Back to artwork again. It seems that so much of my art carries a very similar theme. The theme being “dross”. The impurities that bubble up to the surface.
My current painting in progress called “Beauty for Ashes” is becoming a triptych and has also engulfed my new sculptural project.
I pondered what to do for a show called Go Figure which is specifically geared towards recycling and using objects found in the trash, to be thrown away or found on the ground. The minimum size requirement is 48" tall so I needed height. I started looking for a table base and I already had an old beat up ammunition box previously purchased a few years back at a yard sale. I ended up finding a table base about a week ago - no table top just the perfect base. It even had a broken leg that had been glued back on. It wasn't in the trash but it was only $5.
So there it sits, the table base with the box on top waiting for me to fill it with trash..or should I say recycled found objects.
My intention was to create something with the theme of self worth or self esteem...then I thought I really don't have a grasp on the self esteem concept yet. Coming from a past of anti-depressants and therapy, the world's concept of self esteem was engraved onto my mind. I therefore didn't have the correct interpretation of it...yet. Maybe someday - so I then thought of the Beauty for Ashes painting. Why not make a series? Ok. So the concept of self esteem will now be burned, the impurities surfacing to the top, the ashes blown away.
Who are we any way? Is our identity in what we do or wear or feel? Do we really need to feel acceptance from our neighbor, friend, peer? When I was young I would say yes, a definitive “YES” and the way I lived my life proved that I believed this. Now, a definitive “NO!” Oh how I wish I knew that when I was young.
More to come...
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