Isamu Guy Conners

Studio Member since 2013

Guy Conners was born in 1990 in Tokyo, Japan and moved to Chicago as a child. Conners has a talent for realism and is gifted with a keen sense of visual perception. Where other artists may be intimidated by the detail or scope of a reference image, he has the ability to break his subject down to the key qualities that convey depth, texture, and character. He skillfully layers brush strokes over time – whether in a wet on wet application of acrylic or delicate washes of watercolor – yielding a rich and varied surface. Conners enjoys depicting landscapes and still lifes (typically of a single object), as well as working on commissions.

Selected exhibitions include Bouquet, Dog Show, and If a Mountain Could Love at Circle Contemporary in Chicago, as well as Championship Belt at NIAD Art Center in Richmond, California. His work is part of the ArtBank permanent collection in McCook, Nebraska.b Outside of his work as a painter, Conners is an avid runner.  He takes breaks from his practice to participate in several marathons each year in cities across the US.

“I’m a painter. I like to make art. I look at photographs, get ideas. I look at all the colors.”