artist statement.
My work is about the everyday life. Because that is the world in which I live. One will not view my work and see a dramatic or horrific scene because those concepts are abstract to me. My work tends to be light in subject matter, in that the viewer will not feel a heavy message impressed upon them when viewing my work.
I use photographs as a reference. However, I do not follow the photograph entirely. I change the photo to make it work as a painting. Whether it's deciding what to include in the painting or what colors work in the envirornment. The photograph does not limit me. I look at is as a starting point.
When I paint I depict a scene, which is somewhat of a narrative. However, the viewer does not get the whole story but looking at my work. They can relate the scene to their life or try to make meaning of it from myself/the artists' viewpoint. I like that there's not one way of looking at anything.
I am currently working with city scenes, which is a change from the figural for me. I like my subjects to be recognizable in a painterly sense. Therefore, my subject is always realistic but somewhat abstracted due to the fact I am working with paint and I am in no way trying to be a photo realistic painter. I like the paint to present in my work not confined. Color and light is important to me as well as composition. I am constantly trying to be more aware of these things in my work.
I consider painting fun. I am not trying to do anything fashionable or even concern myself with art criticism at the moment. I enjoy that in each painting I learn something new.
I use photographs as a reference. However, I do not follow the photograph entirely. I change the photo to make it work as a painting. Whether it's deciding what to include in the painting or what colors work in the envirornment. The photograph does not limit me. I look at is as a starting point.
When I paint I depict a scene, which is somewhat of a narrative. However, the viewer does not get the whole story but looking at my work. They can relate the scene to their life or try to make meaning of it from myself/the artists' viewpoint. I like that there's not one way of looking at anything.
I am currently working with city scenes, which is a change from the figural for me. I like my subjects to be recognizable in a painterly sense. Therefore, my subject is always realistic but somewhat abstracted due to the fact I am working with paint and I am in no way trying to be a photo realistic painter. I like the paint to present in my work not confined. Color and light is important to me as well as composition. I am constantly trying to be more aware of these things in my work.
I consider painting fun. I am not trying to do anything fashionable or even concern myself with art criticism at the moment. I enjoy that in each painting I learn something new.
posted by Babin at 6:37 AM
1 Comments:
When you refer to every day life- what do you mean? your experience- or are they more general? “a guy on a boat rather than your dad on a boat-…)
I like what you say about the image as a starting point- providing a framework for the work without confining it. But your paintings aren’t about photography- so you don’t want to make them about photography- you really only need a sentence about where the images come from/ or how you use it if that’s important.
On that- you do want to clarify where the images come from- even if you use it in the final statement- or not. Try to be a bit more specific how you go about choosing an image/s. For example: where do the images come from? Do you find yourself drawn to a certain type of image (for example- snapshots (arbitrary), or certain formal qualities…)?
There were some lovely F. Porter paintings at PAFA- you should go and see them
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