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.

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Painting Nature...

I have really developed a true love for nature photography. I will always remain faithful to my first love of architecture and structure, but recently I have decided to challenge myself to embrace other subject matters.  I began painting again and rejoined a watercolor class after a three year hiatus.  I stopped painting because I felt that my skill level just wasn't developing, that I was painting too much for what I thought it should look like as opposed to what I thought should feel like.  I could not find myself in my work.  It was then that I picked up a camera and began my odyssey in photography. What photography taught me was to let go, let loose and discover my art.  The lesson that I learned from my photography, I have applied to watercolors.  My painting has truly developed from where it was three years ago.  I paint for me and how I envision the subject matter to be.  I also found that I should paint what I love, that being nature.  Not to say that I won't paint other subject matter when I have the feel to do it, but I want to really hone into my first love.


Seeing that I am painting lots of flowers, I decided to also work on that skill set in my photography.  Really stretching the look and feel of the image itself.  I am really focusing on bringing painting techniques and style to my photographic art.  Below is a new piece and example of what I am trying to do in both my photography and painting.




"Thistle" (c) 2012
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