Sean Timothy Palmatier- BFA, Montserrat College of Art, Fine Arts concentration-- Artist statement: Passion is the driving force of all creative endeavors but the expression of passion alone has no context. Our ability to reason and reflect gives us the ability to define points of reference for our emotional experience. Color, in my work, is the direct expression of my emotional state at the time that a painting is created and although these works are not created from any direct visual references there are spatial and dimensional implications. This is the result of the initial drawing process which is a combination of gestural mark-making, imagination and an, admittedly, analytical nature. This gives the expression of my emotional state a psychological framework within which in can exist in context. The forms can appear to be organic or architectural, can jut out into space or fade into flatness but all is done with the intention of trying to articulate a state of being at a moment in time. -Sean T. Palmatier, 2008-- Show opens September 2, 2008 and runs through September 20th with opening reception on September 11, 2008 5PM to 7PM.
