A true master of perspective manipulation.

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I have always loved the way that Escher pushes the viewer to consider the shifting nature of perception.

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

This slideshow contains large and small works that I have managed to fit into my life. Assembling this collection has been an exercise in establishing my own identity as an artist within my own perception of myself. This slide show consists of numerous chapters in the story of the evolution of my work. The chronilogical nature of the show has permitted me to view it as such. Through this activity I have manage to select specific pieces that I feel will be suitable for grant applications and shows. It is much easier to use this as a tool for the process of selection than it would ever be to actually view all of the work during that process. If for no other reason than this I am determined to continue to learn more about the digital resources available to artists. I am behind the times but I will share what I learn as I get caught up. I hope that it helps me learn to market my work and provide some insight for others trying to do the same.

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Captive Bird-Gabe Brown. See more by this artist at gabebrownstudio.com

Night Garden

Night Fire

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Artist Statement at Still Standing Display

Perceptive perspective

Is your destination an illusion?

In your aimless meandering are you exploring,

Or escaping from the shelter that became your confinement?

Has your stabilizing anchor become the albatross that holds you down?

Does your protective mask blind you?

Have your braces become your obstacles?

Have your sanctified boundaries become insurmountable limitations?

Has your desire become impotent obsession?

Do you feel safe in the darkness or the light?

Are you safe or STIFLED?

Has the sweetness you once craved begun to make you nauseous?

Is it too complacent to compete with the obstacles we all must overcome?

After your escape and celebrated freedom,

Were you lost?

Opposing forces shifting, shape our world.

We move between, around and among them.

Obstacles fall before us and around us.

Perception stagnates in the façade.

In the shadow of momentum’s change

Art is the power to influence perspective.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

Do not confront the simple darkness that holds us as we contemplate

the moments of the closing day and anticipate the promise of tomorrow. 

Confront the suffocating ashes of disillusion and despair that deny Today.

Hope and despair exist in the same moment. 

The dual nature of perspective gives me a choice.

Art gives me the power to document the balance. 

It allows me to record the simultaneous existence of both. 

Balance is necessary to compete against the unknown thing that feeds 

on our forgotten dreams and burns the bridges to our achievements. 

It is the unknown thing that forces us to exchange our hope for drudgery

as it blinds us to the grand, fleeting moments of grace that happen in an instant. Without the stability to perceive Grace, life is just motion looking for a place to rest. 

This work is not about observing moments of grace. 

It is about living them. 

slk

Still Standing 2009

Multi-media: photography and paper sculpture.
This piece surrounds a sample of the artist's original written work. Each frame in the piece displays the artist's interpetation of the phases in the cycle of coping with chronic pain. From healthy social interaction to the agony and isolation that attaches itself to this existence the artist shows the balance that may be achieved in adaptation. The artist also acknowledges the endless repetition of the cycle and the grace that can be found in the fleeting moments of acceptance.