March 10, 2014 in Recently Added, Painting, Mixed Media
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Abstract painting, for me it is a pure and honest expression that goes deeper than the surface image and in my opinion is the visual equal of that lyrical expression. It can encompass a gamete of topics from places and people to emotion and fantasy; or be the topic itself. Defining it for me is difficult because it's like defining love! It is what it is and is unique to every individual because their interpretation which is based on their experiences, their emotion, and their beliefs. It is an art that requires the viewer to not only visually experience the art but interact with it, the dialogue is there just let it happen. In painting, like life we are looking for emotional triggers and connections. Harmonious movements and understood meanings that connect us to what we have felt or wish to feel. The simplistic movement, shape, or color can deliver a powerful emotional response; wanted and unwanted. It is through these
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understood connections of color, shape, and movement that I strive to deliver my beliefs, emotion, vision, and experiences and capture it in my work. In my current work I rely on the artistic experience within the act of painting and the painting's history. First with the artistic experience I'm looking at the emotional interaction coupled with the process in which the painting was created. The emotional interaction resonates back on the understood meanings and how as individuals we have connections to certain movements, shapes, and colors. The process can be looked at with respects to process art and action painting. There is an interaction that transpires between the artist and the painting, a dialogue that directs and holds accountable each movement. In regards to the painting's history it is often overlooked by the viewers, as we tend to look at what is in front of us and not at what lead us to this moment. I try to let the history remain present in the final painting as it can give meaning, context, and depth just the same as an individual's history defines them.