UpNorth Apology
I am sorry, I cannot write an artist's statement.
Some say:
If I wanted to write about it, I'd have written a book.
I say:
I'm not a poet nor am I a novelist or a philosopher. I don't want to write. I cannot key press what it is I have done with a brush. I'd rather not talk about it. Paintings speak a universal language of their own. If you are a child not yet reading or an adult on the other side of the planet talking another tongue; you may use your eyes and that portion of your mind. You will get the picture.
I am not a raconteur nor am I an inspirational speaker. I am not an entertainer or an entrepreneur. From both sides I fear stages and distrust podiums. I do not promote a product. I know nothing of advertising. I am not a spiritual leader nor am I an example for children to follow.
I possess the talent for the tool handling skills of manual labour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist:
"No muse was (is?) identified with the visual arts of painting and sculpture. In ancient Greece (and the late modern conceptual era) sculptors and painters were (are) held in low regard, somewhere between freemen and slaves, their work was (and is) regarded as mere manual labour."
I am content with it. |