ARTIST'S STATEMENT : AUSTEN PINKERTON
I have never had any problem with finding ideas for works of art.
If I turn my mind to it very quickly I can come up with several ideas for
works …paintings, drawings, or sculptures. Sometimes ideas come to me when I least expect it, or when my mind is on other things.
A lot of my work is autobiographical…either directly or indirectly, consciously or subconsciously. It is frequently very personal, and expresses events or circumstances or experiences in my life.
I am completely happy working in either Acrylic on canvas, Crayon or Pastel or both together with Gouache on card, Drawing in pencil, or Ink, or both, or with creating Sculpure…for which I use fired artists clay. Incidentally, obviously Sculpture follows a completely different set of values from two-dimensional art, and I take this into account when creating mine. In all my works of art, however, or from whatever, they are made, what they crucially entail, to me, are craftsmanship, beauty, and content, or meaning.
When I have an idea I execute it, and when I begin to execute it, at least after
the initial ‘sketch’ phase, the action becomes automatic...
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JANUS, 2012
Ceramic Sculpture,
25 x 30 X 30 cm
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THE BAY, 2011
Acrylic Painting,
30 x 24 X 1 inches
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