Pranayama, 2012, Prisma Color marker, Strathmore drawing paper (18″ x 24″).
My two greatest passions in life are yoga and art. I feel blessed to have been able to combine the two through my illustrations. My style of yogic- inspired artwork is focused on the human form, its anatomic features and the prana (life energy) that surrounds us.
My work depicts how human beings are so delicately connected to our surroundings and how the outer world mingles with our inner world. In my illustrations, the same organic shapes that make up the figure also make and merge with the surrounding space. This emphasis on figure and environment cohesion speaks to how our movements and actions have an effect on our environment and vice-versa.
My brother, Adam Blume, is a stained glass architect. He and I blended our art forms to create yogic stained glass windows. When light shines through our collaborations they then epitomize the effects yoga has on body, mind and spirit.
Our works have most recently been displayed at lululemon athletica on Rush Street in Chicago, Sweat on State, Pure Barre in the Lakeview neighborhood and Both Sides Art Gallery.
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