Wesley Shane Hunt is a native of Pikeville, Kentucky, which is located in the eastern part of the United States. Hunt spent a few years traveling and experiencing different cultures before eventually returning back to Kentucky. Once back in his home state, Hunt was able to obtain not only a Bachelors degree in Human Service, but also completed a Master degree in Mental Health Counseling, both received while attending Lindsey Wilson College.
Mr Hunt worked as a case manager and addiction therapist in the years leading up to him becoming a professional artist. A life long musician, Hunt had always had a creative side to him. Not until he stumbled into the world of abstract art did he ever find true freedom. Currently, Hunt is making the transition into being a full-time professional artist.
For him, art is therapy. Art can be therapeutic in many, many ways. As an artist, as the creator, he’s on a constant spiritual journey. Ever increasing his awareness and mindfulness throughout the completion of each piece, he is fortunate to be able to observe the process of creating art from beginning to end. He feels the emotions of the subjects(s) the ups and the downs, the lows and the highs…and emotional roller-coaster of sorts. He’s merely an observer participating in the transference of energy from the spiritual to the physical, as he allows the energy that’s present to record himself on canvas. It is at most times, controlled chaos.