SELECTED WORKS ON CANVAS 2018
Selected works are from the series “Lessons in Remembering Pt 1.”
LESSONS IN REMEMBERING PT. 1
"Lessons in Remembering Pt 1." is an abstract expressionist body of work expressing a life lived, memories gained and visions of what could be brought forth for eyes to see. Our memories are extremely important and vital to our human existence. Memory is the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. Our brains are a wondrous, complex, mysterious creation with the ability to store and throw away information at an incredible pace. Why do we forget certain moments and why do we remember certain moments? Our senses have the ability to trigger memories of people, places and emotions upon a moments notice. As the artist grows older he continues to practice remembering as a way to not forget things that he should always have in the forefront of his mind.
We are the collectors of time. This series of work is a collection of bits and pieces of memory and reflection. Each work is a representation of things that can not be spoken. The artist uses color as thought or reflection, texture as metaphor, line representing story in constant flux, marks exclaiming chaos and negative space welcoming cosmos, welcoming the audience into his memory.
“We can climb inside the cupboard and close the doors behind us, or climb inside, sit against the back wall, leave the doors wide open and remember it all.” - Ty Nathan Clark
58x30” acrylic, charcoal, graphite, pastel, thread, embroidery thread and cloth on raw canvas.