Lily Hale

Artist Statement:

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Creating art is something that I cannot live without doing. It’s a place to put everything when life gets too heavy. A place to rest. When I begin an artwork, the world around me melts away. Drawing and painting is a way to build a relationship with my working mind, a way to learn from mistakes and figure out what works best for myself. This practice has taught me what hard work can accomplish, and equally how important rest is to progress. In every piece I make, I try to sink into the process and pull bits and pieces of the beauty I see in the world around me to capture and recycle. I want to paint the beauty in the mundane and ugly, because in part, it’s the ugly that makes the beautiful as impactful as it is.