Artist of the Month Branden Sylvester enjoys the surprise of the creative process

Artist of the Month Branden Sylvester enjoys the surprise of the creative process
By Collette Hayes

Contemporary abstract artist Branden Sylvester’s work does not attempt to depict external reality accurately. It is up to the observer to bring emotion and imagination to a piece of his abstract art and to contemplate how colors, shapes and textures interact with each other to reveal the meaning.

“My main goal is to create colors and patterns that hopefully don’t resemble anything,” said Sylvester, Holladay’s artist of the month. “I leave it up to the observer to interpret what is happening in the painting. I will repaint a work several times until I’m confident the interpretation of the piece will be left entirely to the viewer.”

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