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Artist Statement:
When I head into the studio each morning to paint, I am never certain what I am going to do, and I am grateful it rarely goes as I expect. The days and years have been full of surprises.
The meanings I find in life evolve from my actions, from me living my life. I am not trying to adapt myself to a set of rules or a particular philosophy and I approach my paintings in the same way. Each is a survivor of its own odyssey, which gives it a unique history. The scale gives me the space I need to create a record of the changes I make through time, and it helps generate the feeling that the painting extends beyond the image, outside of my peripheral vision and imagination. Each work has its layers of archaeological depths both in its imagery and physically through accreting layers of paint. As part of my process it is common to add and subtract by painting over previous layers of paint. Some information gets covered and lost, while some remains, arriving at a somewhat mysterious present state. I do believe in originality in art, and art as true knowledge. I do...
Further Information
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Doug Argue:
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Please see http://www.dougargue.com
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