Canopies- MFA Exhibition 2021
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MFA Exhibition 2021
The Fine Arts Center- Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
April 16th - 30th
Artist Statement: New Romanticism encapsulates the ominous, mysterious, and the yearning for intimacy or security. It can also be seen as the search for escapism amidst tumultuous sociopolitical strife, or even sought as a result of disenfranchisement. It is within this yearning for escapism into a world of beauty and mindfulness that I make my marks. What I offer my viewers is the essence of a moment and they are free to ruminate upon it as they need or wish. I believe that a world without dogmas, stigmas, politics, religion, indeed, one in which nature is allowed to flourish in all its splendor, would be a preferable world, and it is a window into this kind of world that I provide through mindful practice with ink, brush, and paint. I cannot solve the ills of the world, but what I can offer is a calling to set aside the time to simply be. I challenge all of my viewers to take the time to fully appreciate the beautiful compositions given us by nature and to walk with reverence when next they pass one of my friends along the trail.
Acknowledgements:
Sincerest thanks to my MFA Graduate Committee:
Mille Guldbeck, Chair
Dr. Andrew Hershberger
Dr. Barbara Bergstrom
Dennis Wojtkiewicz
John Balistreri
Additional thanks and due recognition to: The Burdick Family, The Clerrico Family, The Eden Family, The Lay Family, The Hensley Family, Frank Hobbs, Kristina Bogdanov, Danny, Cassie, Coop, Andrew Larrivee, Evan Richards, Alex Brunelle, Jessie Duggan, Danialle Hill, Noelle Davis, Liam Migdail-Smith, Sam Canterbury, Mark Dubovec, Megan, Connor, and everyone else who has supported my creative endeavors over the years. I love you all!
This show was dedicated to Chicago’s finest, Trizzy Trent Williams, for pushing me to realize my potential and charging me to keep creating.