1993

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Artist Statement

Modernism has generally realized two different approaches to abstract art. These are:

the artist constructs one’s artwork via a process which involves the distortion and re-invention of what is perceived in reality or
the artwork is a product of an idea, thought or emotional state, i.e. it is an internal, abstract structure made concrete or real by the process of constructing art.

These paintings are primarily concerned with the latter approach, thus they have little in common with outward appearance or external description. References given to landscapes or figures refer to conjured entities or alternate realities, therefore each painting has a contrived system of relationships within itself.

Thus, in a sense, they are painted from the inside out.

 

David Hawley
1994