Art Opening Reception : Reflections with Strokes by Ren

Excerpt from the Artist's Artist Statement

I am primarily self taught. Although I took a few art courses while studying Mass Communication at Savannah State University, I have never done consistently well in art classes. Instead, the intense focus of my training has been on communicating ideas that challenge people to be curious about their own internal nature. My major visual influences are Salvador Dali, Alex Gray, Remedios Varo, and Jean Michel Basquiat. Fame and fortune have eluded countless great artist so my concentration has never been on either. I simply love to create! I feel like this is what I have been put here to do. I would like for people to see themselves in my paintings. They are as much about you as they are about me.

REFLECTIONS BY REN
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