The Great Wave |
artist's (non) statement
I have had to write several artist's statements over the years. To be honest, I'm getting fed up with it.
If I could explain what I'm doing in words I probably wouldn't need to paint.
And as for why I paint...
Well, I guess it's because I just can't help myself.
I think artists write statements in the hope that it will make people like their work. But I'm not sure you can improve pictures by talking about them.
If people do enjoy my work, that's nice. It usually turns out that they have something in common with me. A certain warped sense of humour, for one thing.
And if you don't like my work, that's fine by me. There are a lot of things I don't like either. I try not to let them bother me.
Anyway, thanks for visiting. Why not take a look at the interview page? It's much more interesting than this one.
Brian Pike, North Yorkshire, July 2010
Monster Performs Hamlet |
qualifications and appointments
Cambridge University
PhD in Philosophy
Research topic: human colour perception
Cambridge University
Tutor, Aesthetics
The Open University
Tutor, Philosophy of the Arts
are you still here?
I thought you were supposed to be going to the interview page.
What Houses do at Night |