These are my Current main concerns about my artwork specifically about my drawing practice. I would like to share them with you as a start of an ongoing conversation.
The mark is the building block of any
drawing.
Every mark has speed, direction and
power. Together, they create the energy of the mark.
The energy of a drawing subsequently,
is the collective energy of the marks that have gone into making it.
Harmony is the holy grail, and it
depends only upon the relationship and interaction between the marks
on any given surface.
Sometimes I sound like a scientist or a
mathematician when I talk about drawing. I find drawing to be the
emotional and sensual manifestation of mathematics.
Art is an interaction with the elements
that could lead to producing a statement. In drawing, these elements
are the medium, the instrument and the surface.
For example, using a wide range of
brushes allows me to apply the same ink to the same paper in so many
different ways.
Mark making is the foundation of both
drawing and writing. That is why a mark can express and communicate
shared human emotions.
I do not sketch or pre-design any of my
pieces. Every drawing is a unique experience and part of this
experience is the nature and the size of the surface.
I draw my marks as living forms. I want
them to look alive and I want them to feel alive. I want them to
carry human emotions.
Making a mark is an interaction of body
movement with the medium, the instrument and the surface.
Therefore a drawing sometimes feels
like the outcome of
a dance.
I do not work on subjects anymore. Even
when the drawings do express a subject, this is not intentional: I
start with mark making and that usually over time takes me into a
creative trance.
In my work I fear Repetition.
Repetition is death for any artist.
I did not set out to be a performance
artist. What happened is, I knew that mark making had a hypnotic
effect on me. But then I started to notice that just watching me
making my marks had a hypnotic effect on those who came often to
visit my studio. And then when I thought about it I said “WHY NOT?”
Maybe its just like a drum beat that has a hypnotic effect on both
the drummer and his audience.