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ART Habens
Jack Rosenberg
technology and the 21st century. These
visual and visceral languages are embedded
in my subconscious and I need to remain
vigilant towards their influences in my art-
making, sometimes deferring to their
influence while sometimes taking care to
avoid clichés and unintended art historical
connotations and references.
It’s then essential to use this
training/education as the launching point of
an ever-expanding skill set that allows an
artist begin his or her unique artistic journey
and to begin exploring and experimenting.
Then, to compliment education, dedicated
studio practice—along with constant
exploration and experimentation—is
essential to liberate the artist from learned
viewpoints and allow the development of an
authentic inner vision.
My art-making process takes one of two
distinct avenues:
1) My intrinsic response to a particular visual
image.
2) A quest for a visual to represent an
intellectual question that needs to be
answered, illustrated or endowed with a
particular mood.
Having had classical training in figurative art
and portraiture, the basic tools of
composition, color, balance, materials and
techniques are always available to me, and
these elements form the underpinnings and
starting point of each new painting.
My artistic evolution has come as a direct
result of my artistic motivations and
satisfactions. I constantly take into account
what pleases me about making art: what
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