Creative Natives {{Feruvius}}

                      
                      "The conflict of duality is the essence of great creativity."

                                           -Henry V. Miller

I find the next artist particularly interesting because he is very articulate about how and why he uses art, and he uses it very therapeutically. I think we all do, and I think it is one major benefit to art, it is an expression of our inner workings and can help us visualize what is going on in our neurotic brains. Feruvius specializes in incredibly intricate, controlled line drawings, focusing on shapes, and the viewers perception of what's going on. 

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The control is a huge aspect of his work, as for many of us its a way to harness control in a way that life sometimes doesn't allow. In fact, he started doing these drawings in high school because his sub conscious needed to vent, we all acted out in high school, most of us not nearly as constructively. As he puts it, he uses art to "bring back the relationship we have with ourselves." He very much uses his craft as a meditation. Some of his bigger pieces take upwards of 6 months! If you can imagine drawing perfect lines over and over that never intersect, and the control that comes along with that, then you must also understand where the "duality" comes into play. Feruvius also went through a stage of doing very colorful, what he calls, "cave paintings" which require much less control... to me I see it as a way of shaking off the intensity and turing that intense emotion into a completely different look, and relaxing the muscles, and the eyes.

Some of his line drawings were so intense my camera couldn't even handle the lines, and kept trying to warp the picture. Feruvius took that as a compliment, and loved the idea that it was too much for the digital world. The pictures I took can only do so much justice to work that requires respect. I believe they show the amazing detail and time he has put into the pieces, but in order to really understand the intricacy you must see these pieces in person!
AND you are in luck because he will have a spot at Art walk in Westville on Saturday May 7th, with pieces for sale.  Or you can check out his website http://feruvius.com/Feruvius/Home.html Or email him at Ink@Feruvius.com