Reesworks

Saturday, January 30, 2010

BACKGROUND


MY WORK


My work currently hinges upon a precarious balance on the fulcrum of time. Place may be unclear or transparent. Forms may be recognizable or abstract. I take random acts strewn throughout my life and attempt to weave them into an abstract tapestry of beauty. I find structures of meaning for the seemingly chaotic—an aesthetic dance derived from the ugly or uneventful.

Life can seem like scattered, random acts strewn in an arbitrary manner, constrained only by days, weeks and years. I constantly attempt to find meaning and see patterns of beauty in overlapping, entangling events and the endless parade of images.

The formal properties of this body of work attempt to parallel symbolic meanings through the expression of formal elements. Opaque shapes push against the constraints of dark lines in opposition with the backgroundʼs transparency.

Stepping back from the surface of my lifeʼs canvas, I often find order, beauty and harmony in the chaotic messiness of living. The ebb and flow of countless events fill our daily lives, becoming part of a larger aesthetic where beauty can be revealed and potential meaning embraced.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE


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systematic observationsoil 2009 35” X 25”


relationship between chaosoil 2009 35” X 25”


incongruent vesselsoil 2009 35” X 25”


remnants of a lifeoil 2009 35” X 25”


emerging patternsoil 2009 35” X 25”


conditions of lifeoil 2009 35” X 25”


towards balanceoil 2009 35” X 25”


dynamics of actionoil 2009 35” X 25”


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potentials

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_potentials

behaving randomlyoil 2009 35” X 25”


analysis of chaosoil 2009 35” X 25”


PRINTS


TEACHER•ARTIST•RESEACHER


artistSaturday, January 30, 2010

teacherSaturday, January 30, 2010

researcherSaturday, January 30, 2010

"I will venture to conclude, however, that

what the arts were for-an embodiment

and reinforcement of socially shared

significances-is what we crave and are

perishing for today."

-ellen Dissanayake

About this project The Project is a collaborative experi-ment attempting to follow 50 visual jour-nals throughout their travels from state of Utah from February 2008 through Febru-ary 2009. The intent is to provide a vehi-cle for creative interaction between art educators, artists and strangers.

This project is an attempt to do two things. First, to help art interested people make connections with each other, and those they associate with through the passing of the Traveling Sketchbooks - person to person during the course of this upcoming year. Secondly, to chronicle and map the journey of these books and

share the images, writings, etc. with the community. This dynamic interaction between participants and what they share in the pages of these books should be an exciting journey. Contact James Rees at [email protected] or 801.373.6550 ext 3370

supported by! sponsored by Expression through personal contact 2008-2009

It has also been interesting to discover that the very system

which instructs and produces artists in schools, generally

causes art teachers to stop producing art. Here is an opportu-

nity to rediscover your creative side and express your

thoughts, either visually or in words. These sketchbooks will

spread out into the community and will return within the next

year.

THE

trave

ling

sket

chbook

PROJECT


organizational workSaturday, January 30, 2010

text teachingSaturday, January 30, 2010

other teachingSaturday, January 30, 2010

Robert Henri stated, “The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture-however unreasonable this may sound. The picture, if a picture results, is a by-product and may be useful, valuable, interesting as a sign of what has past. The object, which is in back of every true work of art, is

the attainment of a state of being, a more than ordinary moment of existence.”


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jamesreesart.com


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