Archive: Workshop your Artist Statement!

[annegalt]

Animals have been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. As a child I was painfully shy, and preferred the company of live animals, or my large collection of stuffed ones, to people. Now I’m more comfortable socially, but there are still days when I prefer four-footed friends to the two-footed variety.

Capturing the rich textures and colors of an animal’s coat, their natural positions, and perhaps most importantly their expressions is a wonderful challenge. Sometimes it can be frustrating, but when I get it right, nothing is more satisfying.

Whether painting or drawing, my technique involves many layers of color, thinly and gradually applied. I alternate between acrylics with a bit of oils added for depth and richness, and colored pencil, occasionally combined with watercolor or pastel pencils.

Our companion animals, beloved members of many families, are a steady source of delightful subject matter. I’ve also been inspired to explore their farm and agricultural counterparts, as well as local wildlife. With the beauty and range this offers, I will be excited and busy in the studio for years to come.

[Deleted User]

Hi Anne! Your statement is a lovely insight to you and your work, congratulations! It’s really touching how open you are in the first sentence and I really like that.

[Rhonda]

Hello fellow artists!

Please find my artist statement below –
Thank you for your feedback,
Rhonda

Wassily Kandinsky once said, “form itself is meaningless unless it is the expression of the artist’s inner necessity and everything is permitted to serve this end.” So this also informs my work as an artist printmaker.
My approach to art is multidiscipline, though I work primarily in printmaking, I also work in drawing, painting, photography, papermaking, assemblage sculpture, and multi-media. As an artist printmaker, I find that it is through the act of the printmaking process, I am able to catch things as they happen. This is intriguing to me–the materiality and the processes working together along with my observations and imagination become and event and act of its own.
I seek to transpire real life events of the world into visual narratives, allegories, or contemplations, while at times I seek interactivity. My work apprises to the natural and built environments including human and/ or autobiographical connections within these environments, particularly my home Alaska. By way of experimentation and the eclectic approach, it is through expressionistic, realistic, conceptual, and abstract lenses in which I work.

[Deleted User]

Hi Rhonda, I was inquisitive to know more after reading your statement which is a good thing! After looking at your website I wondered whether you might want to start with Alaska as your inspiration as from reading the site it seems this is of great importance to you! Only a suggestion but maybe try mixing up the paragraphs slightly to pull focus.