chad shore

I really enjoyed going to the contemporary with the class a couple of weeks ago and seeing a few working artist's studios. I think everyone was inspired and encouraged to see local artists making it happen in their own way. I wanted to include a friend of mine who is also doing really well as a working artist.

Chad shore is a local artist that lives in Gainesville, GA. He is a family friend who has taught me a lot about the art world as far as technique, presentation, and business. He is a general artist who paints, sculpts, does installations, and has a clothing company. chad has shown in numerous galleries across the country, has had his clothing in fashion shows and boutiques and has done numerous sculptures and installations for large organizations and events, and recently got his painting ,"my angel" , chosen to be on the 1800 tequila bottle.

Shore has two main painting styles; "fashion art" with a pop- art influence and "surrealist- abstraction". all of his art is exciting and edgy with a dark feel using bright pops of color and a lot of black. they all have strong fashion influence and are very much design based. He uses a lot of wet on wet techniques forming images out of what the paint has already given him. he also uses a lot experimentation with mediums that I feel are extremely successful and fresh as well.

Chad is involved in a lot of extreme sports such as motocross, skate-boarding, surfing, and snow boarding. He took that love for excitement and adrenaline and applied it to his clothing company "sixtus clothing" where he uses these elements that he loves and focuses them towards that specific audience. I was really encouraged by the way Chad has made it in the art world by doing what he loves and having fun doing it, which is what it is all about. Chad has many art shows in the area. You can find out about them on his website at www.chadshore.com he has a video on his "about" page where you can see his studio space and how he works.