Adela Andea
Houston, TX
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Artist's Statement:
The purpose of my artistic adventure is to understand the true depths of human state of being, the awareness to its environment, the impact of various phenomena over people emotions, the nature of human mind and its true vocation. As an artist during the process of creation I become a bridge between the subconscious intuition the final product. My art is a tremendous physical and intellectual effort, even when it is a release of energy from my subconscious mind. My hands, my eyes, my whole body feel intensely the emotions and the true passion for beauty, insisting on giving the desired shapes and colors. I want the painting to produce intense emotions that will wake up inside the desire of living fully, enjoy the beauty of creation and become more sensitive. I depict one image of one idea at the time, like the landscapes focusing only on one tree, one leaf or a flower to purposely depict the concealed feelings, as the vibrations from nature that have been suppressed in the modern busy living. People experience withdrawal from seeing beyond the visual perception. The connections with the true origins of life have been buried. The images I paint express the unwillingness of an individual to commingle with the world. In my every day life I surround myself with beautiful things that will keep my imagination and inspiration open to explore unknown paths. I carefully observe and isolate details of various objects, I explore the meaning of them, as symbols; using my imagination I experiment the reaction they might produce in different contexts not in a designated purpose. Before I start to paint, I record and prepare thousands of images in my visual memory over long periods of times. Then, when the perfect moment comes, I get absorbed in the process of making the painting. Over the years, I have not committed to the study of only one style to constrain myself from representing different complex ideas from various perspectives. I have not committed myself to represent a certain culture either, even though I was born and raised in Romania, influenced by Balkan?s culture until reaching maturity. I have not committed myself to gratify the recipients of the message, as I have never been concerned about getting pleasure, confirmation or security from painting. A painting constrained by norms has no character. From this point of view, painting is like love- it is about giving not receiving.
