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Shaun Kerr A Visiona
Who are you Shaun?
I am a fine blend of maturity with life’s many experiences, somewhat introverted yet at times
gregarious. I am a complex idealist of intense qualities, a perceptive rational character. I am
an artist, a musician and a visionary creative thinker. My name is Shaun William Kerr and I
am a classical narrative oil painter, originally hailing from Dundee, Scotland and now residing
in Texas, USA.
Why are you an artist, and when did you first become one?
Throughout my childhood I was always content being left alone delving into drawing and
colouring books, paint by numbers and model kits, wondering in awe how adults could paint
great tapestries of real art. Although, music and not art was the path which I followed, and
drawing was a contemplative retreat that I occasionally dabbled and meandered through.
I had previously spent my wild youth pursuing rock n roll dreams as a drummer in Punk/
Goth/Industrial/Heavy Metal bands. This took me to London where I lived and worked as a
Courier and Logistics Coordinator. Relocating years later back to Scotland (and after a few
years as a security guard) life’s path opened another opportunity, so I enrolled to college and
gained an HND in Illustration and Graphic Design. This proved only to be a stepping stone as
my goal of learning how to create beautiful illustrative works of art was just simply not taught
in the local education establishments.
Throughout all these years many mundane non creative jobs sapped the soul, so it was in
2004 that I seriously took up the challenge. I researched all available avenues, analytically
studying in depth the great masters of old and the illustrators of today their paintings, techniques
and anatomy skills, applying these into my own attempts, a continually evolving journey
of self discovery, teaching myself how to paint the stories that I consistently muse over
within my head, images that I have an endless passion to share with the world.
Could you tell us some more about your painting?
Blending the gap between Fine Art and Fantasy my paintings are steeped in historical cultures,
nature’s beauty, Celtic mythology and sublime backgrounds; ethereal and sensual
themes combine with intricate details and portions of symbolism and life’s own enrichment;
an alluring dramatic sense of mystery and beauty unfold engaging the audience with ambiguous
titles to perceive the allegory on a personal level.
I paint entirely now with Alkyd oils in and require an ambient and most definitely distraction
free environment with a variety of soothing or rock music in the background to set variable
moods.
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