Shimko Art

Artist Statement:

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Curiosity is the foundation of everything.

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Art is expansiveness. Expansiveness is open; no territory markers to see = infinite possibilities. 

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My paintings are mind-frolicking-idea-collages pieced together after wandering around woods and waterways of South Carolina then scratching an infinite learning itch in sociology, philosophy, mythology, anthropology, psychology, current events, etc.

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Contemplation of our human relationship with the natural world is frequent– whether it’s how we pollute waterways or how we use animals as symbols to express our emotions.

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Hopefully, the  bright colors and child-like dream-logic are a pretty sweetener easing the medicine of darker underlying themes (i.e. an extinct Carolina Parakeet).

 

Slight cheekiness in my paintings satisfies an acknowledgment of the absurdity of life.

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When asked "what does this mean" the favorite reply is a quote by Marcel Duchamp: "The viewer completes the work of art."