Gallery With A Cause • Located in the New Mexico Cancer Center • Benefitting the NMCC Foundation
Please call gallery director Regina Held to arrange a private gallery tour, make a purchase, or ask any questions.
My work is about process. In abstraction, everyone gets to participate in the creative process. Viewers see the art, then feelings arise from the shapes and colors. These feelings then begin to trigger memories and associations which are a catalyst for our mind to absorb shapes within the painting. From there, the viewer ends up creating their own identifications with the forms and colors, thereby both participating in the artist’s vision and creating their own story.
I am essentially self-taught (although I have studied with various teachers) and have taken many classes. I believe that whether you attend art school or not, the true artist must be self-taught. You can learn about the technical aspects of making art, and that is the value of art school. But, in the long run (and for the long run) we all must explore the various mediums for years, so that we can meld who we are with our chosen medium. Then, the flow of creativity can become personal, in a very impersonal way, for both the artist and viewer.
Viewing a representational piece of art might appear easier because it is recognized immediately, but it is still as valuable to the viewer as nonrepresentational art because of its very personal viewing experience. However, non-representational art requires the viewer to let go of traditional recognition and then reassociate or open their minds to participate in this new abstraction before them. That once again, is the shared creative process.
