"The Crossing" - 2024 43" x 26'" Medium: wood, wire, oil paint * SOLD
The creative act… the unquenchable yearn, the map-less destination - the adventure.
My fellow creatives know the co-mingled emotions as we begin a new work: the enthusiasm of a hope or vision, the daunting blankness of the awaiting white canvas. The need is primal - we begin.
I’m not a fan of “art about art” so I hope things go further. Can this work speak to all of us, no matter our creative activity? The hope, the fear, the risk ... it comes to all forms of creativity that steps out from the familiar.
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*Readers of my website descriptions have heard me talk about “frames” before…
I’ve always had sort of a chuckle about them, of their anchored place in the ‘traditional’ art world.
The ol’ notion, “Put a frame on it, and it's Art”. Alas, it seems many times the ‘frame’ exceeds its interior.
Despite this conceptual angle, yes, frames do give a lovely terminus to many artworks, a unifier for/to the surrounding interior decorator’s efforts.
However, it is that associative power we give to frames,… a signal, halting the ‘walker-by’ so that they might not miss the art.
With most of my works, I like to have the frame ‘active’, a participating voice in the choir…
Additionally, I have often thought it might be fun to turn the tables a bit… elevating the frame AS the art, rather than merely a decorative container.
“The Crossing” emerged from that intention…
As I explored things in my sketchbook, I found a real interest in ‘breaking’ the frame, or removing part of it… interested in the altered meanings that emerged when parts were gone, or parts relocated. In closing, I can tell you that “The Crossing” may be a precursor to others… this direction has my interest - (?).
The creative act… the unquenchable yearn, the map-less destination - the adventure.
My fellow creatives know the co-mingled emotions as we begin a new work: the enthusiasm of a hope or vision, the daunting blankness of the awaiting white canvas. The need is primal - we begin.
I’m not a fan of “art about art” so I hope things go further. Can this work speak to all of us, no matter our creative activity? The hope, the fear, the risk ... it comes to all forms of creativity that steps out from the familiar.
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*Readers of my website descriptions have heard me talk about “frames” before…
I’ve always had sort of a chuckle about them, of their anchored place in the ‘traditional’ art world.
The ol’ notion, “Put a frame on it, and it's Art”. Alas, it seems many times the ‘frame’ exceeds its interior.
Despite this conceptual angle, yes, frames do give a lovely terminus to many artworks, a unifier for/to the surrounding interior decorator’s efforts.
However, it is that associative power we give to frames,… a signal, halting the ‘walker-by’ so that they might not miss the art.
With most of my works, I like to have the frame ‘active’, a participating voice in the choir…
Additionally, I have often thought it might be fun to turn the tables a bit… elevating the frame AS the art, rather than merely a decorative container.
“The Crossing” emerged from that intention…
As I explored things in my sketchbook, I found a real interest in ‘breaking’ the frame, or removing part of it… interested in the altered meanings that emerged when parts were gone, or parts relocated. In closing, I can tell you that “The Crossing” may be a precursor to others… this direction has my interest - (?).