Sculpted Creatures – Untitled 7 Painting

An original painting from the Sculpted Creatures series. Each piece from this collection does not need a frame as the edges are painted all around, please see images attached. The concept behind this series is geared towards the overlap of natural and synthetic patterns. This is all indicated through the artistic process and the use of material. Embodying a very direct indication of the process of life, my paintings show growth, deterioration, and ultimately death through the use of clay. Growth and movement come about from the 3-dimentional forms, giving off the impression that they are alive. The connecting and overlapping patterns create webs that also give off the feeling of multiplying. While deterioration and death are portrayed through the broken pieces and remains that create textured backgrounds. Like wise the use of material is also a parody of my artistic concept of man vs nature. As the plastic (a very man made material) connects each clay figurine (ultimately the most natural material), the technique becomes a reflection of how we attempt to live with nature but regretfully in the process we tend to destroy it or modify it. We do try our hardest to sustain our planet and help it continue to coexist with us, which means in the meantime there is still room for both of us. Hopefully that will continue to be the case in the future as well.. Out of all the things we own in the world, nature is our most precious possession. It is such a luxury to be able to live on our planet that has absolutely no limits of dazzling us.