Artist Statement

I’m not a painter…

In spite of the fact that you are viewing many of my works, which are primarily created using oil paints, I don’t consider myself a painter. I think of myself as a communicator, like a speechwriter, newspaper reporter, orator, or even in some aspects, a politician. I compose my ideas and try to present them in a manner that others can experience the way I feel while creating the composition. But where a speechwriter or reporter uses words to ply their trade, I am an artist, therefore I use the language of imagery to state my feelings and opinions. This imagery may vary from photography, to painting with realism, to figurative abstract, or even involve elements of found-object collage and assemblage. It may also vary from simple emotions like joy and contentment to more complex feelings such as fear, love and sadness. It is the process of communicating my ideas that is important more than the media used. In fact, it is the creative process of the communication that is important to me. While I am working on a piece, I am emotionally tied to it to the point of distraction. It becomes the sole focus of what I am doing. However, when I bring a piece to completion, the emotional attachment dissolves. I don’t feel the post partum effect that some artists talk about as much as I feel as though I’ve committed a captured moment of my essence and released it to the ether. The way a spoken word floats ever outward into space.

Monday, August 27, 2007

Mail Art Entry

Mail Art Entry

Surprise Inside!
6 x 8 inches
collage on board
2007

This is an entry created for a mail art exhibit at Ripple Cafe in Nottingham, England. Mail Art or Correspondence Art was created by Ray Johnson, a protege of Andy Warhol, in the 1970's. To learn more about Ray's work, check my links under favorite artists.

This piece is meant to say something about the world I live in. From the local to the global. The types of things I would want to know about someone from another continent. Just everyday life type of things that affect the man on the street.

To participate in this project, mail your contribution to:

Ripple
577 Mansfield Rd.
Sherwood
Nottingham
NG5 2JN
England UK

To view other works in their collection, check our their blog at: www.ripplecafescrapbook.blogspot.com
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