Shelly Porter

Home Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Education University of Texas, Austin

Medium Watercolor

Site www.shellyporterartwork.com

Inspiration Cancer survivor, Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt.

Statement Color, form and pattern have always been dominant aspects of my work, but the use of these qualities has been paramount in the processing of my life after cancer. Uses of these same aspects by the artists Wassily Kandinsky and Gustav Klimt have specifically inspired me. Wassily Kandinsky’s theories regarding color and form appeal to me on a deeply personal level. Kandinsky believed that “Color calls forth a vibration from the soul”, and “form has its own inner sound.” Read More...