Post by account_disabled on May 1, 2024 23:56:27 GMT -5
The result, you’ll see, is that the portraits progress from feelings of depression or stress to hope and perseverance.” zach leads me to a portrait of a middle-aged Canada Email List man and stoops down to show me how the wood was much blacker at the bottom. “this is from a flame thrower,” he explains, running his fingers just over the area. “I didn’t start using it until covid hit last year, when my pieces became much darker and moodier. They became less about the person and more about what they were feeling.
With the flamethrower, part of the portraits became just black, burned, and ash, like this part here. It represents destruction, and you don’t see the wood as much.” zach leads me to another portrait. “contrast that last one with this. This is a newer portrait from covid, from when the pandemic began to lift. You can tell because this one is a little more hopeful. It is more triumphant and reflects that humanity can come out of dark times. I see my series as a form of perseverance or perhaps defiance in the face of everything we have collectively.
Gone through.” it takes a light touch to create art so detailed using fire, and I ask zach where he got his training. “calarts grad school,” he replies. “that’s where much of my skill comes from, though I have spent the time since then learning about this medium and becoming one with it.” I ask zach why he was so attracted to doing portraits vs. Some other subject, like landscapes. “it sounds a bit simplistic, but I really like people,” he replies thoughtfully. “each person is so different and brings to the session their own personality, worries, and dreams.
With the flamethrower, part of the portraits became just black, burned, and ash, like this part here. It represents destruction, and you don’t see the wood as much.” zach leads me to another portrait. “contrast that last one with this. This is a newer portrait from covid, from when the pandemic began to lift. You can tell because this one is a little more hopeful. It is more triumphant and reflects that humanity can come out of dark times. I see my series as a form of perseverance or perhaps defiance in the face of everything we have collectively.
Gone through.” it takes a light touch to create art so detailed using fire, and I ask zach where he got his training. “calarts grad school,” he replies. “that’s where much of my skill comes from, though I have spent the time since then learning about this medium and becoming one with it.” I ask zach why he was so attracted to doing portraits vs. Some other subject, like landscapes. “it sounds a bit simplistic, but I really like people,” he replies thoughtfully. “each person is so different and brings to the session their own personality, worries, and dreams.