1 00:00:04,150 --> 00:00:06,440 >> AS A PAINTER, I'M INTERESTED 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,000 WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,400 SPACES AROUND US AND OUR 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,360 IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS, HOW WE 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,440 RELATE AND INTERACT WITH PLACES 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:16,400 THAT ARE FAMILIAR TO US. 7 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:18,760 SO A LOT OF MY WORK, FOR 8 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:20,360 SEVERAL YEARS, HAS BEEN, 9 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:21,880 REALLY, ABOUT THESE AREAS THAT 10 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,880 ARE QUITE EMPTY OR QUIET. 11 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,280 THINGS YOU MIGHT EASILY PASS BY 12 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,360 THAT DON'T RECEIVE A LOT OF 13 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,560 ATTENTION, BUT I FIND THOSE TO 14 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:32,920 BE AREAS THAT ARE QUITE 15 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,760 PEACEFUL AND PLACES FOR 16 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:36,560 INTROSPECTION. 17 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:38,200 BEING IN THOSE PLACES ALLOWS 18 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,480 FOR CAREFUL ATTENTION, NOTICING 19 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:44,720 AND JUST THE ACT OF SEEING AND 20 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:46,760 LOOKING AND USING IMAGINATION 21 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,720 TO THINK OF MAYBE A DIFFERENT 22 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,400 FUTURE FOR THAT SPACE OR 23 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,700 IMAGINE THE HISTORY OF A SPACE. 24 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:56,400 >> MY PROCESS USUALLY INVOLVES, 25 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,840 FIRST, JUST EXPERIENCING A 26 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:00,920 PLACE OR A SPACE I AM 27 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,160 INTERESTED IN OR THAT IS 28 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:03,440 FAMILIAR TO ME. 29 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:04,960 REALLY, IF I JUST SEE SOMETHING 30 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:08,000 THAT I AM CURIOUS ABOUT OR 31 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,640 STUMBLE UPON SOMETHING THAT 32 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:10,920 MAYBE I HAVEN'T NOTICED BEFORE 33 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:12,360 IN A PLACE I HAVE BEEN MANY 34 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,480 TIMES, THAT ACT OF NOTICING IS 35 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:16,320 INTRIGUING TO ME. 36 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:18,520 SO I AM USUALLY COMPELLED TO 37 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,880 EITHER JUST TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH, 38 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,560 A VIDEO, DO A DRAWING. 39 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,080 A LOT OF TIMES, AN IMAGE WILL 40 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,400 STRIKE ME AS JUST SEEING 41 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,000 SOMETHING AND THINKING, I WANT 42 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,280 TO PAINT THAT. 43 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,800 SO IT KIND OF EVOLVES FROM 44 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:33,560 THERE. 45 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,320 I HAVE ALWAYS JUST LOVED 46 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:35,800 DRAWING. 47 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,600 DRAWING FEELS LIKE MY FIRST 48 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,760 LANGUAGE, RATHER THAN EVEN 49 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,800 SPEAKING OR, UM, WRITING. 50 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,400 I DO A LOT ON SITE AND A LOT OF 51 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:48,720 TIMES I'LL COME BACK TO THE 52 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,480 STUDIO AND KIND OF PIECE 53 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,280 TOGETHER IMAGES OR MEMORY OR 54 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:55,960 THOSE SKETCHES OR THOUGHTS THAT 55 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:57,480 I HAD, LIKE, COMBINING ALL 56 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:58,600 THESE FRAGMENTS TO KIND OF 57 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,800 COLLAGE TOGETHER MORE OF A 58 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,720 UNIFIED PIECE. 59 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,920 >> A LOT OF THE AREAS I PAINT 60 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,240 OR THE IMAGES THAT I AM 61 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,920 INTERESTED IN FEEL SILENT. 62 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:12,240 AND THEY FEEL STILL. 63 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,920 I WANT THAT SENSATION TO PULL 64 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:17,040 THE VIEWER IN AND BE MORE 65 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,520 INTROSPECTIVE OF THEIR OWN 66 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,600 INTERPRETATION OF MAYBE THEIR 67 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,080 OWN SURROUNDINGS OR THEIR 68 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,960 EXPERIENCE OF THE WORK THAT IS 69 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:26,600 PRESENT IN FRONT OF THEM. 70 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,520 IN A LOT OF THE IMAGES ARE 71 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,200 EITHER OBSCURED OR KIND OF 72 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,520 AMBIGUOUS SO THERE IS THIS 73 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,240 UNDERLYING FAMILIARITY THAT I 74 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,320 THINK IS NICE FOR OTHER PEOPLE 75 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,000 TO RELATE TO. 76 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,400 >> SOME OF THE PUBLIC ART 77 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,120 PROJECTS THAT I'VE DONE IN THE 78 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,200 PAST HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF 79 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,480 MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE 80 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,320 COMMUNITY EFFORT WITH 81 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,960 ORGANIZATIONS OR PARTNERS HERE 82 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:56,960 IN SPRINGFIELD. 83 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,160 I DO LIKE BEING PART OF A 84 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,280 LARGER PROJECT THAT IS NOT JUST 85 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:02,680 MY ARTISTIC VISION. 86 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:04,760 IT'S A GROUP EFFORT. 87 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,400 THAT WAY IT IS MORE 88 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:06,760 REPRESENTATIVE AS US AS A 89 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,760 COMMUNITY RATHER OF JUST AN 90 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:14,040 INDIVIDUAL AS AN ARTIST. 91 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,880 >> REALLY, I FIND INSPIRATION 92 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,440 FROM JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. 93 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:19,640 I KNOW THAT IS SUCH A BROAD 94 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:21,800 ANSWER BUT I TRULY BELIEVE 95 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,160 THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS BORING. 96 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,520 AND NO MATTER WHAT SMALL DETAIL 97 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,080 YOU HAPPEN TO COME ACROSS, YOU 98 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,440 CAN DRILL DOWN INTO KIND OF THE 99 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,720 INERT ENERGY OF WHATEVER THAT 100 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,960 THING IS. 101 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,800 FOR INSPIRATION, I MEAN, A 102 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,440 VACANT PARKING LOT, I FOCUSED 103 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,040 ON PAINTING VACANT PARKING LOTS 104 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,520 FOR A VERY LONG TIME OR JUST 105 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:45,760 SOMETHING I SEE WHEN I AM 106 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,520 WALKING TO MY STUDIO. 107 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,760 I THINK THE ART-MAKING PROCESS, 108 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,760 FOR ME, IS QUITE ANALOGOUS ALSO 109 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,080 TO LIKE A MEDITATION PRACTICE. 110 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,520 AND IN THAT SENSE, ART-MAKING 111 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,720 IS A WAY OF THINKING, A WAY OF 112 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,960 JUST BEING AND EXPERIENCING THE 113 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,520 WORLD AROUND US. 114 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,000 I THINK EVEN JUST VIEWING ART, 115 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,120 APPRECIATING IT, IS SIMILAR IN 116 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:12,760 THAT WAY, THAT YOU ARE CREATING 117 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,360 MEANING, YOU'RE MAKING 118 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,200 INTERPRETATIONS THAT CONNECT TO 119 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,640 YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE. 120 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,240 I DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING FIGURED 121 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,440 OUT AT THE BEGINNING. 122 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,380 I ALMOST NEVER DO. 123 00:04:24,380 --> 00:04:27,680 >> RIGHT NOW THAT I AM IN 124 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:28,960 GRADUATE SCHOOL, I WORK WITH A 125 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,960 LOT OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. 126 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,560 AND ONE THING I SEE, UM, FOR A 127 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,400 YOUNGER GENERATION OF ARTISTS 128 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,360 THAT I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL IS 129 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:41,960 JUST THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT 130 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:43,400 IS A PRACTICE. 131 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,360 IT'S NOT KIND OF A FINISH LINE 132 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:46,240 THAT YOU GET TO. 133 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,800 IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS. 134 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,720 IT'S A --IT'S KIND OF A 135 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:50,920 LIFESTYLE, IT'S A WAY OF 136 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:52,560 THINKING, IT'S A WAY OF JUST 137 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:57,560 BEING IN THE WORLD.