Genece's Art

Emotion is an important foundational element in Genece's art. When she paints, she is connected to the art. Her paintings become the outer manifestation of an ongoing inner process of self-discovery, healing and growth.

Art is Genece's sanctuary. She is moved to paint the essence of stillness, beauty and grace that exists in all things.  As a result, her paintings come to life as the colors and values interact. For her, everything she's ever done--all the journeys and explorations, places, life lessons, passions and wisdom, travel, beauty, romance -- it's all shaped her art. She is driven to paint; to empty out.

Though a lot of Genece's work is Asian influenced, she is a prolific, eclectic artist interested in expressing with vivid color. She believes that stillness, beauty and grace doesn't have to mean "colorless". Nature is filled with colors that are bold yet calming.

Genece's online gallery, Shibui Studio, is designed with an understated elegance to showcase her art. "Shibui" means the type of beauty that doesn’t need announcement; its quality speaks for itself.

"Creating art is a natural expression of my soul's deeper message and calling. Each creation is a distinct note from an inner well of beauty and grace that is the essence of who I am.” – Genece Hamby

After completing each piece, Genece is inspired to write a three line poem descriptive of her feelings while painting the art.

Artist Statement:

I best express myself by giving outward form to inward feelings of stillness, beauty and grace. I am profoundly drawn to introduce a quiet, yet passionate brilliance of color and light. I give way to the sensual, feeling self when fully realized in form that yearns to emerge as something beautiful and soulful.

Genece Hamby Bio

transient beauty
a sense of peace, wonderment
and incompleteness

Genece Hamby is a pure digital painter in the strictest sense.  Pure digital painting differs from other forms of digital art in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model or painting onto an existing photograph or scanned image.

Traditional watercolor techniques applied via digital painting software and Wacom drawing tablet, Genece starts each painting with a wash of color. She sketches the scene or figure and then layers color upon color using a variety of brushes to create texture, depth and light.

As a branding and marketing consultant for 30 years, Genece began digital painting in the late 80s. Passionate about digital art, she quickly began to master the techniques and advanced her skills in Adobe and Corel software imaging products. 

"I think my digital drawing and painting career actually started at about age 10 when I was given an Etch-A-Sketch as a gift. I remember spending hours drawing pictures and learning to master curves and other shapes.” -- Genece Hamby

LIMITED EDITIONS

Once a painting is complete, Genece works closely with a Canadian company that produces the art onto archival museum quality canvas (100% linen or cotton duck) with 1.75" gallery wrap or watercolor paper (505gsm). This same company produces work for major museums and galleries worldwide.

To maintain the integrity and value of the art, her work is not mass-produced. Limited Editions are offered in three forms:

• Museum quality canvas archival prints are limited to 50 pieces produced, numbered and signed.

• Watercolor paper (505 gsm) archival prints in custom sizes are limited to 50 pieces produced, numbered and signed.

• Fine art paper archival prints in sizes 8x10, 11x14, 11x17, 16x20 are limited to 100 pieces produced, numbered and signed.