My Artist Statement

Art allows me to be loud. If you know me, you know that I don't talk all that much. With art, I don't have to consider every word I say.  I draw what I want, and what I feel.  When I finish a piece I look back and expect to see a bit of myself reflected in the art.  I think it makes my art believeable.  I want people to see it and see real people not made up ones, and I want them to make a connection to my art.  Art is made for everyone.  I think that a lot of artists create pieces exclusively for other artists and when regular people go to a museam and look at it, they just walk by and don't give the art a second glance.  I want my art to jump out at people and I guess that is what I strive for in every piece that I make. 

I don't plan on making art my career.  I actually want to be an astronomer, but art has always come easily to me and it is something that I enjoy imensley. Even when I get old and grey, as we all eventually must, I hope to still be creating.  Art will always be a part of me and if I'm not drawing because I want to, then I don't want to draw at all. 

I am a perfectionist and art is always showing me how not perfect I am. But I've realized over time that nothing in art is ever perfect.  There is always room for improovement and that is something that I love.  I love looking back and seeing how far I've come as an artist, and I look forward to the future and seeing how much I will improove. I'm glad that my art isn't perfect. It it was then it wouldn't be real and tangible.

This year I want to master the art of capturing the essence of my subjects.  That is the special "thing" that captures the audience.  I want my art to tell a story and, like I said before, I want it to be believable.  When art contains that essence it doesn't need any intoduction or special show. 

Art allows me to be me.  I don't have to pretend, or wear any masks. Art doesn't lie.  Art speaks every language and eventually trancends words all together.  I want my art to speak beyond myself and that is my intent.  I want my art to touch something inside people and make them believe that anything is possible. 

sam