Art and spirituality are unequivocally linked. A spiritual experience is bound with the creative process both in making and viewing artwork. Without spiritual mystery their is no art there is no life. The artist role in society is to make what is unconscious, conscious. To pull forth a mystery and make it even more mysterious.
Art manifesto
Art is artificial. Art is an artifact. Art is separate from nature. Art has its own existence. Art is alive. Art does not copy. Art does not borrow. Art inspires more Art. Art is Art. Art is.
The “sun” series is starting to take shape.. I started thinking about Plato’s cave analogy.. How we are tied up looking at shadows yet the true reality is the sunlight outside the cave. In these paintings the true subject is the sun.. Everything else is reflections or obstructions of the suns light..
The most creative part of being an artist is trying to survive in a field that gets limited respect or understanding for what, why and how we do what we do.
The moment after..
The resolution of a painting never ceases to surprise me. It tends to come together at the moment right after complete despair. Not sure if finishing a work of art takes “faith” but I’m having trouble coming up with a better word.
