Cedric Usman
Cedric Usman is a Filipino-Canadian mixed media abstract artist based in Sherwood Park, Alberta. From an early age, he was lucky enough to have spent many moments of his childhood being close to the "tabing-dagat" or the seaside in hometown of his mother in Agoo, La Union as well as on the beaches of his father's at Tugaya, Lanao Del Sur. He did not realize how much of an impact these experiences had on him until he dove deeper into abstraction. He loves exploring through nature, seeing the order and chaos of it all, through hiking, cruising around his longboard, and being when he simply stays still with his handpan. Now, with his wife and 2 kids, he feels almost as if he is able to appreciate life again through a different season of life. The playfulness, the innocence, of his kids' young minds makes him feel closer to his inner-child, embracing what he thought what was once lost. He owes it to his wife and kids that he was able to find himself back into art.
Art has been a life-long pursuit and a passion of his that continues to evolve and change in form. As a young teenager, he has always been an independent learner and driven to learn different kinds of art mediums, from charcoals and pencils, to ink and acrylics. It was through fluid art that Cedric started to feel more at home with his art. His art style which gravitates more towards texture and fluid art is a testament to the influence brought upon by modern contemporary artists of today.
Cedric believes that it is through abstraction that allowed his growth to flourish as a human being. The more he creates, the more he starts to understand why he even paints art in the first place. Contemplation and reflection through his art is, for the most part, the reward of the process.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
It was not long ago when I viewed art as nothing more than a hobby, something to simply pass time. After all, I did spend a lot of my high school breaks inside the school library cubicles sketching away. But, as I continue to experience life through the lens of being a professional artist, it started to become more apparent that art is a necessity. Art speaks through us where words may not. It makes us feel understood. It creates paths, and doorways between people that may not always be clearly explained. Every art piece reflects not only the time spent by the artist, but we get to experience an artist's vision with our own perspectives. It is, in a way, a convergence of minds. Art, in its very essence, I believe, is everything and more.
Cedric Usman is a Filipino-Canadian mixed media abstract artist based in Sherwood Park, Alberta. From an early age, he was lucky enough to have spent many moments of his childhood being close to the "tabing-dagat" or the seaside in hometown of his mother in Agoo, La Union as well as on the beaches of his father's at Tugaya, Lanao Del Sur. He did not realize how much of an impact these experiences had on him until he dove deeper into abstraction. He loves exploring through nature, seeing the order and chaos of it all, through hiking, cruising around his longboard, and being when he simply stays still with his handpan. Now, with his wife and 2 kids, he feels almost as if he is able to appreciate life again through a different season of life. The playfulness, the innocence, of his kids' young minds makes him feel closer to his inner-child, embracing what he thought what was once lost. He owes it to his wife and kids that he was able to find himself back into art.
Art has been a life-long pursuit and a passion of his that continues to evolve and change in form. As a young teenager, he has always been an independent learner and driven to learn different kinds of art mediums, from charcoals and pencils, to ink and acrylics. It was through fluid art that Cedric started to feel more at home with his art. His art style which gravitates more towards texture and fluid art is a testament to the influence brought upon by modern contemporary artists of today.
Cedric believes that it is through abstraction that allowed his growth to flourish as a human being. The more he creates, the more he starts to understand why he even paints art in the first place. Contemplation and reflection through his art is, for the most part, the reward of the process.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
It was not long ago when I viewed art as nothing more than a hobby, something to simply pass time. After all, I did spend a lot of my high school breaks inside the school library cubicles sketching away. But, as I continue to experience life through the lens of being a professional artist, it started to become more apparent that art is a necessity. Art speaks through us where words may not. It makes us feel understood. It creates paths, and doorways between people that may not always be clearly explained. Every art piece reflects not only the time spent by the artist, but we get to experience an artist's vision with our own perspectives. It is, in a way, a convergence of minds. Art, in its very essence, I believe, is everything and more.
$1,000.00
Mixed media on canvas.
20x40"
The idea for this painting was inspired when I saw a closeup photographs of someone's eyes. The striking details within one's eye almost looks like looking into another universe in itself. This piece give's a sense of differing perspectives between all of us and a gentle remind in how we are all unique, and we are one.
$1,000.00
Acrylic on canvas.
24x24"
The Journey's Dance carefully resembles 2 people seemingly moving through life with all it's obstacles, entanglements, harmony, peace, and chaos. Life is not a straight line, it can go in all sorts of directions. The beauty in life does not always lie where we are going, but through the journey we all take. Let us enjoy this dance called life and let the flow take us wherever it takes us.
This painting is UV light reactive. I have combined fluorescent pigmented paints to create a sense of dynamic movement when this is exposed to dark/black/UV light.
$650.00
Mixed media on wood.
12x24"
Part 3 of 3 of my recent series called "Divided but Whole" which was all completed on October 2024. Featured first at Rachel Notley's Art From the Unknown on November 2024.
$1,300.00
Digital art on canvas.
30x30"
Limited edition 1 of 1.
Louie passed away almost half a decade ago, and just when I thought I've forgotten all about him, he came and visited me in my dreams - I was sitting on the end of the couch and I was simply caressing the top of his head as we blankly stared into each other.
Sides are finished in black acrylic paint. Varnished and ready to hang
$800.00
Acrylic on canvas.
24x18"
Sometimes, I find my consciousness simply drifting when I find myself looking or hearing the powerful waves crashing. This makes me remember my childhood days playing by the seaside beaches.
$800.00
Acrylic on canvas.
18x24"
This is "Disrupting the Disturbance."
Do not underestimate the power of a person's ability to be able heal themselves.
The ribbon signifies the acceptance of one's self in the moment of hardship. To disrupt the disturbance in ourselves is learning to accept us where we are, to be grounded once again.
$3,200.00
Mixed media on canvas.
24x48"
I present to you "Counterflow"
The idea for this painting is almost chaotic in nature. I had only stumbled upon the vision of creating opposing flows of movement, when the painting got into a "fortunate" accident of having an area of it disturbed in the middle of the drying process.
This painting resembles the harmony of opposing forces to create a sense of interconnectedness in oneself.
$3,200.00
Mixed media on canvas.
24x48"
I present to you "Abundance"
I invite you to imagine yourself being bathed in the sounds of waves crashing, streams of water through a river brook, and showered with golden specks of light. Nature provides us with such an abundance of energy and transfers it to us. This painting allows you to feel as if you are being close to the powerful crashing waves of the ocean, giving you a sense of gratitude, love, and peace
$1,300.00
Mixed media on canvas.
30x30"
This painting depicts the potential that is in each and every one of us. All we need to to is let it out, through how we show up in this world. Through our voice, music, through art, through whatever it is that we resonate with, we have to let it out, and let it shine through!
$1,500.00
Mixed media on canvas.
24x30"
Part 1 of 3 of my recent series called "Divided but Whole" which was all completed on October 2024. Featured first at Rachel Notley's Art From the Unknown on November 2024.
$1,900.00
Mixed media on canvas.
40x24"
Part 2 of 3 of my recent series called "Divided but Whole" which was all completed on October 2024. Featured first at Rachel Notley's Art From the Unknown on November 2024.