By
Ian Shearer
Piece description from the artist
I was taken by the lights of a restaurant in downtown Seattle. The dinners there reminded me of what life was like before my stroke, full of excitement and expectation.
Although the group seated is conversing and eating and enjoying each others company, I wonder at their internal dialogue. What are they dreaming, wishing, waiting for?
On the sidewalk is the faded image of a passerby—perhaps someone who was just there or soon arriving? Or perhaps the fervent wish of one of the crew among the twinkling lights and bubbling laughter. Hidden in the piece are small bits of medical notes detailing my stroke symbol of living with an invisible disability.
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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