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.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

The New ME....

I have had a self-portrait of myself that I have been using as my image in the world of Twitter, Facebook, art shows, and so on.  It was on the darker side and highlighted me holding my beloved camera.  So it was time for a change, I have been very fortunate to have been recognized by numerous galleries for my work and I have been pursuing this option actively since October of 2010; and I thought to myself that it was indeed time to put my best face forward and for my audience to have a clearer image of who I am.... so voila below is my newest self-portrait with absolutely no retouching, nothing creatively done at all (which is the exact opposite of what I typically do with my work hence the previous self portrait).  It was time to show myself in the raw, as I appear in my everday life.  Because, in all honestly, that is what a lot of my work represents..... everyday life.  Talk amongst you all soon.

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"Self Portrait 4" (c) 2011

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