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White Surface Texture

FIGURE / VESSEL / STILL LIFE

Ryan's focus across all mediums is often the same: the grey area of the lived experience as an object in space. Incredibly vague! But an endlessly interesting subject matter.

 

Figure as still life, vessel as body, process to product

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Ryan's longest running series is work in the format of painting over a generated grid pattern.  Take a look into this incredibly involved process.

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Previous painting work made 'freehand,' whose focus is the consideration of 'level of finish' and knowing when to stop.

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Ryan's BFA focus was in handbuilt ceramic sculpture.  Here's some of their undergrad work.

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