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Artist Statement:
Influenced by Van Gogh (and
Abstract Expressionism),
Rauschenberg, Klee, Dubuffet,
children's art, surrealism,
dada, pop art, jimi hendrix
and high-energy jazz (e.g.,
Coltrane), etc.
I was awed and knocked to the
ground by Van Gogh's art
(especially when I saw it in
person). It walks a thin line
between markings on some
surface that depict something,
and tracing the flow of energy
through that being. Later
expressionist movements helped
expand the vocabulary that can
be used.
Surrealism also had an impact
– its super-focus and
startling sharpness helped
provide a basis for the
glistening effects I like to
add to some works. Its
rearrangement of shape and
form helped me to melt normal
shapes into new forms, which
could better be used to
express their energy. The
collage work of Rauschenberg
and others further contributed
to the breaking down of the
normal arrangement of form.
Paul Klee and others developed
a language using symbols.
Children in their art create
symbols for well-known
entities that often form a
basic vocabulary to represent
things commonly found in their
world. Dubuffet expanded on
this idea. I try to add in
symbols known to modern
industrial culture, in the ...
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