About The Artist.... Simone Hester

Simone Hester was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised on the far south side of the city. She found an interest in art at an early age. At the recommendation of her teachers, she began private art lessons at a small art studio in the suburbs of Chicago. She was tutored, mentored and exposed to a variety of art mediums from calligraphy, etching, Chinese watercolors, acryllics, and oil painting. There she developed a love for drawing and painting. She broadened her art education by taking a variety of elective art classes in high school and college. Upon college graduation, her first professional position allowed her to work in graphic designs and further her knowledge of computers. Once given a digital camera, she combined her love of computers, painting, and photographs to develop her very own technique in creative digital photography. The computer has become her paintbrush and allows her to stretch the natural boundaries that a typical photograph is held to. She recently left the traditional workforce to work on her art full time and contribute to her website (http://www.simonehester.com/) and write her blog on photography, art, and everything else she finds creative.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Abstract Art

One of the best things about Photoshop is that it allows me to take my photography to new realms of creativity.  As an artist I love to create and love to play with colors.  My favorite thing to shoot by far has to be architecture.  I love the shape of things from old to new, rusty to shiny.  I take lots of pictures and archive them to create new photographs through Photoshop at a later date.  Some ideas come quickly regarding certain photos and some take time.  The following picture is an example of that.  This is a shot that I captured about two and a half years ago downtown Chicago in Millennium Park.


I loved the shot because of how the buildings come through the grid of the outside theater.  The theater itself is a phenomenal piece of architecture and both the buildings and the theater are true examples of new architecture.  So when I played with this photo in Photoshop I wanted to create something modern and more abstract, something that you won't see everyday.  And the new photo follows....

"PUZZLE IN CHICAGO" (c) 2008 (photograph; edited in 2010)

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