Artist Statement
I work exclusively in oil painting. I use the medium to explore memory, emotion, and the subtle shifts of experience. My process begins with intuitive gestures that evolve into layered compositions, where color, texture, and light converge to create depth and presence.
I often revisit earlier works, allowing them to transform and reveal new possibilities within the canvas. My aim is to create paintings that feel both personal and open. I invite viewers to connect with the work and discover their own reflections within it.
Biography
Torin Ashtun is a contemporary oil painter whose work transforms canvas into a space of reflection, memory, and emotional resonance. Through layered textures, luminous color, and expressive brushwork, Torin creates paintings that feel both intimate and timeless. It is easy to notice echoes of personal stories that speak to universal human experience.
Drawn to the richness of oil as a medium, Torin embraces its depth and versatility to capture moments that exist between reality and feeling. Each work is a dialogue between intention and intuition, where color and texture reveal not only form, but presence and spirit.
At the heart of Torin’s practice is a desire to create connection. The paintings do not merely depict—they invite. They ask the viewer to pause, to reflect, and to find fragments of their own story woven within the surface of the canvas.
