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BACKGROUND

Saturday, January 30, 2010

MY WORK


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
My work currently hinges upon a precarious balance on the fulcrum of time. Place may be unclear
or transparent. Forms may be recognizable or abstract. I take random acts strewn throughout my
life and attempt to weave them into an abstract tapestry of beauty. I ?nd structures of meaning for
the seemingly chaotic—an aesthetic dance derived from the ugly or uneventful.

Life can seem like scattered, random acts strewn in an arbitrary manner, constrained only by days,
weeks and years. I constantly attempt to ?nd meaning and see patterns of beauty in overlapping,
entangling events and the endless parade of images.

The formal properties of this body of work attempt to parallel symbolic meanings through the
expression of formal elements. Opaque shapes push against the constraints of dark lines in
opposition with the background?s transparency.

Stepping back from the surface of my life?s canvas, I often ?nd order, beauty and harmony in the
chaotic messiness of living. The ebb and ?ow of countless events ?ll our daily lives, becoming part
of a larger aesthetic where beauty can be revealed and potential meaning embraced.


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systematic observations
oil 2009 35” X 25”


relationship between chaos
oil 2009 35” X 25”


incongruent vessels
oil 2009 35” X 25”


remnants of a life
oil 2009 35” X 25”


emerging patterns
oil 2009 35” X 25”


conditions of life
oil 2009 35” X 25”


towards balance
oil 2009 35” X 25”


dynamics of action
oil 2009 35” X 25”


behaving randomly
oil 2009 35” X 25”


analysis of chaos
oil 2009 35” X 25”


PRINTS


TEACHER?ARTIST?RESEACHER


artist

teacher

researcher

THE

sketchbook
traveling
PROJECT

"I will venture to conclude, however, that
what the arts were for-an embodiment
and reinforcement of socially shared
significances-is what we crave and are
perishing for today."

-ellen Dissanayake

About this project This project is an attempt to do two share the images, writings, etc. with the
things. First, to help art interested people community.
The Project is a collaborative experi- make connections with each other, and This dynamic interaction between
ment attempting to follow 50 visual jour- those they associate with through the participants and what they share in the
nals throughout their travels from state of passing of the Traveling Sketchbooks - pages of these books should be an exciting
Utah from February 2008 through Febru- person to person during the course of this journey.
ary 2009. The intent is to provide a vehi- upcoming year. Secondly, to chronicle Contact James Rees at
cle for creative interaction between art and map the journey of these books and jamesr@provo.edu or 801.373.6550 ext
educators, artists and strangers. 3370

supported by! sponsored by Expression through personal contact 2008-2009
It has also been interesting to discover that the very system
which instructs and produces artists in schools, generally
causes art teachers to stop producing art. Here is an opportu-
nity to rediscover your creative side and express your
thoughts, either visually or in words. These sketchbooks will
spread out into the community and will return within the next
year.


organizational work

text teaching

other teaching

Robert Henri stated, “The object of
painting a picture is not to make a
picture-however unreasonable this
may sound. The picture, if a picture
results, is a by-product and may be
useful, valuable, interesting as a sign
of what has past. The object, which
is in back of every true work of art, is
the attainment of a state of being,
a more than ordinary moment of
existence.”


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