Do we need to create a
language to be abstract? I think not. I believe an artists language evolves as
the artist evolves and every stroke, color, and texture extruded speaks
a truth that is individual to the artist. I feel as if every painting is a bridge to the next painting. There is
no time to reason when working. The term abstract is abstract to me in
the sense that everything is abstract beyond the objective.
Art is
subjective and subject to the analytical. It can be felt and experienced
during the creative process as well as during the viewing process. I
prefer to feel my way through the process and then analyze
afterward--like most. It is difficult to analyze ones work. My teachers
told me to leave that part to the people who do that best--curators and
writers.
We know that symbols or
pictures came before words and words can look like symbols, but our
conscious mind likes to direct traffic and categorize the words into
pictures and pictures in the words. Its a looping process kind of like
Fibonacci's spiral. Language and art is a looping process for this artist. One
feeds the other. As a trained visual communicator it was important to
decipher the process--deconstruct in order to teach. In other words
which came first--the picture or the word.
im-age ar´chae-ol´o-gy™, [im-ij] [ahr-kee-ol-uh-jee], n. 1. The systematic recovery by artistic methods of imagery within the ground of a painting. 2. A dig into the surface ground with the butt of a paintbrush to imprint an image. 3. The space between the figure and the ground from which emerges a skeletal impression of an image. 4. A constant searching for the middle ground through the application of paint and projected thought that culminated into a work of art.
Friday, May 10, 2013
W is for words...
Since August 8, 2008, I have been inspired by the painting a day phenomenon that is happening in the blogsphere. This truly is an art movement. I started my first daily painting with a tomato from my summer garden. I will also be using my “Earth Objects” as inspiration. This should be an interesting ride.
My plan is to post a painting a day at least five days a week. Please feel free to "feed your burn" and tell other art lovers about this blog site.
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