson 6 years ago
We are so complex ~ this one shows many parts, and more are hidden
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What do you think ?
Alessandra Ricotta 6 years ago
Hell no... Studied art for 8 years, still can't understand those mess that represent modern and contemporary art. I still think art should be beautiful despite the context and the meaning so those things are just a child stuttering to me. For example Dali is still wonderfull to see despite everything, tecnically talking is outstanding, Pollock instead is just an alcoholic madness.
Alessandra Ricotta 6 years ago
Hell no... Studied art for 8 years, still can't understand those mess that represent modern and contemporary art. I still think art should be beautiful despite the context and the meaning so those things are just a child stuttering to me. For example Dali is still wonderfull to see despite everything, tecnically talking is outstanding, Pollock instead is just an alcoholic madness.
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