ABOUT MY ART & GOALS: Though the years I’ve noticed that most everything in nature has a around quality to it and most everything humanity touches, builds or brings into existence is square in its nature. This strange dichotomy is what fuels my art to some degree. No matter the subject I paint or sculpt I try to fuse these two elements that seems to exist in all things that possesses the quality we call aesthetically beautiful, weather produced by nature or humankind. I’ve always called this,” my attempts to square the round”. I’ve always been fascinated by things that clash and war for visual dominants, no matter the subject I paint I try to marry the coldest, colds right next to the hottest, hot. I’ve noticed when I’ve been successful or lucky enough to achieve this effect, set in the right composition with the right subject matter its pleasing to me. I’ve always loved and admired the female form, I believe it to be Gods masterpiece. So a lot of my work is centered on this particular muse. But as of lately I’ve been trying to paint people that represent a particular culture or place in time. Like the canvas I recently completed, “The Mayan“. Or the symbolism I tried projecting in the two sister canvas, “Western world and eastern world“. I believe art should at times fight for a cause like the plight of inequality of women throughout the world. I tried to project this in my painting, “Sisters, want & Plenty“.
I believe subjects like these and many more are not so much political as they are basic human rights. Art should embrace these subjects, not with shocking images that repel the average viewer. But with form and color that pulls them in. if given the time, money and opportunity I would explore subjects that center around these things, don’t get me wrong I have no political agenda I just believe art can bring people to the knowledge of these things in a unique and beautiful way… Artist. Stevie J.
