Artist: Ron Kuwahara
Ron Kuwahara began his artistic vocation with a rewarding career as a physicist. His artistic compulsion to draw and paint led him to leave scientific life and to study at NSCAD University where Ron completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in painting in 2011. His paintings convey the peripheral or unconscious image by leaving out focused details, details obscured by rough brushstrokes and indistinct patterns. Ron’s landscapes show common everyday scenes of Nova Scotia. Read more about Ron on his profile.
What is your biggest indulgence as an artist?
Deciding to attend NSCAD University to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
What is important to you as an artist?
Finding the essence and beauty in whatever I see.
What challenges you the most in your practice?
Accepting the critique and judgment of the viewer.
What themes or symbols are important to you as an artist?
Finding patterns in nature because that is what I want to capture.
If you were to hang one work of art by another artist in your home, which would you choose?
Any landscape by Tom Thomson.