Hey everyone! Welcome to my world. This is my very first blog post, so I thought I'd start out with pictures from my Senior Thesis Exhibition in 2010, along with my Artist Statement. I hope you enjoy, and I'd love your feedback.
As
a species, we have had about eight hundred thousand years to build an immense
heritage of art and culture. Since early humans learned to harness fire, we have
created some amazing things. From cave paintings and pyramids, and an entire
island littered with massive stone heads, to enormous temples hand-carved into
the mountain-sides of India and more. I strive to become part of that. We are
the sum of all that has ever happened to us and all the thoughts we’ve ever
had, but through art I can decipher what is important and what is relevant. I
use natural materials like clay and rock for the visceral connection to the
earth and the history we’ve experienced on it. It’s important to me to mimic
the human form and the earth simultaneously: the mountains and the body. I feel
as if I have to find the shape, rather than build it. It’s there; I just have
to seek it out. Each piece has its’ own presence, a manifestation of the beauty
of age and the roles human beings have played over time.
I
create Guardians. My quest is for the ancient, the totemic, and the feeling of
wisdom earned by a long existence.
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