Artist Information:
Pamela Ayres
Peoria, IL
United States
Member Since: Sep 2005
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Artist Statement:
My work focuses on the
intimacy of the act of
expression through the
experience of the artist's
touch. The perception of all
of the materials I use and
installations I create are
comments of how I understand
my own existence and how it
could be valued in our
culture. In creating spaces
and choosing materials I am
not asking "why am I here" but
rather asking, "what is my
purpose". I make objects that
have relevance for me and how
they pertain to man and
womans' being. These things
are my symbol system and they
have an importance to my own
presence and spiritual life.
I often work with wooden
staffs and trees as they
suggest qualities of being
human. Each has its own
character and association with
the earth. Like a crease in
our brain creating a memory,
an annual passage of time is
displayed in a trees rings.
After selecting which staffs I
will use, I then interrupt the
space. At times, I adorn and
embellish the staffs with
various costuming and
artifacts but more often I
feel compelled to allow their
natural beauty to simply show
by stripping away the bark to
expose the wood and...
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Pamela Ayres's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Pamela Ayres's Portfolio. Browse Ayres's body of work: My work focuses on the intimacy of the act of expression through the experience of the artist's touch. The perception of all of the materials I use and installations I create are comments of how I understand my own existence and how it could be valued in our culture. In creating spaces and choosing materials I am not asking "why am I here" but rather asking, "what is my purpose". I make objects that have relevance for me and how they pertain to man and womans' being. These things are my symbol system and they have an importance to... |
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