Time in 3:00 + Artist Statement

Here it is...my final (I'm basically almost 99% for sure done) draft of my Artist Statement.

There’s something instinctually compelling about looking at other people. I think it has to do with the anonymity- it tricks us into feeling like we know something about them as we imagine who they are, why they dress the way they do and what they had for lunch that day.

It has been this notion that drew me to working with the human face through portraiture: the idea that just by looking at a face your imagination can be activated in a way that makes you feel connected to the subject.

With my most recent series, I posited the idea that a double portrait could provide viewers with a source for imagining their own narrative through the assumed interaction or relationship between the two people. In the paintings, the faces erupt from their stark white backgrounds to confront the viewer. Subtleties in moods, characters, and psychological states- a tilt of the head and a jut of the chin- all tell part of the story.

My goal was to encourage presumptions and subjective feelings, to promote personal interpretation and to avoid definitive statements. This openness for personal relation is a hope for a real engagement between people and the paintings, for each person to be able to tell a part of the story.

(In case you're thinking it, I have looked up the word "instinctually" but have not found it to be a real word. Is there a better word? Or is it creative and artistic to make up my own words when I can't think of another?)

I am still working on getting a Driver's license- I have to wait for my birth certificate to arrive in the mail so I can take another trip down to the DMV to be rejected.

To Do:
Mail Northeastern submission and New American Paintings submission
Finalize CAAP application
Work on IAC application

Playlist:
The Velvet Underground
Beth Orton
Madeleine Peyroux
Aimee Mann- Lost in Space
Lizzie West- Holy Road