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PAINTINGS
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My paintings reflect concerns and challenges that we as human beings face in our daily life. They also depict dreams and fantasies we turn to when we need a respite from our actual surroundings. I use representational images to tell about all this. My stories are not linear extensions in time; they rather focus on one crucial moment. Whatever happened earlier and is about to happen in the future is open to interpretation. I do not strive to present accurate academic depiction. I use imagery as needed, to describe my thoughts and day dreams. The theatrical settings in the paintings are influenced in part by the figures and costumes of the European Comedia del Arte, an old established form of improvisational theater. This is to distance the situations from actual life occurrences and give the ideas a sort of universal meaning. Every experience that is described in the works is common; it can happen anytime, anywhere.
Even though the
pictures deal sometimes with the problematic
elements in our lives, the message
is mostly positive. There is joy in
the bright colors, swift movements,
and humorous staging. With that I
intend to say that whatever may
occur, life is worth living.
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