Friday, June 1, 2012

Artist Statement


Self-existence has always been the focus I attempt to explore in both my 3-D and 2-D work. Being aware of our existence, life's biggest bound is time; therefore, time is what life is made out of. It's the bound that defines our individual freedom, perfection, and understand our relational attachments. All in all, my concept of time revolves around that balance of thoughts and actions motivated by current or future uncertainties that contribute to identity. 

However, there is no absolute truth to accepting a perfect identity if one’s identity changes constantly throughout existence. We are born and we die, in between is the time that offers bounds and attachments that must be understood closely for self-perfection. My work usually renders ideas of my concept with surreal imagery as way for my audience to separate familiar forms of physical realities from the states of emotions that manifest into our spirit; which all together affect the way we maintain our spirit and survival. I feel that over the years my work aims to gather an audience that can relate to my idea of pursuing self-perfection through questions that represent absolute answers. 

The personal attachment rendered in my art has led me to explore self-defining questions my viewers can relate to; simply questioning their own attachment. How do you want to be remembered? If it is to make your "attached" loves ones proud of you, will you yourself be proud? What do you want for yourself so that you alone can be truthfully proud of yourself, as well as you're loved ones proud of you? The point to expand questions is to remind oneself the significance of change from knowing who we are and how we affect not only ourselves, but the attachments that surround and define us.

Template of Existence, Fall 2011

"SEED"


 "PASS-AWAY COMPASS"
"THE MORAL COMPASS OF 7 DEADLY SINS"



2-D Pecil Work & 3-D Encaustic Painting, 2011 -12



"BALANCED NATURE"



"THERAPEUTIC DELUSIONS"
"TEETH DECAYED SPIRAL"


"HE PINGPING's LIVING DEATH"

Routine Identity, Spring 2011



                     "THE 5 SENSES OF ROUTINE"


                                                          "IDENTITY COMPASS"
 





















                                        "THE TIME BETWEEN BIRTH AND DEATH"

Surreal Youth Understanding, Winter 2011



"Uncertainty"










































"Fears"


"Insecurities"

ILLUSTRATION CONCEPTS, FALL 2010


Magazine Product Advertisement Illustration Concept.




           Modernized Cover Illustration Concept for Rumpelstiltskin.


   Magazine Article Illustration Concept for Conspiracy Article.
Artist Resume

Education
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. 2007-2012
BFA Studio Art, Drawing and Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture
Minor: Applied Computer Science

Shows
- CWU Annual Juried Student Art Show, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery Student Artist 2012

  Ceramic work "Pass-Away Compass" accepted in Juried Art Show.

- Eveleth Green Gallery: CWU Art Department Ceramics, curated by CWU ceramics professor,
  Stephen Robison, MAR  2 - APR 2   2012.

 Ceramic Works "Pass-Away Compass" and "Seed" entered as part of the CWU Department of Art
 Ceramics show.

Experiences
Acrylic Painting Conceptual Commercial Illustration, Ceramic Hand-Building (Figurative Work), Oil Painting (Surreal and Figurative) and Drawing (Surreal, Ink and Charcoal), Metal Welding, Bronze & Slip Casting.

Assisted in gallery setup for Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition: Ricardo Farias.
2012, MAY.

Contact
Email: PaculanL@cwu.edu