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Bio & Artist Statement

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Statement

My name is Justin Kidston. I am a visual artist based out of Joplin, Missouri and I work primarily in oil paints. In my paintings I try to capture surrealist scenes that are tied to the relationship between us and our environments. these scenes are achieved by first condensing several directions of thought into one main idea. This idea is then translated into different forms and built up digitally in a 3d sculpting program. Controlling form, color and light direction, I continue to work the forms until I find something visually interesting. This process is what ultimately informs my larger bodies of work. My work doesn't revolve around any single narrative, but connections could be drawn between the placement of aspects of the interior self placed within the exterior world.  

Bio

Justin Kidston was born in Cherry Point, North Carolina in 1990. HIs family settled in Webb City, Missouri in 1998 and attended Webb City High School until graduating in 2008. Justin has always been interested in art and started drawing at a very young age. In 2019 he decided to approach oil painting which has been his primary medium ever since. Justin lives in Joplin, Missouri, with his wife, daughter, three dogs and cat. 

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