Austin J Ayers

Born in Rochester NY on 9/20/96, and live in upstate NY. I am a 21 year wise-ass old self taught painter who works part time at a supermarket and driveway seals in the summer and paints sometimes. I have been doing art since i was probably 3 or 4 (if consistently doing above average stick figures with mediocre composition on a piece of paper counts as art then, yes). I graduated from Livonia High school where i played 4 sports year round including: Football, Swimming, Track and Field, Summer Soccer and performing exceptionally in all 4. I am heavily infuenced by MC Escher, Yue Minjun, Jean Michel Basquiat, Rembrandt, Francis Bacon, De Kooning and many others. I would consider myself a Cynical painting, I am influence by the Asian movement known as Cynical Realism and I try and mimic it with my own take on the movement. We've all had bad days and especially with all that goes on in the world to day, laughing and having a sense of humor about things that go awry gets us through this life. Cool/pathetic fact I currently call my parents unused upstairs bathroom as my studio that only has a 6 foot by six foot working area on the ground lol. I actually really like it!

Livonia Senior High School
Self Taught

My parents Fridge 1999-current