Reflection on Art within Society

“My work originates from the simple desire to make people aware of their surroundings. And this can include not just the physical but the psychologic world we are living in. This desire has at times led me to become involved in art works, which are as much politically motivated as they are aesthetically based, creating works focusing on some sobering realities of our age. An artist fights to maintain the integrity of our work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. As artists – and that should be, the acting individuals – we need to say something new, something not quite familiar; it’s that collection of those singular, personal visions, transformed from within the minds eye to the public, which is throughout time, throughout our own  history to come and form a definition of who we are and in a way why we are. It is a dialogue with not only our peers, but with people and times both before and during our time. For each of us cannot be defined by the brief physical time we exist in, but we have the ability to extend that time far beyond our physical existence; we are part of a collective consciousness, connected to one another through time by our work, images, thoughts and writings. We communicate to future generations what we are, what we have been, hopefully influencing for the better what we will become.

Thank you!”