Woodward / Revised Artist statement

Artist's Statement

Communication is key...communication is a key...what one speaks of, another may not understand or interpret similarly...what are the factors that make up our life...my artwork is very much about creating dialogue between the artwork and viewer about interpretation; how they personally respond to an idea that I present to them...how does that dialogue build up or break down based on content and presentation of the particular content, and how is that information altered by a viewers' own experiences?...my current work focuses on repetition with images taking the form of tessellations...while the shapes I create are very exact, the images that repeat themselves are free of perfection...I feel as though people formulate images in their head that over time change drastically or slight depending on different circumstances...sometimes things we do may even stick in our head for reasons we don't fully recognize or comprehend...Putting the pieces together and working with the given shape allows me to use that form to display content in a manner which allows the viewer to repeatedly engage with and experience every subtle nuance.

-Andrew Woodward