Untitled Drawing

Ryan Pendleton was born in Fullerton, CA and now resides in San Francisco, CA with his partner. He is trained in fine art photography, drawing and sculpture. The Bauhaus movements made by Kandinsky and Klee, and that of American Painter Jasper Johns inspire his philosophy as an artist. Ryan’s abstract works, much like Kandinsky and Klee, are focused on the point, the line, the plane, the solid. His influence from Johns is apparent in the dialogue between figuration and form. Taking each basic principle of design into consideration, Ryan seeks to achieve highly dynamic and visually pleasing images. Greatly inspired by nature, Ryan spends much of his time communicating with it and understands the psychological connection people have with the organic in order to maintain a peaceful mind and find their own artistry in shape, texture, form and mass. Ryan has always been fascinated with his Native American ancestry and finds inspiration in the boldness of pattern found in their pottery, baskets and quilts. Similarly, he is moved by the geometric patterns of Islamic art and architecture which encourage him to use big aggressive shapes in his drawings which blur the space between the abstract and the organic.