Sworn To …
Richard Yasko (Gainesville, FL)
Watercolor / Ink, 16” W x 12” H
Artwork:
Too often the so called 1st Responder's oath ( Sworn to protect...) falls short. The obvious need to expand what is seen and expected is necessary as frequently the role to act as judge and jury is includer in the promise.
Artist Statement:
My watercolors often appear as a somewhat free-for-all assemblage of randomly selected images. Though images are selected by strictly casual visual criteria; associative relationships are often hard to avoid. The ground is a complex mix of patterning, reliefs, text commentaries & asides, along with clusterings of repeated images (my persistent Greek Chorus). Compositions rely heavily on subjective associations and formal parallels that open into a unique poetic vein. Stenciled phrases hint at allegory, building credence to a suggested story line. Patterns provide a way in which the entire composition is addressed as a continuous construction, my visual gameboard.
The multilayered images exist on a stage where the fragility and instability of our seemingly certain reality comes into question. I'm sure that most viewers will carry away a spark of an idea that will allow an exploration of beliefs and contemporary situations, possibly challenging their assumed realities in the process.
From the We're Doing It ALL Wrong® - 4th Annual Art Exhibition