Archive: Workshop your Artist Statement!

[mijwallace]

After the coaching call last night I got great feedback on my question and have rewritten my statement again, I feel much happier with this and further feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Having tried more traditional mediums of acrylic, oils and pastels, I always managed to get too caught up in the technical aspects of the process which prevented me from continuing beyond a certain point. I have found working digitally that I’ve been able to push through this barrier and continue the process allowing deep subconscious elements to emerge in my work.

In 2013 the end of a three year relationship left me in a dark place. My painting rescued me and took me on a bright landscape adventure. A palette of bright gaudy colours lifted my spirits and transported me to comforting places. Forests, the ocean, the desert, the city and even other worlds featured on my journey. Some pieces were a bright reaction against the darkness I felt inside, while others were a dark reminder of the precipice and oblivion never far away.

Two years after this period I had a yearning to subdue many bright colours in the palette and embrace some of the darkness within, with a series of cityscapes where it’s been more of a conscious decision, though always with the subconscious emerging later in the details. Despite these developments, I still return to the colour and warmth of earlier work, it’s an ever evolving journey…

[Majie Lavergne]

Hello all,

 

I would love to get some feedbacks on my Artist Statement:

 

There are two distinct streams in my art; Abstraction and Interactive Art. My interest in Interactive Art stems from my lifelong fascination with any art form that challenges the traditional rigid boundary between “artist” and “audience”. To me, it is enlivening when the “viewer” becomes part of the creative process and influences the outcome. I believe that there is an artist in all of us and that creating is simply part of life, of everybody’s life.

Inspired by my desire to help others tap into their own creativity, I have developed an Interactive Art Series titled “Re-Create”. Beginning from my own composition / configuration the viewer is invited to trespass beyond looking to touching and ultimately stepping into the role of artist / creator. With a multiplicity of combinations possible, this new “maker” moves a variety of shapes on a magnetized background resulting in their own unique design.

In my abstract work, I am interested in how geometric and organic shapes exist on a continuum and how they complement or oppose one another. This dialogue between the unplanned gestural raw movement and a decisive line or geometric shape is a fascinating dance. To enrich this tactile experience, I often use crackle medium, varied textural elements and intense hues. This slow, tumultuous and magical process of realizing an image, the embrace with life and its mysteries always connects me to Henry Miller’s words….”To paint is to love again”.

[Deleted User]

Hi Majie, I love your statement and the quote at the end is lovely and powerful. I want to know more about the new designs and what this inspires in you? How does your work make you feel?

Just a small grammar point, you only need the ” marks when naming your Art Series. Thanks!