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inkjet paintings
reneenenee@gmail.com
Artist Statement
I've always loved story telling- whether its read, told, heard, watched, it doesn't matter. I could have been a writer, if I had the creative capacity to turn two or three hundred pages of mumble jumble into something captivating enough to make you want to turn the page. Unfortunately, I don't have that creativity, nor do I have the patience. What I do have, is memories, although I don't think my family would appreciate me airing our dirty laundry for all the world to see. But then again, I don't think I even want the world to know that much about me, or my dirty laundry.
I've spent 22 years trying to forget, and the last 2 trying to remember what’s been forgotten. If you can't remember, it’s almost like it never happened. Robin Williams’s character in 'One Hour Photo' says it best: "No one takes a picture of something they want to forget".
My ink jet paintings have led me through some of my brightest and darkest moments. I have explored family and relationships and how they pertain to me. This project has forced me to explore and rethink some of the things I would generally avoid. In a fight or flight situation, I choose flight. Perhaps I'm not strong enough to deal with some of these things head on, but through this project, through these prints, I have a much better understanding of who I am, where I've been, and how to go about my life from here on out.
I have gone back through old journals, sketchbooks, photographs, and albums looking for inspiration. I have mostly explored the relationships between myself, my biological mother, my dad and "real mom", siblings, ex-boyfriends, and friendships. I have documented the core relationships that hold me together, as well as the destructive disappointments that challenge my ability to trust and love. Through layers of text on canvas, and ink jet prints on handmade mulberry paper, I have created several dozen mixed media pieces.
These pieces make up my story.