Paris is bustling city of unique and diverse people all of which seem to be highly busy and yet openly charismatic simultaneously. It was similar enough to Philadelphia that I joined in the bustle and learned about the inherent ways that the French see art.
Bret Searles Paintings
Bret Searles joins the art community to share love, peace, tranquility, and the sublimity of nature, life, and people
I had the privilege of being invited to study illustration abroad from my city of Philadelphia to London as well as Paris. The experience greatly altered my thinking and revolutionized my life and I aim to continue to apply the techniques and skills that I learned. One thing immediately that I noticed upon meeting several illustrators was their seemingly endless patience. European illustrators have a more passionate and simplistic, cubic freedom at times than American illustrators who are in the midst of creating a nearly solidified American aesthetic. Its truly remarkable that I learned from Europeans how to break style and break appropriateness and experience more freedom through simplicity and self awareness.