As for these works, there is both the exploration of ideas and material (go figure) going on. With these works, and in my writing, I am more or less focusing on how we look at art, understand it, make it, and what it all says, or means. The question at hand, I feel, is why is there something rather than nothing? This question goes beyond art making to the very core of our existence, but it does not, however, exclude it. So my investigation is to the heart of that matter of why we do make art, and how it may further still mirror something else entirely. This is what fascinates me: One of the most interesting things about art in general is that you are looking at something that has been brought into the world, and you are trying to figure out why. Art relates to creation in this very way, and the quarry of our existence. But it’s not just one sided, for the artist too, as the creator, makes something and asks his or herself “what have I made and why?”
It’s every artist’s dilemma, task, chore, duty, or what-have-you, and with any luck I hope to cover some ground in coming up with something that helps me to better understand my own work, as well as the said question raised. Mainly, my focus has been on minimalism, where it has come from, how I find myself relating to it, and how it relates to other things in general. So that is all to come, and hopefully it will shine more light on the things I have been working on, and give more explanation to these paintings.
Blue Cross
12x12"
Latex on canvas
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12x12"
Latex and graphite on canvas
Latex on canvas
73x72"
not yet titled
