Artist's Bio
I call the "style" of my work Comparative Impressionism. This because the surface of my work is often painterly, colorful, and more suggestive of the world than exacting realism. As well, there are often layers, one painting over another, in my work where the images are meant to be combined and compared. In some respects this is like a collage; however, because the layers also represent a different dimension, there are spatial plays as well as conceptual plays. The reasons for working this way are many. I like working this way because it allows me to "shift gears" so to speak, in the manner of how I see and present something. As well, this "style" allows me to entertain (for myself and the viewer) certain questions which I feel are important to be asked in the world today.
All my artwork asks certain questions of the viewer within either the image or within the image's title. Yet certain questions, and images are geared to different audiences. Some, such as the image of the labyrinth are images for museums-noting the question "As we move into the greater universe, will we not need a greater wisdom?" The museum images are large, often 6' x 12'. Other images, not quite as large, are what I consider "corporate" images such as the waterfall and foliage which poses the question "Will you be still enough to hear the movements within the woods, within yourself? Or the woman and the tree in moonlite "What is the nature of the Sacred Feminine?"
"Naturally, the viewer might have different responses to my work. However, I hope my "question titles" will offer their particular perspective as well to the meaning and value of my work. Other images range in size from smaller images 30" x 40" to 44' x 60" and are most often on environmental themes such as clouds, fish, and children.I also have photographs which also offer comparisons within the images and questions. Andsoon I will be doing some religious iconic images which consider the need for a deeper "Christ" consciousness in todays world.
Why do I work with such serious themes? We live in a world that is in a state of decline: declining or polluted groundwater; seriously damaged or declining topsoil; salt and freshwater fisheries that are in a state of decline; an ozone layer that has diminished and global warming threatening; extinction not only of large numbers of species but arrays of species that affect important environmental relationships. All this, while the leadership in our country focuses on global political and political domination; and in a time where weapons are destructive enough to kill all life on earth several times over. That's the bottom line of why I feel is need for serious questions and a higher consciousness.
I call the "style" of my work Comparative Impressionism. This because the surface of my work is often painterly, colorful, and more suggestive of the world than exacting realism. As well, there are often layers, one painting over another, in my work where the images are meant to be combined and compared. In some respects this is like a collage; however, because the layers also represent a different dimension, there are spatial plays as well as conceptual plays. The reasons for working this way are many. I like working this way because it allows me to "shift gears" so to speak, in the manner of how I see and present something. As well, this "style" allows me to entertain (for myself and the viewer) certain questions which I feel are important to be asked in the world today.
All my artwork asks certain questions of the viewer within either the image or within the image's title. Yet certain questions, and images are geared to different audiences. Some, such as the image of the labyrinth are images for museums-noting the question "As we move into the greater universe, will we not need a greater wisdom?" The museum images are large, often 6' x 12'. Other images, not quite as large, are what I consider "corporate" images such as the waterfall and foliage which poses the question "Will you be still enough to hear the movements within the woods, within yourself? Or the woman and the tree in moonlite "What is the nature of the Sacred Feminine?"
"Naturally, the viewer might have different responses to my work. However, I hope my "question titles" will offer their particular perspective as well to the meaning and value of my work. Other images range in size from smaller images 30" x 40" to 44' x 60" and are most often on environmental themes such as clouds, fish, and children.I also have photographs which also offer comparisons within the images and questions. Andsoon I will be doing some religious iconic images which consider the need for a deeper "Christ" consciousness in todays world.
Why do I work with such serious themes? We live in a world that is in a state of decline: declining or polluted groundwater; seriously damaged or declining topsoil; salt and freshwater fisheries that are in a state of decline; an ozone layer that has diminished and global warming threatening; extinction not only of large numbers of species but arrays of species that affect important environmental relationships. All this, while the leadership in our country focuses on global political and political domination; and in a time where weapons are destructive enough to kill all life on earth several times over. That's the bottom line of why I feel is need for serious questions and a higher consciousness.
Sample Work:
James Foreman Marble Falls
Painting, Mixed Media
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Directions
Signs will be on the curve before and after the cedar wood shop building which is about 3 miles south of Mystic Caverns going south on hwy 7, or about 9 miles north of Jasper, off of Spring Valley Rd. Signs on the way up to studio, about 1.1 miles up the road. Easily accessible. Studio open by appointment during year, call 870-446-6467.
Painting, Mixed Media
website:
email:
Directions
Signs will be on the curve before and after the cedar wood shop building which is about 3 miles south of Mystic Caverns going south on hwy 7, or about 9 miles north of Jasper, off of Spring Valley Rd. Signs on the way up to studio, about 1.1 miles up the road. Easily accessible. Studio open by appointment during year, call 870-446-6467.
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