Emon Surakitkoson

Painter | Washington, D.C.

I knew I wanted to paint large, and I wanted to paint fast, so I created these handmade brushes because I didn’t have money to go out and buy all these big brushes. It’s become essential for the practice because I know if I use this tool it’s literally coming out from me, from my idea and what I create.

… if I see myself as different I always have to try to fit in. I need to see myself as what I am, as someone in between.

Going out into society and having to try to figure it out and be present with everything has gotten to me, but when I’m in the studio, I come in, I close the door and make my brush. I choose the composition and go do a repetitive process all day. It’s just so peaceful

When I talk about art I want to talk about my own experience as an immigrant, and I want to talk about the culture; how we live in a sense of community.

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