"WALL DRAWING and NEW PAINTINGS"
January
11 - February 16, 2008
ARTIST STATEMENT
Nearly
all of my shows include a site specific temporary wall drawing.
This
is my 19th since 1994. They are improvised without use of preliminary sketches,
having no particular starting point, jumping around until i find a rhythm in
the scale and spacing of the forms. White hi-lights are added periodically
after each "round" of pencil drawing. Past wall drawings have been
made with India ink , marker, invisible ink, gouache, latex, and charcoal on
white, pink, and gray walls. This is my first yellow wall drawing, inspired by
the post-it note.
The
most obvious and recurring theme in the Wall Drawings is the search for
connection and purpose. The forms can be thought of as incomplete organs
seeking function by hooking up with other incomplete organs seeking the same.
Drawing is easy. Painting is hard. I paint quickly with brushes and putty knives.
The image can change dramatically many times over and a whole painting can be lost in minutes. What you see, in this show, is a collection of stopping points,
when all the elements solidify, but hold an active tension. This tension is elusive, subject to my personal taste and generally lies at that interface between opposites, such as: abstract/realistic, flatness/depth, complexity/simplicity, comic/tragic, male/female, etc.
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INVENTORY
1.
Blue Eye, Orange Hair (2007)
2.
Purple Mouth, Yellow Teeth
3.
Yellow Head, Blue Mouth
4.
Orange Cheek, Purple Eye
5.
White Mouth, Blue Hair
6.
Purple Hood, Red Head
7.
Red Thick Hair, Tiny Yellow Eyes
8.
Yellow Coil, Blue Head
9. Wall Drawing (Jan.1-9 2008) Graphite, Acrylic on Wall. 10 x 35 feet
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