Artist Information:
Layla Simic
Chicago, IL
United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
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Artist Statement:
ARTIST STATEMENT:
My art had its beginning in
spontaneous pen doodles that I
would draw in free moments.
Eventually all of my notebooks
and schoolbooks were filled
with it.
I started college not really
knowing what I wanted to do
but I had a feeling that there
was a creative ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Art Galleries:
Phuture Art Gallery
1342 West Madison Ave
Chicago, IL.
Lucid artists Gallery Sept.
2005 to Present
Lake Point Towers Chicago, IL.
Skokie Art Show July 9 & 10
2005
Art works Gallery Surprise,
Az. AUG.2005 to NOV.
Presentation of my art works
in Paris, France
Serbian & Montenegrian
Cultural ...
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Layla Simic's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Layla Simic's Portfolio.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
My art had its beginning in spontaneous pen doodles that I would draw in free moments. Eventually all of my notebooks and schoolbooks were filled with it.
I started college not really knowing what I wanted to do but I had a feeling that there was a creative vein inside of me waiting to be tapped.
Around the same time, I began to be deeply interested in forms of spiritual self-discovery. Through my readings I uncovered an affinity with the Celtic world view. I believe that most pre-Christian European peoples have had similar esoteric perspectives centering around cyclical cosmic patterns. I found that a deep respect for nature and all lifecycles is mirrored in the organic forms of Celtic art. I realized that in a sense the shapes I was producing echoed those forms.
My mother has a degree in fine arts and we had canvasses and oils around the house. I produced my first painting again spontaneously, a series of intricate shapes and biomorphic forms. I sketched almost constantly since that time, a period of about a decade.
My current body of work was produced beginning in 2002, through the medium of colored pencil and ... |
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