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Artist Statement for Manuel San Miguel
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Computer Art is commonly used to refer to any form of creative expression generated by a computer, or, assisted by one. It is a term steeped with derogative nuances and in many cases, deeply rooted in mistrust and fear. Fear of change… of being left behind.
However, it is also the product of lack of discipline among certain digital “artists”; the result of too many people leaning on the proverbial crutch of the computer.
There is, on the other hand an ever-growing number of truly creative people working HARD to expand, not supplant the artistic boundaries. We are Digital Artists, with as many divergent styles and mediums as in traditional art. Mine is Digital Painting. Here too, you find great diversity in each individual artistic approach.
In Digital Painting, I prefer to start with a photograph; load it into Photoshop, and then create a simple sketch, devoid of much detail. I then import this file in Painter. A study of both original image and the sketch usually guides me as to which medium and style to use. During this process, I have created quite a few customized brushes and settings.
This brings me to another important fact: for the most part, traditional labels and descriptions are irrelevant to digital techniques and processes. While some of my work has a certain expressionist look, it is used in the most unusual ways. When creating some of these customized brushes something new emerges… something that combines some of the characteristics of several traditional instruments. The Sargent brush I favor lately is part brush, part palette knife and part blender! And I apply it in ways that Sargent himself would not have imagined, even in a sort of crazy Rollie-Polly-Olli-Jackson-Pollock-kind-of-way.
If you care to explore this bold new frontier, study the work of fine artists like Jeremy Sutton, Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, Steven Friedman, Ursula Freer, Ron Hazell and master Craig Mullins, to name a few.
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