Aaron Nagel

Back for his third RUN with us, we are excited to welcome Aaron Nagel as he presents one of his latest pieces "The Pale" from his recent solo show at New York City's Lyon's Weir Gallery. Aaron's first two RUNs The Calming and Signals sold out very quickly so be sure not to hesitate with this one. Read on as Aaron walks us through his latest piece and more...

"I did the reference photo shoot for this piece in a friends house in the Hollywood Hills. These particular shots were taken in front of large floor to ceiling windows during the day, so the natural light provided a pretty harsh backlight on the model. The combination of relatively cool natural light with the warmer light from my strobes is what attracted me to these two particular poses. This piece took me a lot longer than usual -- maybe a month or so -- mostly due to my having never painted this type of lighting before, and the amount and variety of color created by the light on the figure." - Aaron Nagel

Born in 1980 in San Francisco, CA, Aaron Nagel began drawing as a child and gradually made his way to painting. Upon discovering oils in his early twenties, he became enamored with the medium and has been obsessed with it ever since. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), Philadelphia, Tucson, Miami, and New York and has shown at international art fairs such as Art Miami, Scope, and Art Revolution Taipei. Nagel lives and works in Oakland, CA.