ARTIST STATEMENT:
My life experiences have taught me to read body language and facial gestures. I am fascinated with people: what drives them, the sound of their voices, how they walk, run, converse, compete, adjust, and manage stress, hate and love. My favorite artists have also fancied the figure. The undercurrent of their works is what’s really intriguing. They could convey a soul at the surface, while beneath, lay all the strength, weakness, and humor that define the human condition. Insightfully, they created rhythmic passages within the figure, causing each brush mark to cascade into another.
The quality of edge found between hues of color, as with musical notes, words, or states of being -- whether they’re seamless or abrupt; subtle or loud -- is where the separates pass onto other separates, in hope of creating a meaningful whole. Transitions between states of being, whether they’re welcome or not, offer the opportunity for an awakening to those paying attention.
The work in this show is about being true to ourselves as we audition for acceptance and validation. In our quest to please others, we must allow ourselves to be defined by the roles into which others may have cast us. So, we wait, we watch, we wring our hands. And in the end, we hope to transition from the illusions of the external world rife with separateness to the wholeness of our inner nature.
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
-- Albert Einstein
My life experiences have taught me to read body language and facial gestures. I am fascinated with people: what drives them, the sound of their voices, how they walk, run, converse, compete, adjust, and manage stress, hate and love. My favorite artists have also fancied the figure. The undercurrent of their works is what’s really intriguing. They could convey a soul at the surface, while beneath, lay all the strength, weakness, and humor that define the human condition. Insightfully, they created rhythmic passages within the figure, causing each brush mark to cascade into another.
The quality of edge found between hues of color, as with musical notes, words, or states of being -- whether they’re seamless or abrupt; subtle or loud -- is where the separates pass onto other separates, in hope of creating a meaningful whole. Transitions between states of being, whether they’re welcome or not, offer the opportunity for an awakening to those paying attention.
The work in this show is about being true to ourselves as we audition for acceptance and validation. In our quest to please others, we must allow ourselves to be defined by the roles into which others may have cast us. So, we wait, we watch, we wring our hands. And in the end, we hope to transition from the illusions of the external world rife with separateness to the wholeness of our inner nature.
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
-- Albert Einstein
