By
Ian Shearer
Piece description from the artist
This piece was a larger commission for a dreamlike imagining of the marina at Catalina Island. It was my first water scene at night and it was a lot of fun to do. I really enjoyed playing with the way lights shimmered in the water and reflected off the boats.
I first sketched in the piece in paint and then soaked it with water. I then painted between the paint streaks until the scene slowly took shape. I chose to leave some bits of canvas bare as if the image was made from flowing pigment. A temporal image like a memory or dream.
Ian Shearer is an artist based in Seattle, Washington. He is a graduate of The Academy of Art University of San Francisco.
In 2018, Ian survived a massive stroke. Through intense therapy he was able to regain use of the right side of his body, however, his painting style and abilities were greatly changed. These changes have led him to “start over” as an artist.Currently, Ian’s work focuses on urban landscapes. Using the city as a lens to explore themes of isolation, subjective reality, sensory experience, and memory; often finding beauty in the everyday moments of urban life. These moments intrigue him, especially as ordinary moments become extraordinary in the wake of disability.
Through his work, Ian is currently exploring the changes in his visual language and working on developing a dialogue of post-stroke experience. Adding another voice to a condition that affects hundreds of thousands and documenting the recovery process through mark-making.
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