My Artist Statment


I make work to understand what I'm feeling inside. I have to see my feelings in order to understand them. I make art to externalize what I feel internally because it is the only way I can truly understand myself. Each work I make is a little glimpse into my own psyche. For those imperfect moments in life, the process of drawing and painting extracts the anger and sadness out of my body. My emotions become visible and I achieve a level of peace and satisfaction. Because my work is so emotionally driven, some works are completed quickly while others will parellel verious sentiments and take longer.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Expressing an Artistic Attitude

I guess as for me and my artistic attitude, I really haven't thought about it. I would say that I am very much about the emotional aspect of art. It is what I look to experience from art. It is the experience I want to get from a work of art I view and what I long to create for a viewer viewing my own work. I mark a good work of art (in my own opinion) by the emotional response it creates with in me. If it moves me to tears (good or bad) or makes me feel fuzzy headed then, to me at least, it is a great piece of art. I want that same response to my artwork from viewer. I suppose then that my artistic attitude would then be an intense one, that can be dramatic and personal. In fact my work is very personal. You could say that I use myself as my subject matter. I feel that I know the most about myself and there for can make the best art about what I feel. It is personal because it is my own response to something, anything. I have a very shy attitude about my art though, I hate showing it to others because I fear they won't understand it. I worry that because it is so personal and internal that anyone else may not have a clue what I'm really trying to express.

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