Painting: (acrylic on canvas 610mm/610mm) Title: Samuel
Painting: (acrylic on canvas 610mm/610mm) Title: Seed
Painting: (acrylic on canvas 210mm/252mm) Title: Untitled 
Painting: (acrylic on canvas 278mm/355mm) Title: Untitled
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2014
Artist's Statement
I finally put an artist's statement together for my website:
Artist's Statement
Change and wonder are features of my work that I enjoy exploring practically and conceptually. I find art making to be multidimensional linking personal with social, action with reaction and the unknown with the known. Some say art is a metaphor for life but perhaps, if beauty is a true virtue, life can also be seen as a metaphor for art. From realist to abstract, my work documents the open exploration I take into the unknown gaining greater aesthetic appreciation through the use of various expressive media.
It has always been difficult to find words for what I've wanted to communicate about my work. Indeed, reflecting on this struggle has led to some interesting insights. To me it seems easier to talk about objects rather than subjects; however, I find subjects to be much more interesting and closer to my own creative wellspring.
Change, metamorphosis, relationship and time are all words that come to mind and that point to this wellspring, which is reflected in my statement. I wanted my statement to focus upon what drives and sustains my creativity which is more about the relationship between product (what I see) and process (what I do). For example, I may start painting with an idea in mind. I may then see an image or be presented with a concept that influences this idea. All these aspects are illustrated on the canvas but my relationship with the art materials, what I'm seeing as I create, also responds in colour and form asking me, 'is this where you want to go?' or 'have I got the right idea?' It's an interesting process between acting with intention and reacting to what I see on the canvas. As my statement suggests, practically exploring this process has been a great lesson on what I find to be aesthetically pleasing.
In the end I gave in to the struggle to find words accepting that I need them to help tell the story of my work. I realise that this story may put me in contact with others who may be on a similar journey or who may simply support my work so that I can do more of it.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Photography: Title: All things bins
Philosophy:
These bins were lying in my street. i liked the angle of how they sat so thought I would take a photo.
I think the beauty of art is to recreate the beauty of life, especially in things that are commonly deemed as lifeless. The beauty of a painting is that it can be an inanimate object (wood + canvas + paint) brought to life.
Paintings, art and all forms of expression are mirrors to the beauty of subjective experience (if you choose to be optimistic about it). I think how we communicate is closer to creation than why we communicate.
I think, therefore I am responsible.
'Garbage' I hear you say?
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