Variant Paths with Seamus Conley feat. John Wentz | AD 24

Published: Feb. 28, 2016, 3:53 p.m.

Seamus Conley is a Los Angeles native now living and working in San Francisco, CA. A recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Award his paintings have been exhibited in galleries throughout the US, including a solo Museum exhibit at The Lancaster, CA Museum of Art and History. His work has been featured in publications such as Hi Fructose, Art ltd, SF Examiner, SF Weekly, Empty Mag, and American Art Collector.

John Wentz is a contemporary painter whose process resides in an area between rigid technicality and honest expression. \xa0Working within the classical idiom of the human figure, his goal is to reduce and simplify the image to it's core fundamentals: composition, color, and paint application. \xa0Paint application and brush strokes are broad and simplified as a means to connect and convey these ideas to the viewer in a way that only painting can.

John was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. \xa0His interest in art began at the age of 6 when he first discovered Batman and Spiderman comic books. \xa0After years of copying comics panel by panel he worked in the commercial arts as a muralist, billboard creator and freelance illustrator. \xa0After learning to paint by doing airbrushed billboards, he decided to pursue Fine Art and work in oils. \xa0Since then, he has had 3 solo exhibitions in San Francisco and numerous group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. \xa0His works have appeared in many publications and have won multiple awards.

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