WINEDUDE7, A.K.A JOHN ASBURY, IS A CONTEMPORARY FINE-ARTIST CURRENTLY WORKING IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. AS WELL AS A PAINTER, HE IS ALSO A CERTIFIED SOMMELIER AND PASSIONATE WINE AND SPIRITS ENTHUSIAST. FURTHER DEFINED, WINEDUDE7 IS ALWAYS FORMULATING, BUILDING OR CRAFTING SOMETHING INTERESTING. THAT IS SIMPLY AN ARTIST'S LIFE.  

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MY WORK IS AN ONGOING, EMBLEMATIC TRANSLATION OF THE IDEA OF PEOPLE BEING CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF A HIGHER BEING. SINCE WE ARE TAUGHT THAT HUMANS WERE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, I SEEK TO EXPLORE THE IDEA OF A MYSTICAL, PERSONAL GOD WITHIN US. 
I FOUND MYSELF DEEPLY AWED AND INTRIGUED BY THE SEVERE RELIGIOUS PIETY AND PRACTICES I EXPERIENCED GROWING UP IN THE RURAL SOUTHERN UNITED STATES. AND I QUESTIONED THE REQUIREMENT THAT OUR TRUE SELVES, OUR INNATE DESIRES, BE REPRESSED IN REVERENCE TO A HIGHER BEING.  
THE EXPLORATION OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT FIGURES HEAVILY INTO WHAT I CREATE, AS DOES CONSCIENCE VERSUS DESIRE WITHIN THE HUMAN PSYCHE, SPIRITUALISM, AND PSYCHOLOGY.
THUS, INSPIRED BY MY OWN FUNDAMENTAL CURIOSITY, ALONG WITH MY COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCES, I SEEK TO REDEFINE THE HUMAN PORTRAIT ITSELF.