Empowering Strokes: Aaron Rayner Art show

On View through March 19, 2023 “Empowering Strokes” by artist, Aaron Rayner. With a focus on strength and struggle, beauty and resilience – capturing emotion and feeling through mood and message. Shown in this collection are highlights from the “Heroine” series – a culmination of nearly two years of work with an emphasis on reframing what pop culture has brainwashed us into believing what a heroine might look like. This collection depicts figures who struggle against real challenges and demons, accepting and losing real hopes and joy, and pressing toward the future nonetheless Drawing from several sources of inspiration including reference photography, original photography, true life, and imagination to create a stylized version of the reference material. Born in Fontana, California, and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma – Aaron has been doing art his entire life. A fine arts student of the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma and a graduate of Northeastern State University, Aaron is versed in several disciplines of art, including painting, life drawing, pen & ink design, photography, videography, pottery, and mixed media. Aaron currently resides in Austin, TX where he would tell you: “He’s living in the light.”