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Mon, 15 Oct 2007
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| Statement |
The human expression is what intrigues me most.
Chance meetings, intimacy, loss of intimacy, and
even tragedies have played a large part shaping
me as a person and as an artist. I often focus
on the female expression mostly since I am
female. I regularly find myself relating to the
mood of other women. Life to me is very visual,
I can sit and watch people from a distance and
get a sense of who they are by their style, body
language and especially their eyes. In these
observations I am most influenced by romance and
personal strife. Both are beautiful and often
cross, and each is a corner to be turned, a
chance for growth and learning and often
extremely introspective.
I see myself as a semi-surrealist since I am
often realistic in depiction of subject matter,
yet there is often an underlying exaggerated
mood. My focus may be a candid shot that is more
dramatic than every day life or more extreme
emphasis on size, shape, color or pose. Although
I begin with a bright palette of color most of
the time, I often have a tendency to mute the
colors which places more emphasis on the
intensity of the moment rather than the color.
My Drawings in pencil and pastel tend to be
mostly soft and smooth whereas I tend to explore
more texture with watercolor, acrylic, and
occasionally oils.
I like to try a bit of everything as far as
composition, media and subject matter; however it
usually leads back to romance, vulnerability, and
fragility and is most often relayed through women.
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Posted 12:42
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Tue, 02 Oct 2007
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| Artists Statement--Please feel free to comment, disagree or agree! |
Words say little and expressions can tell tall
tales, but somewhere beneath all the array of
convincing smiles and wide eyed surprise is a
moment of absolute true expression.
The most powerful thing I can do as an artist is
to motivate a sense of wonder from the viewer.
When someone looks at a painting and questions
what they aren't seeing, "What is she looking
at?" or they tell me their perception of what is
taking place, I know the painting is successful.
I love to take someone out of reality for a
moment, and have them visit another space and
time.
Often, I start with a "mood" or feeling in mind,
but the painting becomes it's own entity, and
forms the personality it chooses. Then someone
else senses or sees something I never did. This
is what I enjoy most. Art should touch you
personally, and not have to be explained. People
should like art because of how it makes them
feel, not because someone else said it's worthy.
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Posted 19:18
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