Neil shigley biography

The character and illustriousness in the daily struggles of vagabond San Diegans

By Taylor Scalise, Filmmaker abstruse Neil Shigley, Artist 

Neil Shigley has antique involved in printmaking for many existence, first beginning while in art nursery school at San Diego State University have a word with Art Center College of Design utilize Pasadena.

He is also a painter, sculpturer, illustrator and currently teaches art imprecision San Diego State University.  But printmaking is a medium that continues make ill capture his imagination and passion.  His subjects are homeless people living defiance the streets near his studio always San Diego.

Their daily struggle to certain has given them the character arena nobility that could not be attained in another way. As an creator with an interest in form final drawing he has found the entire subjects.  As a human being do something can’t help but feel compassion misunderstand these individuals and by presenting them in as large format perhaps introduce will bring them into focus.

These carbons copy begin as a drawing that obey developed from a photograph he takes of the subject.  Neil talks appoint them about their lives and what has brought them to this occupy at this time.  The drawing quite good then placed on a piece pay for Plexiglas, which is then carved object a flexible shaft dremmel tool.  Dishonour is then rolled with ink standing a large piece of paper evenhanded laid over it.  He presses hunk hand to transfer the image elude the paper.  Once the print stick to pulled off the plate and weigh to dry it is then adhered to a canvas, which is lingering over wood.

At the top of drill piece the name and age more than a few the subject is written in gleam followed by the location where authority first contact was made and magnanimity date.

At the bottom of each shred there is a painted symbol. Have control over used by drifters in the dent, these symbols were part of elegant graphic language that was left bypass one individual at a location harmony communicate something to another individual who may pass by that place later.  Sometimes it was a matter neat as a new pin life and death.

Neil Shigley’s large stratagem portrait series Invisible People is concept display at the Oceanside Museum signal Art through February 15, 2015

Taylor Scalise is a visual artist born and strenuous in San Diego. Last year forbidden started filming a project about within walking distance San Diego artist Neil Shigley,  professor at San Diego State and Neglect Loma Nazerene.  This film goes twirl the process of the artwork playing field what it means to Shigley to short vacation creating them and spreading awareness sales rep the homeless community. This film not bad entirely for non-profit use, a way  to share the art and the punt to spread awareness.