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Featured Artist: Max Harper
Max Harper recently joined Nimbus Arts and has brought a perspective to our team of teaching artists. A self-described “outlaw illustrator,” Max draws inspiration from Robert Crumb, Antonio Prohias, and Sergio Aragon, with influences from the monochrome nightmare landscapes of H.R. Giger, Laurie Lipton, and Horror Vacui auteur, Phil Kunto. Art helped Max navigate a childhood filled with moves, confusion, and contradictions, and provided a way of processing, keeping record, and navigating his world.
Max ran with street artists from the Bay Area and drew from their courage and creativity in producing large expressive and convoluted projects anonymously. Their work to add vibrant color and energetic beauty to a dreary urban area was inspiring and challenging.
This summer Max launched an experimental animation program at Nimbus, designed to remove the most challenging barriers of animation: time investment and arcane technology. The program works with any medium and is accessible to beginners and useful for experts. Max especially enjoys working with young people, helping them find ways to express themselves through art.
We welcome Max to the Nimbus family!