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25.1 June 2009

25.1 June 2009
25.1 June 2009

"Given the chaos of today's world...the only thing I can do...the one thing I know how to do...is to make art.&nbsp; It's art that continues to make sense to me."

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    "Given the chaos of today's world...the only thing I can do...the one thing I know how to do...is to make art.&nbsp; It's art that continues to make sense to me."



Statement

My art centers around finding out what happens when textures collide, what happens when colors overflow into one another, what happens when surfaces are filtered, what happens when I push myself in the exact opposite direction in terms of choosing the tried and true compositional methodology of my past works.  I have been observing on a conscious level the role that chance has come to play in my creative process.  I refuse to become entrenched in a ‘recognizable’ style. I am comfortable with the number of ‘stylistic’ turns my work may take from day to day.  If one day it appears to be Asian-influenced and the next appears to be based on graffiti...and then the next day it appears as something completely different from any of that...I think that’s terrific.  Actually, if from one day to the next there appears a sameness in the works...I scuttle any further attempts to repeat or reprise them, and go on to explore other avenues.  The works can run a gamut - from appearing rough and even inept - to appearing overly slick or commercial. Computers allow me to approach imagery in ways no traditional medium is capable of. During the past decade, I’ve embraced digital art-making whole-heartedly. It makes me feel more closely connected to today’s world, where technology has expanded into virtually every aspect of our lives.  Whether it’s ‘art or not’ in the eyes of the local art community or a larger public, is unimportant to me.  If what I’m doing affects viewers to an extent that it helps them to have some sort of an ‘art experience’ with my works, that’s very good. If it does not, that’s equally as good. I find the creative ‘search’ I’m involved in, the creative ‘path’ I’m on, to be very exciting.  Being able to bring together and unite - without any planning beforehand - elements from the natural world, my spiritual and intellectual interests and concerns, my dreams, my unconscious thoughts, my ideas of the moment - throwing in or throwing out any and all ‘information’ that may ebb and flow through my senses during the creative act / the creative process - is completely astonishing to me.  My work is evolving...while I evolve along with it.  I have a strong sense that it’s approaching a point where I’ll come to understand the essence of my creative process and how it infuses my imagery with a reality beyond my own. I continue to work in anticipation of that moment.
James Michael Lawrence