PEGI
SMITH (Artist Statement)
Within
perhaps a summary of my own life's perspectives and observations
(yet with no conscious agenda), I'm captivated by the creative
process… swept up in the work… the
medium, the opportunity.
My
hope is that the final works will cause the viewer to immerse,
and then to emerge with the initial design in tow… moving
in and out…with an intentional choice to be there
again and again. Energized by life's experiences and dreams
of how it should, or could be if only….
While
immersed in a project, there are times when I see it as
primitive and at other times refined… regardless,
I am pressed to move forward, aware of pending modifications… yet
enjoying the expression of the moment… I work from
the canvas… with no pre sketching… but a more
innate exploration of my own inner space while being aware
of the necessity to remain open to the spontaneous, hidden
dimensions appearing and reappearing on the canvases… with
an endless appreciation that color is such an obvious and
important part of my life.
Am
I discovering aspects of my own identity in the process… wondering
is this about me? Maybe so… regardless, I am there
and somehow absent, while the actual painting occurs. Appeared
to and appealed to by the urgent necessity to cooperate with
what is developing and yet making my own voice heard as a
distant director of what must be the reluctant conclusion
of that one work… if another is to begin…
Thank you for the privilege of sharing my work with you.
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