For some reason that feels like a slightly odd thing to say, even though I have been making art my entire life. Mostly with my pen as a kid, but also in illustration. I also played bass, drums, made videos, worked in photography, wrote poems, etc.
I have always been so much more about the idea than the medium. At times it has made me feel spread thin, but it also has allowed me to pull ob various creative threads without attachment. My art, regardless of medium, is often much more intuitive than intellectual. For me, things need to just feel right. Whether lighting or texture or angle.
Over the last 10 years I’ve worked in photography specifically, a lot of digital work, post production, and focus on textures, vignettes, microcosms, and a mindful awareness that sees the art before it’s real. It’s a meditation and a creative practice at the same time.
I’m releasing a few of my photographs as Signed and Numbered Art Prints on premium quality papers in a Limited Edition of 5, at most. Some, even less. I’ll be making a few prints available as voted upon by friends and followers on my Instagram page.
The first of those releases will be ‘Post All Bills No. 1,115’ which will be available on Friday, June 25th at 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 11am PST via my newly published shop page, EvanLaRuffa.com/shop.
I’ll be in Los Angeles shortly to pick papers, review prints, and sign them. I’ll be sure to keep you posted via this newsletter before and just as prints go on sale.
Thanks in advance for any and all interest! The idea that my art will live in the home of appreciative souls makes me feel really good.
I see it looking amazing in a baroque frame, but I’ll leave that up to you. :)
I just added ‘Artist’ to my LinkedIn profile. That feels like a big one!!
P.s. I also wrote this little reflection when I posted this piece on Instagram a few weeks back. It feels like a necessary part of the offering…
‘Post All Bills No. 1,115’ … radical feedback is the theme of the week, the air feeling more Iike pudding as I walk and simmer. It’s amazing how intentionality creates the tip of the spear. How focus breeds clarity. How insight (should) spawn action. Growth doesn’t happen in a vacuum and communication is a two-way street, even when we’re talking to ourselves. It’s not a dialogue as much as a reckoning for those intrepid enough to be a pudding-traveler.’