Deanna Lee
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
could be considered an abstract activity , there is always a way of giving it a permanence that goes beyond the intrinsic ephemeral nature of the concepts you explore . So we would take this occasion to ask you if in your opinion personal experience is an absolutely indispensable part of a creative process . Do you think that a creative process could be disconnected from direct experience ?
I think the answer depends on how one defines personal experience in relation to one ’ s art ; an artist ’ s experience or identity can play a greater or lesser role in the creative process , depending on the individual . I think that a creative process can exist without one ’ s personal experience playing a significant role , at least not intentionally , but one ’ s experience will always affect one ’ s decisions , in the end . For example , in my hair cloud wave series of paintings and my drawings through 2010 , I referred more directly to some Asian art motifs . These elements motivated me but not to a greater degree than motifs from other , less personally specific sources , such as nature . But over time , I increasingly feel that my direct and personal experience is integral to my ideas and creative process .
You allow an open reading , a great multiplicity of meanings : associative