When artists show their work, it's common for them to include an Artists Statement.

I'm hardly in any position to criticize someone for sharing their thoughts about their art, but it seems that the artist statement does a disservice to the body of work and all the compositions it entails.

Allow me to explain.

Being a visual artist, the temptation is to talk about the origin of the work along with any ideas that you're trying to convey. And therein lies the danger. Even if i could explain any sort of "message" there is regarding my images, i'm doing the viewer a disservice by discussing it. I want my viewer to experience my work with a pristine, unspoiled pallete. Take for instance my painting, The Waiting Room, i know what was kind of dwelling in the back of my mind when i did it, but then my sister sees it and gives it adjectives that i would have NEVER associated with it. If i had some sort of explanation of my compositions, she would have NEVER come thought what she did. Even the titles are made with a degree of openness- a naming convention made popular by Pat Metheny/ Lyle Mays for their compositions such as Are You Going With Me or So May It Secretly Begin

What i will talk about is the body of this work as a body of work. I've suffered through a serious bout of unemployment this year. I decided to explore some images using watercolor. I have a degree in it, why not make something of it?

So here are the first 5. I'll add more as i see fit. Each of them are framed in a Neilsen- Bainbridge black wooden frame and have been taped to archival quality matboard with pH neutral tape. The backing board is foamcore, so it's close but not quite archival. My goal with them is to eventually find a coffee shop that will show them. In case you were wondering, the starting price will be around $150. These are watercolors, mind you. Not reproductions or a print of any sort.