Devin Cecil-Wishing
Devin Cecil-Wishing is an oil painter, based in New York City who favors traditional methods and materials for his work. He works exclusively from life, memory and imagination, choosing to avoid the use of photographic references, AI, or other such tools, based on the deeply held belief that the process of creation and the end product are intrinsically connected. His work takes inspiration from many sources, but his largest influences are the Dutch and Flemish painters of the Baroque era and earlier. He has always been fascinated by the idea of depicting light and by the connection between light and emotion. In many of his paintings, the light effect can be considered to be just as much the subject of the painting as any of the objects being depicted.
Devin (b. 1981) grew up in San Francisco where he earned a BFA with High Honors from the California College of the Arts. He later studied at the Atelier School of Classical Realism in Oakland, CA before moving to New York City to become a full time student at the Grand Central Atelier. After finishing as a student, he went on to become one of the core instructors at the Grand Central Atelier where he continues to teach. He also gives workshops around the globe as well as online classes for students who are not based in New York.
His work can be found in collections across the country as well as abroad and he has exhibited in galleries and museums from coast to coast.