featured artist ted knerr, new york |
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Rumi, the ancient Persian poet, wrote, "Do you think I know what I am doing? ... As much as a pen knows what it is writing". |
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| #3-1991, the balance of feeling, thought and spirit, acrylic/canvas, 80x96 in | ||
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I try to let go of control and let my art find it's own way. |
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| #6-1991, acrylic/canvas, 78x96 in | ||
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Creativity comes through the window of ideas from outside conscious control. |
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| #4-1993, acrylic/canvas, 80x64 in | ||
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The experience amazes me by exceeding my plans and abilities. |
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| #13-1995, zen light, acrylic/canvas, 66x42 in | ||
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After 2001, white areas begin to open up the space and lighten the atmosphere. In this simplified space, objects begin to take on more individual shapes. |
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| #9-1996, acrylic/canvas, 48 x 32 in | ||
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They no longer press against one another like cells in a honeycomb. |
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| #11-1996, acrylic/canvas 66 x 52 in | ||
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They are clearly seen as separate from the background, as actors engaged in a drama. |
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| #13-1996, acrylic/canvas, 12x11 in | ||
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Now the whites begin to break up the outer rectangle of the picture plane so the outside white space flows through the image. |
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| #1-1997, acrylic/canvas, 80 x 72 in | ||
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The white becomes a large field for the image to operate in. |
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| #1-2001, acrylic/canvas, 22 x 22 in | ||
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I broke out of 'the box' and found a wider perspective. |
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| #7-2001, acrylic/canvas, 20 x 26 in | ||
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The viewer sees the painting as one world among many. |
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| #1-2004, acrylic/canvas, 66 x 78 in | ||
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Launched on a new voyage but without yet knowing the destination. |
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| #1-2005, red rock desert, acrylic/canvas, 20 x 26 in | ||
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