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Artist Statement:
- 3D-reconstructions and
paintings comprise the works
of Charles Spear. Forty-five
plus years of art production
and growth illustrate Spear's
dedication of his artistic
expression.
Artist
Statement
As my work becomes more
complex, it is becoming
sinister, yet still playful,
and unsuspecting. Each piece
of work is built of scraps and
discarded materials that I
hope will ferment an emotional
response in the mind-soul
witness of them. When I start
working on a piece I usually
pick one simple image or
artifact and place it in a
frame with wire in a
random-like fashion.From there
I begin a series of
associative connections coming
from within arranging toys,
home paraphenelia, and
discarded papers giving them a
new context and a new content.
I include acrylic paint, oil
pastel, pencil, varnish, and
other mediums I choose to
increase the visual components
of my work . A learned freedom
liberates the artistic
accidents surrounding the
ideas portrayed. These ideas
are not about the images per
se but interpretative
manipulations through images.
I create personal associative
imagery, humorous and slightly
dark.I invite the viewer to
decipher the image symbols and
the meaning behind the work,
much like heiroglyphs and...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibits
2007 Two-Artist Show Franklin
Barry Gallery
2006 Animal Images ARTLINK
Ft.Wayne, IN Aug.
2006 Indy Fringe July-Aug
Exhibition
2006 Mar.April,May, June,
L.A.M.P Gallery,
Massachusettes Ave.
Indianapolis, IN
2006 Ft.Wayne Artist Guild 9th
Annual Exhibition: *AWARD*
PAINTINGS
2006 MS Art Auction ...
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Artist Galleries:
Franklion Barry Art Gallery
Mass.Ave. Indianpolis IN
contact person Don Elliot
Santa Fe Fine Art Brokerage,
Santa Fe, NM contact person
Marian Padilla
BroadRipple Flaunt Salon,
Broadripple IN...
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Artist Reviews:
Grand Re-opening which will
feature 50 Local Artists and
“Artist of the Month” Charlie
Spear. September 9, 2005 come
by for the Masschusetts Avenue
“Fall Gallery Walk”....
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Collections:
Holly Greenberg, Master
Printmaker, Syracuse
University, Syracuse NY
George Jercich, Master
Glassblower, California
Polytechnic State University,
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Charlie Spear Biography:
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