Gee Horton: Art and Trauma
[vidseo id="19807" width="560 px" excerpt="61" ]HOSTED BY ROB RICHARDSONShare This!Making art and building communities.Gee Horton is a Cincinnati-based self-trained Hyperrealist visual artist who has recently transitioned from a career in the corporate world to focus primarily on making art and building communities. Using graphite and charcoal pencils, Gee's drawings capture a heightened sense of realism, but it is important to note that the Hyperrealist style is only one facet of comprehending his work.Having earned a master’s in social work from the University of Louisville, he often incorporates his education and life experiences into his art to achieve a kind of power that for many triggers' emotional associations. With this in mind, his current work makes a connection between his African roots and its juxtaposition to American attitudes on the social…
