Original artwork description:

"The Thinker" (2017) - Oil On Canvas - Ryan Louder

Ryans portrait of his assistant. This took many attempts and many canvases thrown away. "I wanted to capture his personality but every attempt seemed to lack depth until this painting" Ryan captures his assistants "eternal good nature" and deep philosophical thinking but represents his youth by making his body seem two dimensional. "He is only 25 years old in this and when I think back when I was 25 I thought I knew a lot more than I did. The two dimensional aspect of his body represents that he will grow more and more with age into a wholistic three dimensional person".

Materials used:

Oil