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My goal is to affect the viewers of my works and provoke the meditative calm that the natural world provides me.  I live very near to the St. Johns River, in a small wooded neighborhood. The trees are tall, healthy and stand quiet. Most days I can hear the wind off the river in the needles of the pine trees and a multitude of birds singing.  I enjoy ethereal and soft focus compositions as a tool for quiet paintings and drawings; my favorite time of day is the blue hour, around six in the morning. I enjoy soft light, and a quiet clash of light and dark, blue and red, warm and cool. Most of my paintings, drawings, and ceramics have a natural overtone; my goal is to create pieces which are honest, straightforward and painterly. I want my work to reveal my working processes, to be a document of their making. My goal in doing so is to create a sense of effortlessness, and make the work as a whole feel light and free of perfectionism.

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      I live very near to the St. Johns River, in a small wooded neighborhood. The trees are tall, healthy and stand quiet. Most days I can hear the wind off the river in the needles of the pine trees and a multitude of birds singing. This has influenced me as an artist; my goal is to affect the viewers of my works and provoke the meditative calm that the natural world provides me. I am a big fan of ethereal and soft focus compositions as a tool for quiet paintings and drawings; my favorite time of day is the blue hour, around six in the morning. I enjoy soft light, and a quiet clash of light and dark, blue and red, warm and cool. Most of my paintings, drawings, and ceramics have a natural overtone; my goal is to create pieces which are honest, straightforward and painterly. I want my work to reveal the hand of the artist, to be a document of their making; my goal is to create a sense of effortless ease and make the work as a whole feel light and free of perfectionism.

Current resume

Allen Ball                                                  904.302.4240                                                                                                              ballallen@comcast.net

Artistic Experience                                                                           

National Alliance For Young Artists and Writers- Honorable Mention   

Clay County Student Art show-First, second (2), third, Honorable Mention, 2011/2012

Displayed in Florida School of the Arts gallery-Rising Star Juried Competition

Florida School of the Arts Juried Student Art Show

All Florida Ceramics Invitational

Technical Experience  

Gallery Assistant , Florida School of the Arts 

 

Education

Clay High Graduate                                                                                      2012

Associate of science                             Florida School of the Arts               2012-2014

Special Skills 

 References

Charles Marsh                                                                                Florida School of the Arts

Daniel Askew                                                                                Florida School of the Arts