Gordon Lewis (Artist)
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Gordon Lewis (Artist)
Gordon Lewis (Artist)
[-1]Gordon Pratt Lewis is an American artist from Costa Mesa, California.
He is a student at UC Berkeley majoring in Art Practice.
Gordon uses painting, 3D rendering, and sensory manipulation to illustrate the connection between personal perception and others.
He is a former rower for the UC Berkeley Varsity Rowing team.
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comRegarding this work Gordon Lewis stated "In the portrait I tried to capture the idea that a person is ever changing and is the individual they are in the present moment.A person is a manifestation of entropy in the sense of where they come from and their choices in life.The accumulation of these portraits changed myself and registered each moment in time similar to zen monk's practice of Ensō.John Hamm plays a character that inhabits two separate persons.The line between the two is fuzzy but he is two separate persons really and when he inhabits a room as Don he is Don Draper."
Oct 11, 2016, 4:04 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comIn an effort to explain the ideas that a story can tell.Gordon Lewis recalls his childhood in which his father Bill Lewis read to him The Hobbit (book).In his work Gordon parallels Smaug's greed and what he cherishes relative to what his father cherishes through the action of reading stories to him.This in turn shows how books are great transmitters of ideas.
Oct 11, 2016, 4:30 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comWhile after studying abroad in France for the summer, Gordon Lewis explores Iranian art patterns and Henri Matisse's palette to create this work.The painting is done on a cardboard circle and the negative space is used to create the silhouettes of pigeons.The surrounding background is that of clouds, a daily fascinating spectacle in France.Gordon Lewis expresses the seeming banal existence of life is wonderful transformation when travelling and discovering new strokes and paints.
May 25, 2017, 7:01 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comAn En plein air water scene painted on the beach of Mandelieu-la-Napoule
May 25, 2017, 7:04 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comIn this work Gordon Lewis creates 100 vessels for canvases for friends and fellow classmates.To help others explore themselves to love oneself he provided a cup for others to paint and explore their creative side through an object they would use rather than sit a painting on the wall.He then glazed them and gave them back to the individuals.
May 25, 2017, 7:09 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com"Everybody's Got Sh * t" A work regarding people's perceived isolation, as a black sheep, that has been felt by everyone.
Oct 11, 2016, 3:52 AM