afergusonart

My name is Adam Ferguson, and I am a visual artist from Salem, Virginia.

As  an artist, I draw my own summations of what I discern, and I formulate  those observations as uniquely my own– creating a visage of what I  imagine in my artwork. I create fantastical work– work that is derived  from a more imaginative, mythological realm – as I seek to both come to a  generalized understanding of my own rationale and to further my  artistic vision.

My work utilizes and is inspired by imagery  from the Neoclassical and Romantic eras of painting. I aim to speak on the themes of transformation, escapism, the  concept of the sublime, adventure/exploration, and man’s relationship with nature.

My work primarily resides in oil paintings, pixel art, digital paintings, and traditional drawings, and my subject manner is fundamentally landscape and figurative. I am endeared by the idea of capturing moments—an emotive  facial expression, a whimsical pose, a certain contortion of the  body—these instances strike me as momentous, and with my artwork I aim  to represent these instants with substantial accuracy. I am fascinated  with the figure, and its innate ability to represent an endless array of  palpable emotion.  In my illustrations, I indulge in the creation of a variety of subject  matter, including vast landscapes, dark fantasy, and mythology.

Current Residence: Virginia

Favourite genre of music: Metal (melodic death metal, black metal, progressive metal, mainly), Alternative, Post-rock, etc.

Favourite style of art: Mainly neoclassical, romanticism, fantasy, Pre-Raphaelite, Baroque, Hudson River Valley School of landscapes, etc.

Personal Quote: hold your head up high