Paradox

Artist’s Statement:

“My work is in abstracting the concept of religious art to such a distance that the specific symbols are lost and only the emotion and spirituality of humanity remains. Using concepts of Abstract painting to evoke emotion with form, color and paint application I attempt to find a core human language. Honest and raw, paint marks build together to lay ambiguous forms, a blurred perspective from the image mimics the internal process of contemplation. The comfort of familiar elements and the opening to the unknown connections, create a conscious space for the viewer to inhabit within the architectural construct of the image. A mental landscape in which to explore concepts of human connection to self, each other, the organic and the space between. Upon closely viewing the paint, depth of texture and application provide a sensual experience that occurs in the third dimension with the body participating with the work in the present moment.”

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website