SAN­DRA L BLOOD

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Bri­an Ash­ing is a typ­i­cal dig­i­tal-age, me­dia-in­spired mil­len­nia whose ear­ly in­ter­est in art was fu­elled by fan­ta­sy and sci-fi tele­vi­sion shows and video games. He and his broth­er would record episodes of their favourite car­toons which would lat­er be paused dur­ing play­back so they could draw the char­ac­ters.

Lat­er on, Ash­ing be­gan scop­ing out in­ter­na­tion­al art­work on Face­book, In­sta­gram and Tum­blr. He earned prais­es and re­posts when he shared some of his de­pic­tions of celebri­ties on In­sta­gram.

Af­ter years of ex­hibit­ing his rep­re­sen­ta­tion­al art in group shows and con­sign­ment col­lec­tions, Ash­ing is stag­ing his first so­lo show, Pre­lude.

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A two-day pre­view took place on Sep­tem­ber 2 and 3, fol­lowed by the of­fi­cial launch on Sep­tem­ber 4 at 101 Art Gallery. The gallery has pro­vid­ed the San­gre Grande res­i­dent with an op­por­tu­ni­ty to demon­strate artistry in oils, a medi­um he took mul­ti­ple ap­proach­es to mas­ter, along­side his wa­ter­colours.

Ash­ing, a grad­u­ate of the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, St Au­gus­tine, with a bach­e­lor’s in en­vi­ron­men­tal and nat­ur­al re­source man­age­ment, is known for the imag­i­na­tive re­al­ism and se­mi-re­al­ism in­fused in his paint­ings. His fig­u­ra­tive works hint at larg­er themes about hu­man na­ture and land­scapes.

The art­works on dis­play will be avail­able for sale un­der a tax in­cen­tive that al­lows cor­po­rate buy­ers to claim the ex­pense at 100 per cent in the Year of Ex­pen­di­ture.

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Pre­lude is open un­til Sep­tem­ber 11, Mon­days to Fri­days from noon to 6 pm and 10 am to 2 pm. Book­ings can be made by call­ing 678-0460 or 686-7943.