Artist Rasta Asaru Escott EL to Show at Twenty Miles East Gallery

Pomona, CA, November 30, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Rasta Asaru Escott EL's collection of multi-media artwork will be shown at Twenty Miles East Gallery at 558-A West Second Street in Pomona, California. The show is scheduled to run from December 11, 2010 through December 26, 2010. The opening reception will take place on December 11 at 6 pm.

Rasta Asaru Escott EL, born and raised in Los Angeles, California where he currently resides and creates primarily works with metal, bronze, Lucite, wood, and ceramic. First inspired to create in elementary school, he found himself intrigued by the various elements, textures, and colors of materials. In high school he advanced from sketching and drawing on paper to graffiti art. His unique blend and arrangement of color complemented with his abstract design, gained him respect and notoriety among his peers.

After high school, Rasta was offered tutelage at Otis College of Art and Design where he would get his first interaction with fellow artists. His experience at Otis, although short, was a memorable one. Of that experience Rasta states: “From the opinion of one of my instructors, I was informed that I had been creating wrong. His statement allowed me to analyze my work and the work of others. I began to notice the differences of my work compared to the other students work, and saw that most of their work was of the same styles; even the manner of color was the same. I, coming from a graffiti background, felt like my creative freedom was being taken away from me.” From then on, Rasta began to embrace his freedom to create and continued on his own.

Rasta then came into contact with a fellow artist named Greg Chaney who taught Rasta the steps of sculpture over the telephone. From that telephone conversation, Rasta created his first bust and continued his artistic work in the medium of sculpture.

In 1995, during an Art Festival, Rasta met fellow artist Charles Dickson. Charles, being taken away with the talent of young Rasta, offered him an apprenticeship at The Dickson Studio. During his apprenticeship Rasta learned how to breakdown and manipulate materials to their breaking point. Rasta has assisted Charles Dickson in creating multiple large sculpted works ranging from 10 to 14 feet tall. These works such as, “The Slave Hole” (currently installed at Watts Labor Community Action Center, WLACC), can be seen around the city of Los Angeles.

"I met Rasta and his art simultaneously," says John Lee, founder of Twenty Miles East Gallery of their first meeting. "He attended the opening of our premier show and brought with him a walking stick carved of lucite. I was intrigued by the design, material, and beauty of the piece. When he told me it was carved and not created from a mold, I knew I needed to see more of his work. And when I visited his studio, I knew the world needed to see more of his work."

Twenty Miles East Gallery is located in the Arts Colony of Pomona in Los Angeles County. The gallery welcomes art of all media. A gallery of inclusion, John encourages all artists, emerging and established, to show at Twenty Miles East. The gallery features several group shows a year in the attempt to help as many talented artists as possible the opportunity of exposure.

"For me Art is the ever eluding dream of memories in time, it is in that instant of the moment that I have awaken to find myself creating the images from the dream. In simple, I am creating what was told to me by my ancestors in resemblance of their dream. I remember what others forget." --- Rasta Asaru Escott EL

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