RyanSobelArt

Hello!
I was born and raised in Garfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Since I can remember, I’ve always had an interest in nature and the arts. My love for art began with simple pencil sketches. As a child, frequent trips to the zoo and parks near our home became routine; with pencil and sketchbook in hand, I would arrive back home with a plethora of doodles and drawings of the various wildlife I had encountered each day. To be honest, I had actually disliked painting as a child. I saw it as sloppy, and for a while, I stuck to my pen and pencils. Until one day, something compelled me to give it a try. Soon, I had fallen in love with my paints and brushes, leaving behind my sketchpad for canvas; painting nature and wildlife native to my home and from around the world. I have always been a wildlife painter; as a child, I painted the creatures I saw in books or on television, but later I began painting those which had inspired me during real life experiences.

Now, older, I've combine my two passions, art and nature, into one, all while inspiring others to care about the planet we live in. So, I began to paint scenes inspired by our oceans. I want to show others the world as I see it; for if I can lead someone to see beauty in mere dyes and brushstrokes on a canvas, then possibly they will see that this fascination is real. Just waiting to be discovered by each and every one of us everywhere around us.