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With my work I try to transcend the boundary between the commercial world and that of my own personal experience, influencing the viewer to believe in an idea rather extraordinary or banal. I allow the nature of my mediums to express any tension or desire I feel behind the piece. I derive my work off studying a bridge between Mannerism and the often impressionistic yet figurative works of Francis Bacon while keeping the energy and emotion found in Joseph Clement Coll and Heinrich Kley illustrations.
My background in Graphic Design and the story telling I developed through gestural means in illustration allows me to create a strong structural balance to my work. For me, I find ink to be a very unforgivable medium; it shows confidence and a strong foundation that has been built through vigorously studying anatomical form.
My goal is to create large scale drawings built of ink transcending the gestural qualities found in the human form balancing the materialistic aspect of our everyday surroundings. Make the viewer second guess what they see and manipulate their mind with the subliminal. I want my art to challenge those that surround me to acknowledge the tension they build inside themselves in regards to their moral and deep seeded emotions.
Taylor Wessling studied at The Academy of University San Francisco where he received his BFA in Illustration in 2011. Born in El Paso, Texas. Lives in Orange County, California.
Group Exhibits:
Academy of Art University Annual Spring Show
– 2005 Graphic Design, Photography
– 2008 Illustration
– 2009 Illustration, Second Place in Drawing
– 2010 Illustration
– 2011 Illustration,Honors Portfolio, Second Place in Advanced Ellective
2010 Barber Lounge Salon & Spa Annual Fall Art Opening
2010 111 at 111 Minna Gallery
2011 Winter's Shadows at Pretty Pretty Collective
2011 Best In Show 2011 at Art Directors Club Gallery in New York
COPYRIGHT:
© 2009-2011 Taylor Wessling
All photographs and illustrations by Taylor Wessling. All rights reserved.
Thank you for visiting.
contact 949 375.2635
Blog
Flickr
Behance
With my work I try to transcend the boundary between the commercial world and that of my own personal experience, influencing the viewer to believe in an idea rather extraordinary or banal. I allow the nature of my mediums to express any tension or desire I feel behind the piece. I derive my work off studying a bridge between Mannerism and the often impressionistic yet figurative works of Francis Bacon while keeping the energy and emotion found in Joseph Clement Coll and Heinrich Kley illustrations.
My background in Graphic Design and the story telling I developed through gestural means in illustration allows me to create a strong structural balance to my work. For me, I find ink to be a very unforgivable medium; it shows confidence and a strong foundation that has been built through vigorously studying anatomical form.
My goal is to create large scale drawings built of ink transcending the gestural qualities found in the human form balancing the materialistic aspect of our everyday surroundings. Make the viewer second guess what they see and manipulate their mind with the subliminal. I want my art to challenge those that surround me to acknowledge the tension they build inside themselves in regards to their moral and deep seeded emotions.
Taylor Wessling studied at The Academy of University San Francisco where he received his BFA in Illustration in 2011. Born in El Paso, Texas. Lives in Orange County, California.
Group Exhibits:
Academy of Art University Annual Spring Show
– 2005 Graphic Design, Photography
– 2008 Illustration
– 2009 Illustration, Second Place in Drawing
– 2010 Illustration
– 2011 Illustration,Honors Portfolio, Second Place in Advanced Ellective
2010 Barber Lounge Salon & Spa Annual Fall Art Opening
2010 111 at 111 Minna Gallery
2011 Winter's Shadows at Pretty Pretty Collective
2011 Best In Show 2011 at Art Directors Club Gallery in New York
COPYRIGHT:
© 2009-2011 Taylor Wessling
All photographs and illustrations by Taylor Wessling. All rights reserved.
Thank you for visiting.