The Artist

Evan Lovett was born blind into a world of nothing but indistinguishable muted tones and sharp sounds. As a small child, his eyes, not knowing their limitations, clumsily scanned the terrain around him, finding only blurred edges and unremarkable colors, a fault that was not his own. As a boy, he struggled to fill in the blanks of the world around him and was forced to do so creatively. When his clinical lack of vision was discovered and corrected, Evan became consumed by his observations and those new details became an artistic obsession.

Lovett, born and raised in the Greater Philadelphia area, built an artistic career off of these continued explorations. For over a decade, his curiosity of the subtle and often over looked parts of life, have become a constant source of inspiration and perpetually fuel his passion to create. From portraits of the working class, celebrating trades and creators of his city to large scale murals of nature adorning forgotten walls, Evan's hands speak of what his eyes at one time only dreamed of.

Evan's work embodies the juxtaposition between abandoned, derelict structures, the lives that had once inhabited them and the new life that has emerged in their wake. In his most recent work, Evan strips away the subtlety of color and focuses on dynamic compositions found between dark and light. The timeless imprint that remains is undisturbed by the relentless echo of time. It is a direct deviation of the blurred softness and hues from his childhood visions. His artistic approach utilizes the hard contrast of almost abstracted details to represent the life, new and old. The images capture a quiet and primal stillness devoid of human presence, leaving the viewer alone in a silent world.

Artist Statement

As an artist, I seek to reclaim the world around me on my own terms, finding inspiration in every nook and cranny as an act of respect to the seemingly mundane landscapes we inhabit. Through urban exploration, I have uncovered feral spaces that exist in the shadows of our controlled environment. As a response, I have created this body of work that revels in the beauty of the overlooked and the forgotten.

Feral Grounds

All paintings are acrylic on wood.

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