|
|
Artist Statement:
As an artist I want to
accomplish a direct
relationship with every viewer
with imagery from the past.
However, if one viewer can
relate to an experience in
their life, I feel I have
accomplished what art should
accomplish. Weather it’s a
certain number or letter, a
piece of cloth, found objects
colorful or not, magazine
clippings, old paper with
text, or simply anything that
triggers, inspires, and
develops the mind.
I consider myself a painter,
who employs mixed media and
collage techniques. I use
mixed media and collage to
trigger and pin point a
certain event or memory that
the viewer can directly relate
to. I feel that there are just
some things that paint cannot
accomplish; therefore, collage
needs to be present in my
work. I use collage to set up
a certain mood or feeling that
deals with history, memories,
politics, and sometimes
straight up propaganda.
I manipulate paint with heat
from an electric gun, which
will toss the paint around
randomly to create a texture
on the canvas you almost have
to touch. Other ways that I
get texture is from a “push
broom” technique, created form
a large quantity of paint,
usually from a ...
Further Information
| |
|
|
Artist Galleries:
Kruk Gallery, UW-Superior,
Superior, Wisconsin.
3rd Floor Gallery,
UW-Superior, Superior,
Wisconsin....
Further Information
|
|
Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Collections:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Commissions:
Please contact me via email if
you have any requests for a
commission. I am always open
for ideas, for a low price:)
"David Zachary" was a
commissioned work. Under
pencil drawings.
racer64jr@yahoo.com...
Further Information
|
|
|
Exhibitions for Scott G. Checkalski:
|
|
|
UNDERGRADUATE ART SHOWS:
HOLIDAY ART EXIBITION 2004--UW Superior, Kruk Gallery
Works Submitted: Infested, Jaded, Shades of Grey, and 1982(all recieved honors)
HOLIDAY ART EXIBITION 2005--UW Superior, Kruk Gallery
Works Submitted: Three Stages of Sorrow (best of show). Dream Sequence Number One, Oleander-Green Foreplay, and Blood on the Ground(happy valentines day) all recieved honors.
BFA SENIOR HONORS EXIBITION 2006--UW Superior, Kruk Gallery
Works Submitted: A Great Depression: Saying Goodbye (senior thesis).
Falling into the Black (recieved honors). Burning was also submitted but did not recieve honors.
ECOPYSCHOLOGY AND ART EXIBITION 2006--UW Superior, 3rd Floor Gallery
Works Submitted: Photography, Away from the Road, and Away from the Life.
2007 Duluth Art Institute Members Show January 17 - March 11th. Memory Trigger Number 06C recieved honors.
GRADUATE ART SHOW: "Thought Process and Memmory Triggers." Dec ember 3-14th, 2007. University of Wisconsin Superior. 3rd Floor Gallery. Opening reception Monday Nov. 5th, 6:30 PM. Food and beverages served.
|
|
send an email
