Thanks to everyone who came to Artwalk and purchased my newest works. Also thanks to all the great comments and new ideas and directions. special thanks to Karen for the opportunity to play.

new work

My latest works deal with simple contemplations on his place in the cosmos. My works is small and intimate like the questions i am trying to asks, and attempts to answer. I am seeking a connection and understanding of a complex world that does not always make sense. My new work is in Artdogs in Gardiner Maine, an open press and gallery.

big time brain melt or BTBM syndrome has taken over prognosis is poor !!

New 3D work

I jut came from the ARTDOGS Variations 4th show and was most impressed. The mass amount of variation that can come from a set of objects is amazing, prints, paintings,drawings the whole spectrum of creative expression. go DOGS

I had thought I had posted these ages ago, here are some attempts at animation

long dog painting

Another painting post Grad. Embrace the Nonsence, and Summer.

I feel that I should also be writing about art as well as showing my new work. Yes the creating for me is the essence of my connection with the world, but critique has been some of my most enjoyable encounters with other artists. New stuff I see as well as friends and Artists I know and a little Art History as well. So with a little research I will start soon.

new atempts at Painting.. some times i feel like I am going backwards

.......But I know i must keep making or i will explode

What Now He asked ? Where do we go from here? Must Keep on creating !!!!

I am not basking in the glow of Graduation so here is a new start of a painting

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here we go

HERE WE GO !!!!!!!!!

My Artistic Mythology new take on artist statement

I tended to see the cosmos through images and ideas and not words. This has had its advantages and disadvantages and forced me to make decisions that test my convictions, not only to the artistic process, but to an aesthetic philosophy as well. I believe that I have to do what I do. I have evolved a great deal over the last couple of years with the help of great teacher, looking at great artist and through the interactions with my contemporaries. I have grown from a closet doodler into a creature that wants the world to see and experience my thoughts, ideas, and art. My work is now a series of conglomerations of ideas and biographical forms that record my life’s journeys. These journeys have become personal mythologies of sorts. They have become objects that have the randomness of journal entries or sketchbook pages with their sense of chaotic compilations and random thoughts. Knowing this, and embracing these truths, I seek to tell my mythologies through as many mediums as possible. These works are created and modified, all to tell my side of the story in a visual manner. Like the creatures that inhabit my work it is after all just nonsense, but do not be fooled I take nonsense seriously.

Crit was to fast but I do have some direction at least will post pics soon

I might change direction

Listening and absorbing i have come to the conclusion that i might change directions to a more two dimensional exploration of the same ideas. some thing of a mixed media approach with print,paint and drawing aspects. images to come later after some exploration.

new Statement

My Artistic Mythology

In search for my place in the world, I have tended to see the cosmos through images and ideas and not words. in this I have also come to realize that every artistic medium is as valid as the next. This has had its advantages and disadvantages and forced me to make decisions that test my convictions, not only to the artistic process, but to an aesthetic philosophy as well. I have evolved a great deal over the last couple of years from a closet doodler into a creature that wants the world to see and experience my thoughts, ideas, and art. The acquisition of material at times has been a distinct hurdle that I have had to overcome, but the ideas and art have seen the light and now they must be exposed to the world. In response to this reality the way of the scavenger has had a great amount of influence on my artistic development. the quest to find paper, ink, paint, ready made objects, or any thing I can get my hands on just short of thievery so my art could come into existence has been a unique challenge. This relationship between the philosophical and aesthetical approaches has not just affected the process of assembling the work but the works concepts as well. My work is now a series of conglomerations of ideas and biographical forms that record my life’s journeys. These journeys have become personal mythologies of sorts. They have become objects that have the randomness of journal entries or sketchbook pages with their sense of chaotic compilations and random thoughts, with the so-called dependability of truth that exists in sea stories. They are flat and have depth; they are painting and sculpture, ideas and dreams. Knowing this, and embracing these truths, I seek to tell my mythologies through the objects and ideas that I have found, manipulated, created and modified, all to tell my side of the story in a visual manner. The works are stories and fables that are sometimes superficial and obvious, and then sometimes hidden, but all meant to introduce myself to the universe and in some ways attempt to become part of the universe. My goal with these works is to reveal the ideas that have gone in to the creation of the being that I have become, am becoming, and will become.

New Addition to the big beast

My Artistic Mythology

In search for my place in the Art world I have found that linguistics was not my strong suit as and I tended to see the cosmos through images and ideas and not words. I have also come realize that I will not be constricted to one artistic medium. This has had its advantages and disadvantages and forced me to make decisions that test my convictions, not only to the process but an aesthetic philosophy as well. I have evolved a great deal over the last couple of years from a closet doodler into a creature that wants the world to see and experience my thoughts, ideas and art. This however has been short-circuited over and over by not artist blocks but by simple economics. However, at this point, the ideas and art have seen the light and now they must be created. To adapt to this new reality I have gone the way of the scavenger. Finding paper, ink, paint, objects, or any thing I can get my hands on just short of thievery so my art could come into existence. This has not just affected the process of assembling the work but the works concepts as well. My work is now a series of conglomerations of ideas and biographical forms that record my life’s journeys. These journeys have become personal mythologies of sorts. They have become to have the randomness of journal entries or sketchbook page and the dependability of truth that exists in a sea story. They are flat and have depth; they are painting and sculpture, ideas and dreams. Knowing this, and embracing these truths, I seek to tell my mythologies through the manipulation of found objects and ideas. The works are stories and fables that are sometimes superficial and obvious, and then sometimes hidden, but all meant to introduce myself to the universe. My goal with these works is to reveal the cosmic artistic being that I have become and am becoming.

snow

another round with old man winter...Clearing the drive way feels a lot like the last crit. progress but you know your gonna have to do it all again after the next storm, and in the mean time all you want to do is drink some thing warm and shiver in a corner.

next on the agenda

! I am trying (I think) to bring this feeling into three dimensions
I can not get my artist statement to say this however. what I wantis to just work and like my pieces just exist...oh and have to not panic when trying to explian this to the masses.

IT'S About Statement

ITS ABOUT MY PERSONAL MYTHOLOGY.

Thanks

To All My Classmates Thanks for your support real do appreciate it and it does help me to "Just Get on With It"

Just words this time. crit was at least for me brutal. I have never felt so unsure about my direction since starting school. I have to re work my " concept " and find some cohesion or at the very least some words that explain the work. I know it was trying to make me better but I feel that I should abandon ship and reevaluate. But in the spirit of moving forward have come to two things that I want to stand firm on. the first being the all black color. I feel it brings the viewer in to a more intimate connection with the work. The second I start the large one over as it does not have the interaction with space as the two smaller ones. other than that I am lost. I think some of you saw the large scale sketch book pages that was working on that is the feel I want with this work but in a dimensional environment. Well We will See I am Off the seek Inspiration( after the pit of despair).

Some changes to work you have already seen
crit with bob went well, and now have some new directions as well as new artists to look @. Nancy Graves , and Jakie Winsor work could have some new influences

OUR FEARLESS LEADER

Senior Project Notes

The Gilchrist Manifesto

In search for my place in the world I have found that linguistics was not my strong suit and I tended to see the cosmos through images and ideas. This has had its advantages and disadvantages and forced me to make decisions that test my convictions, not only to the process but an aesthetic philosophy as well. I have evolved a great deal over the last couple of years from a closet doodler into a creature that wants the world to see and experience my thoughts, ideas and art. This however has been short-circuited over and over by not artist blocks but by simple economics. However, at this point, the ideas and art have seen the light and now they must be created. To adapt to this new reality I have gone the way of the scavenger. Finding paper, ink, paint, or any thing I can get my hands on just short of thievery so my art could come into existence. My work is now a series of conglomerations of ideas and biographical forms that record my life’s journeys. Knowing this, and embracing these truths, I seek to tell these tales through those found objects and ideas. The works are stories and fables that are sometimes superficial, and then sometimes hidden but meant to introduce me to the universe. My goal with these works is to reveal the cosmic artistic being that I have become and am becoming.