ARTISAN SPOTLIGHT
behind my intentions as an artist.
My hope is to provide more than
one entry point for viewers to “enter”
the process of engaging with my
work. Some people better connect
with words than images; others may
be turned off by the presence of text
next to an abstract piece. Either way,
the poems stir up something that
would otherwise not be considered.
Though my poems and paintings are
works that can ultimately stand alone,
I cannot call a painting “finished”
unless words have unfolded onto my
page about it. And I cannot write until
the process of painting has occurred
and left me with an experience to
unravel. The words flow like the marks
that I lay onto a surface. In both writing and painting, I let loose all the
things I am containing (or searching
for). Only then do I proceed to tweak
them into a final form—a form that
will imply meaning and leave space for
questions. My hope is that the images
would be a place for others to pause
and consider, too. n
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