Artist Statement
I am an artist whose work offers
insight into the changing urban environment through creative observation. My artworks are layered multi media
compositions based on a photograph I take and then transform using a unique
combination of skilled printmaking techniques and spontaneous expressionistic
painting.
My body of work is a study of how individual experiences
define one’s environment. The
subject matter is buildings destined for demolition that represent a past experience
I want to preserve. Much like
nostalgia brought on by a forgotten taste, smell or image, mundane buildings
and street corners become important symbols of time and place that echo a
collective experience. Often it is only through unexpected loss that the value
of what has gone is realized. My
work is an acknowledgement of what has passed and its importance to the
present. This past can be any time
from just a mere moment ago to something taken many years before. Familiar
imagery can freeze time, allowing individual histories to be recalled and
shared once more.
— Stacey M. Carter, 2010
|
|
|