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"My business is to create." My art follows many paths, but all of those journeys start from my emotions. Emotions can be a difficult inspiration because what I feel is determined by my everyday life and lives fluctuate continuously. Who is with me. Who has left. Who I have yet to meet. My experiences from my neighborhood, and the news around me whether it be local or global. Where I am and where I wish to go. There is control in what I wish to carry with me and a mystery as to what I will experience next. But there is never a moment when I do not feel. Therefore, there is never a moment when I am not inspired to create.
Many would call my pieces abstract. The paintings I create contain many layers. So many that they are transformed multiple times, and a finished piece is felt rather than planned. As one experiences my paintings there are two stages of connection. An introduction that is experienced from afar and a more intimate, close relationship. From afar, I want the person to be drawn to the painting as a whole. To pause and then be drawn in for a closer view. As you let the painting into your personal space you find the hidden gems of its personality within the layers. A particular line that deviates from the others. A field of color that your eyes are drawn to. A stacking of layers that reveal the depth to the painting. The characteristics of the piece that speak to you.
Beyond my emotions and wish for the viewer to have an emotional experience with my paintings, I am controlled in how I go about the creative process. I use primarily acrylic paint, and additives such as fabric dye, gel mediums, and found objects that leave trace marks. The ground I create the paintings on are wooden panels constructed by my hand. I am a controlled user of color and application to the painting ground though my thought process is often many steps ahead of what I am actually applying. Because of this I am constantly surprised at how much I must trust the work I do to convey what I want to express. That trust may be a frustration at times, but I have always grown as an artist from each experience, and truly feel my drive to create will never fade.
Beyond my emotions and wish for the viewer to have an emotional experience with my paintings, I am controlled in how I go about the creative process. I use primarily acrylic paint, and additives such as fabric dye, gel mediums, and found objects that leave trace marks. The ground I create the paintings on are wooden panels constructed by my hand. I am a controlled user of color and application to the painting ground though my thought process is often many steps ahead of what I am actually applying. Because of this I am constantly surprised at how much I must trust the work I do to convey what I want to express. That trust may be a frustration at times, but I have always grown as an artist from each experience, and truly feel my drive to create will never fade.
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