If you are asked if you like women who smoke, I believe you will definitely say that you don't like it, and you will even be disgusted. But if you look at Aaron Westerberg's paintings, your mind will definitely change, and you will be fascinated by the unique beauty and elegance that has been precipitated over time. It's just that you can't find such a woman in reality, you can only see it in artworks.
Born in 1971, American contemporary figurative realist painter Aaron Westberg became a painting teacher at his alma mater after graduating from the California Institute of Art, where he taught painting and designed clothes and hairstyles, and was once named one of the "24 Best Contemporary American Artists Under 40" by an authoritative organization. "The picture below is a self-portrait of Aaron, young and handsome, an image of a typical artist.
Superficial people usually like silly white sweetness, but life is easy to grow old, youth is fleeting, that kind of love will not last long, real love is the fit of the soul, beyond age and appearance.
Reminds me of the poem of the poet Yeats:
When you are old, your hair is gray, you are sleepy, when you are old, you can't walk, you take a nap by the fire, you remember your youth, how many people have loved your youthful and joyful hours, your beauty, false or sincere, only one person still loves your pious soul, loves the wrinkles on your old face. ”
There is only one person, but that person is hard to find, so there is such a woman, who would rather boil herself into a "saint warrior" than settle.
Aaron's oil paintings have a unique poetic quality, he has received strict training in classical painting, and his works seem to be simple in composition, but the use of color and the contrast of light and dark can evoke emotional communication in the viewer.
Using the traditional style of painting to express contemporary themes, and striving to form his own personal style in the tradition, Aaron has always been exploring a unique technique and way of expression.
The use of painting to express elegance and timelessness is an impression of Aaron Westerberg's work.