Arris Grace Hodge

Atlanta, GA, United States

About Arris Grace Hodge

I love experimenting with movement, texture, color and light and I'm drawn to all genres. My first love is classical art. Da Vinci and Rembrandt have made a great impression on me, as have Turner, Sargent, Inness and Manet, among others. Inspiration is everywhere — in the present and in the past, in memories, emotion, music, and visually, in the day and night skies, in faces, in dreams, in water. Life, and death, and human awareness, are miraculous. My longing to use art as a means of expression was with me from toddlerhood. Until about the age of five, I drew instead of talking. In school I excelled, winning several contests and honorable mentions, and creating pieces to hang in the school cafeteria. I won a major art contest at the age of 12, second place among thousands of entries, based on my originality and use of color, at which time I received my first check as an artist. In college, I took my art with me into the field of science, which was a great pairing on many levels. In high school and college, I did commission work. Life presented me with many challenges and my art career was put on hold for a time, although I continued to paint and draw sporadically. In December of 2015, I took it on with vigor, and have been painting and drawing almost every day since then. In recent years, my artworks have been used in ads for Saatchi (eg: Artworks Are In Demand), my artwork was selected by virtue of a contest, to hang in the ICU at a major hospital (NHS) in Atlanta and each year, I’m asked to contribute paintings to charities. I have also exhibited in local venues, such as my community center and local art association. Two of my works are on exhibit at the 2019 “Springtime In The City” show at the SAA. My focus is doing this work that I am so passionate about, both spontaneous/expressive/abstract and classical, in the studio. My contact email: arrisgracehodge@outlook.com Thanks for visiting me on Saatchi. I am also viewable on WordPress @ https://arrisgracehodge.wordpress.com/

Education:

Bachelor of Science, UVA