Artist's
Statement
In
my work I examine man's vulnerability; especially within the context of
the various natural events that we are destined to live through. Before I
express an emotion or idea or a particular feeling in my art, I refer to
the real experiences that I've had in my own life as a basis for
comparison. The materials I use become an extension of my emotional life,
my feelings and my ideas. When I suffer life's blows and shocks I am more
prolific as an artist. I understand that it is a matter of my own pure
need to purge the demons within me, to release and to interpret my
vulnerability and my incapacity to rationalize life's different
circumstances. Through my work I liberate myself.
I try to represent in my work the numerous aspects and nuances of a
singular human emotion. And I explore many different emotional states of
mind. I am particularly interested in the internal struggle of modern man;
his need for love and his capacity for hate and envy, man's constant
battle to survive, his anguish, his pride, the arrogance and abuse of
power, the genocides, etc.
I ask myself how the various psychological events of life affect, mark,
and create each individual personality. How and why can the same event
affect different people with so many different results? I am curious about
motivation, its relationship to experiential reality and finally the
decisions we make. I like to call what I do with my art
"psycho-expressionism."