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Skye and her daughter at the Lake
Artist Statement
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Short
Autobiography
Artist Statement 2009
My artwork is evocative and intellectual. Using a great amount of detail
and many different layers and mediums in each painting, I suggest the
connection between people, the earth and the universes and our evolving
understanding of this connection.
This evolution is illustrated by figures, designs, and symbols within a
specific space. The spaces themselves are colors and forms based on
lakes and seas, skies, stars, dreams, visions, and
mathematical/philosophical imaginings.
It is my hope that I create artwork which is not only intriguing to the
mind but also rich and beautiful on the emotional and spiritual level.
Short Autobiography 2009
Since my earliest memories I have been
drawing and viewing the world as color, line, and forms. From my mom
comes the drawing skills and love of dance, from my dad comes the great
love for music, animals, land and the lake and the interest in science
and metaphysics and from me comes the constant stream of mind pictures
which I must try to re-create for others to see.
I’ve done many different types of artwork throughout my life so far.
There were chalk murals on blackboards when I was in first grade,
portraits and other commissions in elementary and high school,
holography and laser art, botanical illustration, intaglio, oil painting
and drawing in college then folding screen room dividers, more murals,
colored pencil paintings, art classes for elementary school students,
mosaics and finally back to mostly portraits and paintings. My life
continues to provide the interesting challenges of how to keep creating
paintings and drawings while also spending time and energy doing many
other jobs. Everything is for a reason and everything works together to
create the final outcome.
If you study the drawings and paintings up close you will find minute detail
of color and line, small pictures and designs and surface textures. From
farther away you will notice the weaving in and out of lines, shapes,
colors, darks and lights - all to help you find the figures and designs
in the paintings and at the same time make it difficult to do so.
As you explore the paintings and follow the paths that your
eyes and mind discover, you will find interesting and beautiful things
along the way.
I’d also like to add that in an effort to be more environmentally
friendly I use water miscible oil paints*. These paints do not need
turpentine for thinning or cleaning – only water or water and soap,
respectively. They can be mixed with acrylic paints and other water
based mediums, resulting in stronger chemical bonds between the
different mediums when used together on the painting surface. They also
dry in half the time as regular oil paints.
*Their water solubility comes from the use
of an oil medium in which one end of the molecule has been altered to bind
loosely to water molecules. Some of the paints do not use traditional
pigments that are based on cadmium and other heavy metals, which further
reduces the toxicity risks of working with them.
Questions, comments, or to schedule an appointment to visit the home
studio/gallery -
skye@skyegentle.com
or telephone - 616-607-8563
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