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BACKGROUND


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MY WORK


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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                    My work currently hinges upon a precarious balance on the fulcrum of time. Place may be unclear
                    or transparent. Forms may be recognizable or abstract. I take random acts strewn throughout my
                    life and attempt to weave them into an abstract tapestry of beauty. I find structures of meaning for
                    the seemingly chaotic—an aesthetic dance derived from the ugly or uneventful.

                    Life can seem like scattered, random acts strewn in an arbitrary manner, constrained only by days,
                    weeks and years. I constantly attempt to find meaning and see patterns of beauty in overlapping,
                    entangling events and the endless parade of images.

                    The formal properties of this body of work attempt to parallel symbolic meanings through the
                    expression of formal elements. Opaque shapes push against the constraints of dark lines in
                    opposition with the backgroundʼs transparency.

                    Stepping back from the surface of my lifeʼs canvas, I often find order, beauty and harmony in the
                    chaotic messiness of living. The ebb and flow of countless events fill our daily lives, becoming part
                    of a larger aesthetic where beauty can be revealed and potential meaning embraced.




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                                 systematic observations
                                 oil 2009 35” X 25”



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relationship between chaos
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incongruent vessels
                               oil 2009 35” X 25”



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remnants of a life
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emerging patterns
                             oil 2009 35” X 25”



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conditions of life
                              oil 2009 35” X 25”



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towards balance
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dynamics of action
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behaving randomly
                               oil 2009 35” X 25”



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analysis of chaos
                              oil 2009 35” X 25”



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PRINTS



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TEACHER•ARTIST•RESEACHER

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artist
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teacher
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researcher
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THE




                                                  sketchbook
                             traveling
                                                 PROJECT

                             "I will venture to conclude, however, that
                             what the arts were for-an embodiment
                             and reinforcement of socially shared
                             significances-is what we crave and are
                             perishing for today."

                             -ellen Dissanayake


                             About this project                                This project is an attempt to do two       share the images, writings, etc. with the
                                                                           things. First, to help art interested people   community.
                                  The Project is a collaborative experi-   make connections with each other, and               This dynamic interaction between
                             ment attempting to follow 50 visual jour-     those they associate with through the          participants and what they share in the
                             nals throughout their travels from state of   passing of the Traveling Sketchbooks -         pages of these books should be an exciting
                             Utah from February 2008 through Febru-        person to person during the course of this     journey.
                             ary 2009. The intent is to provide a vehi-    upcoming year. Secondly, to chronicle               Contact James Rees at
                             cle for creative interaction between art      and map the journey of these books and         jamesr@provo.edu or 801.373.6550 ext
                             educators, artists and strangers.                                                            3370


                               supported by!         sponsored by                            Expression through personal contact 2008-2009
                                                                                             It has also been interesting to discover that the very system
                                                                                             which instructs and produces artists in schools, generally
                                                                                             causes art teachers to stop producing art. Here is an opportu-
                                                                                             nity to rediscover your creative side and express your
                                                                                             thoughts, either visually or in words. These sketchbooks will
                                                                                             spread out into the community and will return within the next
                                                                                             year.




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organizational work
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text teaching
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other teaching
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Robert Henri stated, “The object of
                             painting a picture is not to make a
                             picture-however unreasonable this
                             may sound. The picture, if a picture
                             results, is a by-product and may be
                             useful, valuable, interesting as a sign
                             of what has past. The object, which
                             is in back of every true work of art, is
                             the attainment of a state of being,
                             a more than ordinary moment of
                             existence.”

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jamesreesart.com


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