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Crossing Boarders (common ground) Statement Of Purpose

My original purpose for involvement in art stemmed from discovery. This was a as a child in a new world. The art was playing, which settled into testing discovery and perception. The eye and the mind are expressed as a comprehensive system called "Seeing". The various periods, investigations, and groups of art works are all in pursuit of "Seeing". The history of experience, imagination, and theory are tested in the works of art. I see esthetic virtue as similar to Aletheia in classical Greek. This concept of "Truth" embodied a context married to the un-hiding of nature. The basic meaning of (alétheia) in classical Greek is that of unhiddenness or unveiling.

The love of landscape and cityscape I see as a primal recognition of home or source. Those of us who stop to admire the timeless beauty of special places, are refreshed from distraction. We renew our feeling of destiny and self. Just as genes define traits of our existence, I see landscape and cityscape as the book where our shared spirit is written.

The Installations are an expression of my esthetic migration to a synthesis. This particular resolution freezes time as well as parts of separate visions. The start of my path in art was the physical organization of light in the discipline of painting. As an example The Big Picture Installation is 30 panels which are 20"x 30" each hung in a configuration of 6 columns and 5 rows. The approximate size of the complete installation is between 13' and 14' tall and 11' wide. The size and combination of images offers a new canvas able to encompass a greater scope. Some of the source materials are paintings originally created from 1965 through 2007. This work also depicts periods within my larger body of art. The mosaic of modular parts seems to be the motif best suited for crossing borders of media and expressing the greater view of my vision.

Abstraction has always been part of the process. It is becoming more attractive as time goes on. In "showing" it has become apparent that a majority of the audience is blinded by the representational picture. I am tempted to focus on pure art in major abstract works. The new mosaic installations are going in that direction. I generally do not support only one way of working, but the abstract works are emerging as the dominant force in 2010.

Anique Taylor has a dynamic body of work and experience where I see much common ground. She is a pioneer of media research and application. Her intuitative foundation is accelerated by intellectual power honed by willingness to absorbe new material and ideas. Her long tradition of crossing borders is an inspiration to discovery as the center of art. My involvement with Anique in this project is to bring a sharp focus to art as discovery of multiciplicity, and fearless management of a steep learning curve. To this end we offer examples of our achievements, insights into the process, and a willingness to respond and take part in discussion on the art process as "Crossing Borders."





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