Casey's artist statement

Okay, I'm finally getting somewhere! In some ways I've reverted back to the media experiments- I'm now working primarily with images of the barn, and experimenting with different processes of drawing and painting with dirt mixed with metallic paint. I finally got away from paper and am working on canvases and masonite. I'm having a good time! I'm motivated and even a little confident. Hallelujah! Seriously though, here's my attempt at a statement:

 

I'm interested in memory and the passage of time; how things change and how they stay the same. I'm creating a series of images of my grandfather's barn, one of the primary settings of my childhood. I'm factinated with how it remained exactly the same for 30 years. On the day he died, it looked and smelled and felt just as it had when I was a little girl chasing chickens. Over the last 2 years, I've watched it deteriorate rapidly without his care. So these are the photos I took that day in May 2009, and drawings from this Spring. I've experimented with a few different water-based and acrylic processes, focusing on value and texture. I'm painting with soil from the barn, using the actual land that is so precious to my family and will be sold in a few months.

 

-Casey