These new images expand
the memory of my experiences. Hidden secrets partially revealed, trying
to blend realism with abstraction. My work is about reconstructing images
through a painterly vocabulary.
A theatrical, romantic
sense of place is the current theme. Color and drawing is inherent in
the surfaces. Moments are recalled. Color and image coincide. Synthesizing
my version of reality, I seek an easy recognition. I prefer to give the
viewer the opportunity to reach their own conclusions.
To me the best of
what the activity of painting has to offer at the end of the twentieth
century is a glimpse of life, transforming human activity into the surprising
language of the visual. What is seen is left up to the viewer to understand
individually.
To quote Kenneth Baker,
an American critic,
"Painting should be
carried on without cynicism or apology, like a heroic act. Painting is
the first and last refuge."
I reprocess all my
experiences. I am not the avant garde, I am the artist who comes after
the avant garde. I am concerned with the continuity of ideas. I let the
materials I use speak for themselves. I thrive on performance and energy
of one's own personal vision. I have to reaffirm the reality I can experience.
"Painting could be
a form of historic dreaming, bringing an artist near the gods, it allows
you to go out a door and reenter anew"
...Nathan Oliveira,
American Artist.
Jacqueline
Warren's Bio
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