The News Lens
Date: 2016/07/04
By: Olivia Yang
The highly distinguishable artist has never received any professional training, but his works
Photo Credit：周學 Joe Anderson 創作藝術家 Facebook page
are in the possession of people like Luc Besson.
A portrait of Michael Jackson clad in traditional Hakka-style floral fabrics took the streets of Taipei by storm last year to commemorate the King of Pop’s birthday.
Behind the piece, which contrasted western and eastern culture, is emerging artist Joe Anderson (周學), who is now exhibiting at the Taiwan National Treasure Art Museum in Hualien and has works collected by well-known people such as French director Luc Besson.
But this highly original artist didn’t start out as a painter.
Photo Credit：周學 Joe Anderson 創作藝術家 Facebook page
From full-time scrivener to emerging amateur artist
Seventeen years ago, Anderson was a scrivener looking for a way to release his stress and escape his busy work life. At the age of 30, Anderson started taking lessons at a studio and hasn’t stopped painting ever since.
The artist told The News Lens International that he didn’t specifically choose oil painting, but that this is what most studios teach.
“I personally like oil paints better though,” he says. “The colors and brush strokes come out more.”
Anderson says he is also good at pencil drawings and Chinese ink painting, but the black and white colors don’t stand out enough for him. [FULL STORY]
