S I Mette

Artist's Statement -

What is it all about?

There is a 'Moment' in time - a snapshot - in which we are not conscious of being apart from the flow of life here on earth.

As animals seem to us, we do the same; we go about our lives, integrated, our heads down; we are lost inside this human condition.

This 'Moment' is when we shift over the threshold of that unconsciousness, that integration, from the human mindscape, and notice the world again.

The Moment and its inherent themes are:

-Recognition of juxtaposition
-Perceptibility of spacetime
-And, finally, peace

This Moment is what I capture through my art.

By drawing, illustrating, and painting the seemingly mundane, rendering that which others caught up in the 'daily grind' cannot see, I can tattoo my brain with every Moment that comes to me.

This is what it is all about.

I invite you to come with me on the journey and know The Moment as I have come to know it.

S. I. Mette

*2008 Junior Undergrad in Photography // University of South Dakota

*2000 Wilbur Stillwell Exhibition USD
*2002 Wilber Stillwell Exhibition USD
*Awarded 1st and 2nd Place in the Drawing category in the 2022 US Army Arts & Crafts Competition
*Honorable mention in the 2022 Luxembourg Art Prize