Sean Palmatier talks abouts his work as follows: Since I began painting in non-representational abstractions my approach has been to do so as if I were painting a place of physical substance rather than just applying paint to surface. Through the development of this work I have come to see the evolution of multiple repeating expressive elements. They manifest themselves in ways unique to particular psychological and emotional states. More recently I have come to know these “expressive elements” as you would characters in a play. Three of them, so far, that influence the world depicted in my canvases. One is usually dominant but they are all ever-present to maintain the balance between each other. As I explored these characters it seemed only fitting to give them names. KING-King represents structure, stability, order and strength. He is resolve in the face of adversity. He is reason. King tends to manifest himself in forms that reflect these traits. Solid, three-dimensional geometric forms are his signature.
HAND-Creation incarnate. Driven to constant movement, light, and playfulness. Hand perpetually tastes life for the first time. He breathes life into the world through color and his sense of humor is seen, for example, in the juxtaposition of flatness of form in deep space.
RAGDOLL-Ragdoll lives in darkness and noise. He is a sentient defense mechanism, reacting in adrenaline-fueled, snap movements. Ragdoll is chaos, he simply doesn’t know any better.
Sean Palmatier 2008
