Organic shapes in art
For me, creating abstract art with an raw, almost telepathic sensitivity, listening to my intuition is most important. Organic pigments, leaves, branches, berries, stones, etc., an assemblage of natural materials, a wooden sculpture, stones stacked/placed along a river…….or even crop circles, they are all examples of what I would term a form of "Organic Art". Maybe the viewer will re-live an atmospheric memory in their relationship to nature.I aim for that familiarity.Īrt can also be deemed “Organic” by the materials an artist is using. They are organic markings of the passage of time. Time reveals itself through rotted wood, new growth poking up thru dead grass, strata on the side of a mountain, an explosion of color, all these things show the evolution of our Earth. Macro and micro organic occurrences that are ongoing constantly, natural progressions that pertain to the passage of time. I’m intrigued by micro assemblages, tucked just below the surface, unusual hidden worlds that are actually complete in themselves. Many of them so strikingly familiar to us, their different stages as they progress thru evolution. I study the intricacies in nature we come across daily. I saw examples of "Art" here and there amidst the flowing stream, rocks, weeds, and grasses, and was intrigued by the build up of different layers that each new season brought. I first thought about the concept of “Organic Art” while walking the creek bed behind my home in Malibu, Ca. When referring to Art with the term Organic attached, we naturally will conjure up pictures in our minds of natural flowing things, a lush landscape, a gnarled tree, maybe a flowing abstract. When you think of the word organic now days, you obviously first think of the produce we buy everyday, or anything with a natural look and feel to it. I'm very fortunate to have had two parents, supporters of the arts, my Mom always dragging me out of the pool wet green hair and all, off we would go to a gallery opening or special museum show. I have very strong beliefs in helping our environment, and concerns for the future of our planet. I know my fascination with the Earth, was born there in that magical environment.
I grew up next door to 5 boys and just up the hill from a mysterious swamp. As a child my Mom had to drag me inside every night.
I’ve always been more comfortable outside than in, I just prefer nature to walls. I’m writing about “ Organic Art “, and what that means to me, as people have tagged me…"The Organic Artist". The word Organic can be applied to a variety of subjects. Involving organisms or the products of their life processes.Constituting an integral part of a whole fundamental.Resembling a living organism in organization or development interconnected: society as an organic whole.Simple, healthful, and close to nature: an organic lifestyle.Of, relating to, or derived from living organisms: organic matter.