{"id":2783,"date":"2021-02-17T09:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsolbergart.com\/blog\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2021-03-27T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T19:41:49","slug":"artists-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/artists-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist’s Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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My first memory related to art is at the age of five in kindergarten at Oakdale Elementary School in Salina, Kansas. Wearing a little painting smock, I remember standing before a child’s two-sided easel with the paint pots in the tray at the bottom and being totally mesmerized by the moving blob of red paint that I had just brushed on the paper. I watched it run all the way down the length of the paper. I was\u00a0hooked!<\/p>

From then on, I have created art all of my life. I recall only a very few times over the years when I was not doing something involved with art. Even before attaining my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from The University of Kansas, I participated in numerous art classes and professional workshops. I lived in England for three years during my early twenties which was an inspiring and educational experience for me in many ways. It was there that I first became interested in ancient civilizations — a pursuit that continues to influence my work to this\u00a0day.<\/p>

The initial inspiration for my art is place, whether familiar Kansas landscapes or new vistas from travels. I have visited many important Native American sites in the Southwest and the Midwest of the USA. A recent trip to Belgium, Scotland, and to the islands of Orkney, Shetland, and the Outer Hebrides will, without a doubt, influence my current work. In my travels, I always explore the history and culture of each place, and then imagery and meanings of the visit appear in my work upon returning to the studio. I am waiting for this recent travel muse to tap me on the\u00a0shoulder!<\/p>

A painter for many years, I have worked in a variety of media including pastel, acrylic and oil, as well as the printmaking processes of lithography and monoprinting. I like combining these techniques in the form of collage using found objects such as wood, stones, bones, and shells that may be affixed to a painted background or to a piece of handmade paper. Attaching objects to the paper with linen cord serves a practical purpose, and at the same time, the exposed hand-stitching becomes a design element and adds a desirable texture to the\u00a0piece.<\/p>

I find that working in two distinct styles of landscape — realism and the collage technique of combining disparate three-dimensional elements — complements each phase of my work. It keeps my work fresh, and opens up new ideas for experimenting in each medium. Eyes wide open, I still look in wonder at the red paint running along the edge, and I know I will never lose my enthusiasm for\u00a0creating!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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My first memory related to art is at the age of five in kindergarten at Oakdale Elementary School in Salina, Kansas. Wearing a little painting smock, I remember standing before a child<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[102,104],"tags":[109,110,108],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5180,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2783\/revisions\/5180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bsolbergart.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}