{"id":283,"date":"2020-04-16T19:09:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T19:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cu-sites.pantheonsite.io\/gallery\/?page_id=283"},"modified":"2020-08-14T13:44:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:44:49","slug":"tillier-wesley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/browse-the-artists\/tillier-wesley\/","title":{"rendered":"Tillier Wesley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Artist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tillier Wesley&#8217;s graceful art reflects the poignant beauty of a heritage all but lost to the world. One of perhaps just a handful of full-blooded descendants of the Creek Indian tribe, Wesley&#8217;s paintings serve a dual purpose: they are the expressions of gifted and increasingly popular talent, and they represent the artist&#8217;s attempt to reclaim a legacy. A man who is at once at peace with himself and yet striving to assert his unique tribal heritage, Tillier Wesley has emerged as a singular American Artistic voice. Working in acrylics or sometimes caseins, Wesley begins by sketching and drawing his subject in great detail. then working a painting to achieve his end result. He typically uses small brushes and fine strokes to achieve the elaborate renditions of Indian clothing, headdresses and weaponry. Tillier&#8217;s award winning images command attention and his meticulous detail captures the viewer&#8217;s eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Taken From: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qart.com\/tillier-wesley-biographies\/2663\">https:\/\/www.qart.com\/tillier-wesley-biographies\/2663<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"glossary-term-bar\"><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-p\">p<\/a><\/span><span class=\"glossary-link-initial-item\"><a href=\"#glossary-w\">w<\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"glossary-term-list \"><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-p\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-p\">p<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/browse-the-art-collection\/portrait\/\">Portrait<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"glossary-block glossary-block-w\"><span class=\"glossary-letter\" id=\"glossary-w\">w<\/span><ul><li><span class=\"glossary-link-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/browse-the-art-collection\/1374-2\/\">Winter<\/a> - <span class=\"glossary-list-term-excerpt\"><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Artist Tillier Wesley&#8217;s graceful art reflects the poignant beauty of a heritage all but lost to the world. One of perhaps just a handful of full-blooded descendants of the Creek Indian tribe, Wesley&#8217;s paintings serve a dual purpose: they are the expressions of gifted and increasingly popular talent, and they represent the artist&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"parent":169,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/author\/aamidon\/","display_name":"Amber"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 16, 2020","modified":"Updated on August 14, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 16, 2020 7:09 pm","modified":"Updated on August 14, 2020 1:44 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}