Gecko Art Studio - About The Artist

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As an artist, I believe that art should provide not only stimulate the senses, but the intellect as well. Moreover, art should also provide a method of mental release for the artist him- or herself, and in doing so, an artist is able to connect on an almost subliminal level with the viewer, providing an emotional experience, whether positive or negative, for the viewer. The intellectual level of art includes political, symbolical, religious, fantastic, scientific, or logical content. Beyond the intellectual level is the subliminal emotional level. This is the ultimate level of art: touching another person's very spirit on an intuitive level. Counter-intuitively, this highest level is also the most primitive level. Art has been used for communication since the dawn of man, and is fundamental to communication both for real-world concerns as well as emotional concerns. My goal as an artist is to explore the more primitive aspects of art.

To do so, it is my intention to combine primitive art styles with such relatively contemporary styles as expressionism, cubism, and futurism, among others. In order to explore these areas effectively, it is necessary to learn the basics of more realistic styles of art, as well as practicing more primitive methods of creating art. As a working theory, primitive art is largely intuitive, and hence, much of my work tends to follow my instinct, analyzing the effects created in retrospect. Some such styles include working in abstraction, which was, historically, the first art style invented by man. Such work tends to be simple forms created by outline when line is apparent at all. Incorporating such "modern" thoughts as directional line provide a line towards reality, allowing abstraction of form while maintaining a gesture.

Photography, however, presents a challenge for maintaining a "primitive" quality to the work. As a working solution to the problem, my work tends to the subjective, in theory as an abstraction of reality using the effects of light to alter reality. Ceramic work, on the other hand, lends itself ideally to primitive art. Primitive man universally worshiped the earth, and what can be more fitting to such a tradition than forming a part of the earth itself: clay. My work in clay has explored the use of symbols, earth-tones, forms which echo natural formations and the effects of weathering, and incorporating other earthly materials into the pieces. Such multimedia pieces include the use of wood and geode formations. In the future, my work will continue to follow such abstract and primitive forms, and I will continue to explore new methods for achieving these aims. Such methods include increasing multi-media works, both in ceramics and other fields, exploring new forms of abstraction, texture, and exploring three dimensional works in all areas of artistic concentration.