ARTIST STATEMENT
I am artist inspired by nature and science, motion and perception. Our unseen world is as compelling to me as our visible world-which is why I find myself painting in an abstract style and then going back to representational work. There is beauty and power in our natural world and in our unseen microscopic and atomic world. One flows into the other.
When I was a child I learned about atoms and molecules and was fascinated by the idea that nothing is really solid, it is just tiny little things moving so fast that it looks solid. I imagined being small enough to fit in between the spinning atoms that make up molecules and the rotating neutrons and electrons and protons. Since I am not a scientist I use my artistic imagination to render what I see as the fields of “space” in between. What does the force that holds things together look like? If you could slow it down could you actually witness the swirling particles? As an artist I don’t need a super collider just a brush and paint to answer.
The paintings I create are about paradox and energy. A painting is the ultimate paradox: a static two-dimensional work depicting a thing but not the thing itself. I try to convey motion and energy and three dimensions. Even in my most abstract work I want there to be sense of recognition even if is on sub conscious level.
I love that color and line can convey energy and motion. In quantum physics sub atomic particles are thought to exist in two places simultaneously; it is the observation of the particle that fixes it in space and time. I like to think that my work is fixed in space and time by the viewer. The observer/viewer sees movement, feels energy and motion.My goal is to engage-to have work that can be read on multiple levels.
I often start off with a general concept and a limited palette, letting random lines of color develop on an emotional level. After my artist-id brain has had some input my intellectual-artist takes over and tries to bring order from chaos. Lines and color choices become more deliberate until I have achieved a satisfactory image. Even in representational work I find that I start off very loosely and build stroke by line until an image comes into focus. The image is often secondary to the mood and another aspect of my artist’s tools.
More than anything, my work is about the joy of painting. Painting is magic, the possibilities are as endless as the outcome. I find that the process is often more rewarding than the final product because it is when I am painting that I am my most authentic self.
When I was a child I learned about atoms and molecules and was fascinated by the idea that nothing is really solid, it is just tiny little things moving so fast that it looks solid. I imagined being small enough to fit in between the spinning atoms that make up molecules and the rotating neutrons and electrons and protons. Since I am not a scientist I use my artistic imagination to render what I see as the fields of “space” in between. What does the force that holds things together look like? If you could slow it down could you actually witness the swirling particles? As an artist I don’t need a super collider just a brush and paint to answer.
The paintings I create are about paradox and energy. A painting is the ultimate paradox: a static two-dimensional work depicting a thing but not the thing itself. I try to convey motion and energy and three dimensions. Even in my most abstract work I want there to be sense of recognition even if is on sub conscious level.
I love that color and line can convey energy and motion. In quantum physics sub atomic particles are thought to exist in two places simultaneously; it is the observation of the particle that fixes it in space and time. I like to think that my work is fixed in space and time by the viewer. The observer/viewer sees movement, feels energy and motion.My goal is to engage-to have work that can be read on multiple levels.
I often start off with a general concept and a limited palette, letting random lines of color develop on an emotional level. After my artist-id brain has had some input my intellectual-artist takes over and tries to bring order from chaos. Lines and color choices become more deliberate until I have achieved a satisfactory image. Even in representational work I find that I start off very loosely and build stroke by line until an image comes into focus. The image is often secondary to the mood and another aspect of my artist’s tools.
More than anything, my work is about the joy of painting. Painting is magic, the possibilities are as endless as the outcome. I find that the process is often more rewarding than the final product because it is when I am painting that I am my most authentic self.