ARTIST STATEMENT
AS HUMAN BEINGS, WE FEEL SAFER by TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND BE IN CONTROL OF AN IRRATIONAL WORLD. TO THIS END, WE CREATE VARIOUS MODELS OF REALITY AND AND CATEGORIZE EVERYTHING TO FIT THOSE ARBITRARY MODELS. THIS PROCESS, OF COURSE, COLORS EVERYTHING WE THINK WE KNOW.
A DESIRED MIND STATE IN BUDDHISM CAN BE CALLED “BEGINNERS MIND”, AND OTHER VARIATIONS. THIS STATE IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING OUR PRECONCEIVED IDEAS AND JUDGEMENTS. THE NEW PARADYNE CREATED LEAVES ONLY WHAT IS. MEDITATION PRACTICE IS, IN PART, ABOUT REALIZING THE EXTENT OF OUR CONDITIONING, AND GETTING PAST IT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JUST IS.
IN MY PAINTING PRACTICE, Each ELEMENT IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BEFORE IT IS CREATED. UTILIZING THE AIRBRUSH AS His MAJOR TOOL FOR PAINTING ALSO REQUIRES CAREFUL PLANnING. COMPLETE SPONTANEITY IS RESERVED UNTIL THE COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS ARE RESOLVED.
THE IMAGES THEMSELVES CAN ARISE FROM PERSONAL SYMBOLS , VISUAL MEMORIES AND IMPRESSIONS, MEDITATIVE STATES , PREVIOUS PAINTINGS AND EVERY OTHER PAINTING i have ever VIEWED. ALL OF THE PAINTINGS ARE CREATED WITHIN SELF- IMPOSED LIMITATIONS, THE GOAL OF THE IMAGE BEING ONLY ABOUT ITSELF. THIS IS My ATTEMPT AT TO INVITE THE VIEWER INTO A “BEGINNERS MIND” EXPERIENCE WITH Each PAINTING.
AS HUMAN BEINGS, WE FEEL SAFER by TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND BE IN CONTROL OF AN IRRATIONAL WORLD. TO THIS END, WE CREATE VARIOUS MODELS OF REALITY AND AND CATEGORIZE EVERYTHING TO FIT THOSE ARBITRARY MODELS. THIS PROCESS, OF COURSE, COLORS EVERYTHING WE THINK WE KNOW.
A DESIRED MIND STATE IN BUDDHISM CAN BE CALLED “BEGINNERS MIND”, AND OTHER VARIATIONS. THIS STATE IS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING OUR PRECONCEIVED IDEAS AND JUDGEMENTS. THE NEW PARADYNE CREATED LEAVES ONLY WHAT IS. MEDITATION PRACTICE IS, IN PART, ABOUT REALIZING THE EXTENT OF OUR CONDITIONING, AND GETTING PAST IT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JUST IS.
IN MY PAINTING PRACTICE, Each ELEMENT IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BEFORE IT IS CREATED. UTILIZING THE AIRBRUSH AS His MAJOR TOOL FOR PAINTING ALSO REQUIRES CAREFUL PLANnING. COMPLETE SPONTANEITY IS RESERVED UNTIL THE COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS ARE RESOLVED.
THE IMAGES THEMSELVES CAN ARISE FROM PERSONAL SYMBOLS , VISUAL MEMORIES AND IMPRESSIONS, MEDITATIVE STATES , PREVIOUS PAINTINGS AND EVERY OTHER PAINTING i have ever VIEWED. ALL OF THE PAINTINGS ARE CREATED WITHIN SELF- IMPOSED LIMITATIONS, THE GOAL OF THE IMAGE BEING ONLY ABOUT ITSELF. THIS IS My ATTEMPT AT TO INVITE THE VIEWER INTO A “BEGINNERS MIND” EXPERIENCE WITH Each PAINTING.