Austin Lee

PUBLISHED IN ISSUE 16

Where are my glasses? Airbrushed, out-of-focus, pop-art optical illusions, Austin Lee’s paintings begin as iPad sketches, before pixel is transferred to canvas as his digital doodles become more traditional works of art. Figurative yet abstract and reminiscent of early internet animation, his pieces are all-together contemporary cartoonish portraits with the unmistakable texture and vibrancy of Flashe acrylic. Born in Las Vegas, Austin now works out of New York. – Olivia Whittick