ARTIST

Sean Diediker is an artist and painter who believes that in today's hyperrealistic world a painting should look like a painting. Most of his works pay homage to Biblical Concepts.

Sean states, "To me they seem to represent timeless ideas and situations. I have made an attempt to take these biblical concepts and through contemporary subject-matter bring these ideas closer to the viewer. So the viewer may come to an understanding that these ideas and situations are still valid and happening today."

He enjoys suggesting 21st century icons with his subject matter. Most of his figures can be found wearing old blue jeans and t-shirts. "To me they are just as beautiful as the tapestries draping the figures of 17th century paintings", Sean explains. Coke bottles, saltshakers, tractors, and even highway roads cutting through his landscapes emphasize his belief that common subjects can be beautiful if painted correctly. People have always been a great interest in Sean's life. He enjoys observing the stimulus and reaction of different human situations.

Personal relationships have greatly influenced his work, from inspirations to the very models depicted in his paintings. Although Sean enjoys painting certain subject-matter, he savors even more the act of painting itself. He describes, "I enjoy rolling in the whole creative process, taking an idea and constructing a painting around it". This may stem from working with his father who is a general contractor. Sean further explains, "I feel I paint much in the same way that my father would erect a building; Much thought in planning, careful design, step by step and layer upon layer...until the work is done and standing on it's own."

Sean is naturally a tight painter, but has discovered inspiration in a looser brush stroke. Sean says, "I find it much more difficult to render a painting with a successful loose stroke than with a controlled tight stroke. Although there is some satisfaction in a "picture-perfect" rendering, my eye is much more stimulated by a vast array of marks that suggest an image, but are still paint."

Sean grew up in Newbury Park California, the oldest of four brothers. He currently resides with his wife in the Rocky Mountains of Utah where he paints fulltime.