Artist: Brooke Schmidt |
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Wyndmoor, PA 19038 Phone: 215-500-5769 |
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I was always interested in art-making, and from an early age took art
classes and filled sketchbooks. Except for my pencil drawings, my pieces
are nearly always comprised of tactile media, including prepared grounds,
encaustic, found materials, wood, transformed books, oil paints and
varying papers. I work for release and explanation – to use creativity
as a cathartic act, and to visualize things when I can’t verbalize them.
The common sights of the natural and the manmade world produce an unspoken
set of responses in people; my effort is to clarify or give form to
feelings we all experience but cannot name in words. My pieces give voice
to places in the mind where things are undefined, where imagination and
reality lay.
My subject matter deals with such themes as loneliness, tension, refuge and awkwardness. I strive, through different materials such as wood, wax, paper and resin, to make places of permission where life narrations and references may grow and speak. The works suggest rather than state, and encourage the viewer to bring to the pieces the interpretations and experiences in their own life. My work is often small, for in a small space I can focus on the intricacies of subtle changes in material and method. Small strokes or small units form larger complex images which suggest familiar objects and shapes – textures seen in nature such as skin or bark, feathers, the waning and waxing of light. The forms in my work incorporate natural themes – objects grouped or solitary. My formal art career includes a BFA from Tyler School of Art, as well as several extended art study experiences in Europe. In addition to Orchard Artworks, my work can be seen at Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ (www.riverbankarts.com).
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