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| "Art
has always been
the raft onto which
we climb to save
our sanity."
-Dorothea Tanning
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"It
does not matter
how badly you paint,
so long as you don't
paint badly
like other people."
–George
Moore
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"Bad
art is a
great deal worse
than no art at all."
-Oscar Wilde |
"As
for famous men
who were not artists,
I am beginning to be
tired of them.
Those poor little scoundrels who are
called great men
fill me with nothing but overwhelming horror."
-Franz
Liszt
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"I
do not want to go
until I have faithfully
made the most
of my talent
and cultivated
the seed that was placed in me."
-Kãthe
Kollwitz
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Art is a leap into the dark.
- Picasso -
 There are no rules, only materials.
As an artist, I am here to explore, investigate, experiment, and ultimately
live out what Picasso meant when he said "Art is
a leap into the dark."
I am an intuitive artist working in the varied media of painting, collage, sculpture, assemblage, digital art and photography. I work from the heart,
not the head. The unforseen event, the "accident,"
the unexpected all play a very large part in my creative
play. I prefer to let the
materials suggest the direction of a work.
As far as materials go, I work with just about anything:
paint, wood, glass, plastic, fabric, etc. I use a lot
of "found" and "altered-function"
objects in my work. And I frequently scan them for use
in my digital works. By "altered-function,"
I mean objects that one buys new, let's say, at a hardware
store and uses in a way contrary to its designer's intent.
I can become quite inspired just spending a couple of
hours in Home Depot. "Found" objects are generally
discarded items rescued from the trash, or found at
flea markets or thrift stores. They are old, used and
with a mysterious history that lends them a magical
quality.
So, what I would suggest to anyone making art is to
trust your intuition, your inner knowing; to allow yourself
to be immersed in the process of creation as a joyous
and sacred dance of materials; to neither listen to
critics nor be one; and finally, to leap into the dark
secure in the knowing that wherever your feet touch
down will be the right place at the right time.
Burnell Yow! 3/2008 |
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