| Marianne Devine |
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| Artist Statement (Forever changing) |
| Currently, most of my paintings involve portraits of youths. Although this came about unconsciously, I know that these images, regardless of gender, age, and features, are in fact self-portraits of myself as a child. Wheterh I am yielding to my childhood or, by the act of painting theseimages trying to flee from my past, is regardless to the piece. It is true that after creating these images, it soothes my mind to think that my viewer may be reminded of their own childhood. Adults too often forget that childhood is not all ice cream and cake as nostalgia may tell them. In all stages of life there is awkwardness, misunderstanding, confusion, anger, sadness, depression - all the feelings of adulthood apply to childhood as well. My pieces are reactionary. I am reacting to my intuition, my ID one might say. I react to my feelings at that moment. I react to my memories. I react to my image. I react to my surface and my medium. Something inside me takes over when I am painting. I no longer know, I can only respond. Oftentimes my work has a significant amount of empty space within the finished piece. This allows an open narrative for the viewers to fill in themselves. I greatly enjoy listening to my audiences' reactions to my work. These reactions can very greatly. Although I do not necessarily strive for any specific reaction, I am aware of the different feelings my work may invoke in my audience and think of this as positive. *I always have more artwork to put up! Check back periodically! |