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| Artist Statement
The concept underlying my oil paintings is the complexity of living that hinders making good decisions. This complexity exists at the individual level and also at the community, organization and higher levels. One never knows quite enough, often what one knows is in error or irrelevant, much is beyond anyone’s control, and different agendas often do not mesh or conflict. These ideas are a fruitful source of inspiration for my paintings. The paintings’ imagery consists of structures resembling houses, churches, and the like set in a psychic space. This imagery serves my ideas well for it is people who build, live and work within such structures, navigate the complexities of living on a daily basis, and live with the consequences of decisions they or others make within this complexity. Complexity is reflected in the multivarious, imaginative forms of the structures and a painting’s composition. Some aspects of complexity that have informed compositions include life as a journey of decisions, making decisions “on the fly,” or the congestion of information overload. Most recently, the surrounding psychic space or background is a blue that signals blissful resignation. | |
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