Win Wallace

Win Wallace was born in South Carolina and is currently based in Lockhart, Texas. He draws every day, and his recent practice focuses on pencil, ink drawings, Conté, and charcoal portraits.

About his surrealist art process, he says: “I make drawings on paper with simple materials. Through scale and detail, the work strives for realism while disregarding any of the photographic weight of that word. Beginning with the familiar construction of classical portraiture, I draw fictitious individuals; characters that are as rooted in art history as they are nestled among the flora and fauna of the natural world. This sense of interconnectedness to our surroundings, along with our past and present, seems so unfortunately out of step in the modern era. We hurtle forward, allowing technological advancements to disavow us of such notions. The discomfort of this inconsistency is the foundation for drawing something that celebrates inimitable, flawed and fleeting beauty. The full ecstatic bloom of a bearded iris only lasts a few days, which isn’t truly so very different from our own time here. I labour to depict every leaf and blade of grass with the same determination as the formal subject of all my work, because all of life endures the same cycle of flowering, faltering and finally fading away.”

See more from the artist at: www.winwallacefineart.com

Win is featured on the Autumn 2024 Edition of Art Seen magazine, published August 2024.