I've been making and exploring art since I was a young child getting my first taste of drawing from Jon Gnagy's Learn to Draw. I started out my secondary education studying Engineering, then Architecture before moving to Fine Art after having to take some art classes and rediscovering my love for visual arts. I studied Art and received my BFA from Youngstown State University in Graphic Design and
Painting. I figured if I was going to pay for this education I might as well study something I truly love doing! I generally move toward the abstract or loose impressionistic style of painting. A loose and free style that allows me to respond to changes I see happening on the canvas as I progress through a painting. Sometimes I have a definite outcome in mind, but more often than not, I begin with just putting something on the canvas and go from there. Sometimes it’s geometric, sometimes I want to convey a thought or feeling, sometimes I respond to the shapes, lines, flow, or colors in front of me and go from there. I like creating on the fly and the surprises that come with it. I create most of my work on canvas with either oil or acrylic paint, but also like to experiment with other media. To learn more about me and my work please visit my website at
www.ohanlonart.net
