CELINE YONG - northwest artists in action

 Born in S. Korea, Celine Long came to U.S. 15 years ago,  and arrived in Washington 3 years ago. Since childhood, she used to  draw and  mimic movie stars faces  in realistic manner in her own  play time.   Later, art was her only joy and solace  she could believe in, even though, she did not dare to choose art as her carrier choice as it has been told that pursuing art  was starving and unsecured for a living.  That led her to majoring in Literature(English) in college following her family's  wish for practical reasons. In the meantime, she  did not stop  continuing to pursue her artistic passion. One day she was deeply inspired by looking at the serene and magical beauty of landscape paintings created by variety of  contemporary artists such as Elizabeth  Mowry, Bill Cone, and Pedro Molina.  She is basically self-taught in art by  learning some essentials like color theory and composition from various artists covering  past and present era. After studying many different artists' lives and works on her own, she decided to have  her lifelong dream rejuvenated and started using pastel for  its immediacy and luminosity as primary medium now even though she alternates oil and  pastel for her work.

Nowadays, she is aware that  pursuing a lifetime passion is more valuable than remaining in a comfort zone.  Her goal is to accomplish a certain level of  visual communication  with viewers through her artistic experiments.  She is really into capturing nature's color and using emotional   interpretation through variations and manipulation of color within her work as much as Van Gogh did in his works.

Contact Celine at https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/823314

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