Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistDuncan Ris CollectionSoulSearching
Description This was my final canvas of the summer. It is an expression of pain and a visual feeling in that I was suddenly struck with a visual expression of something I felt and then immediatley began working to convey it. For me, it expressed what had become in the final week, the agony of isolation. In Genesis, we read God declaring It is not good for man to be alone (Gen. 2:18). As a shy extrovert, I often find myself making decisions which work against my own psychological needs. Through the past five weeks, I learned that something that I value a great deal in a work setting is relationship. While different people have different preferences and needs for social interaction I think that we fundamentally need each other and are social beings, despite proud assertions of self-sufficiencey. Extreme experiences of isolation or loneliness are among the most devastating and dehumanizing. While my experience was far from extreme, I think I started to taste the pain and spiraling insanity of isolation.
Duncan Ris, Abbotsford Member Since October 2009 Artist Statement I am young married student currently attending Bible college. I don't know what I am going to do with my life. I rediscovered my love of art and creation the summer of 2009 when I took a month just to paint and then held and auction to sell my paintings. I took art throughout high school and attended film school upon graduation.
My wife, Amy, is a source of both support and inspiration in my art.