I was right in the first place, I should stop being a fool and second guessing me self

Unbridled creative freedom vs a schooled societal formality

In all the creative projects I've been involved in, it occurred to me that this was always one of the central questions. A viewer directed focal point, or a surrounding experiential, seems to ring obviously of patriarchal vs matriarchal based foundations

The here and now

I worked my way from classical realism, to different forms of organic and inorganic abstractions to a type of primitivism, ( that's not what I would call it, but the label others tend to use. I aim for a synthesis that as of yet I have only mentally conceived

Raphael, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, and the others

Are not a style

A Question of Style

A question of style, a question of style, a question of style. Again and again it's a question of style, or so they say

Points to remember

A question of style, dickens dream, high school, environmental posters, um um, oh and collaboration vs straight out apprenticeship, there's more of course but just these notes for now

WHITNEY COUNTERWEIGHT



" If Little Girls Ran The World, Could It Get Any Worse"



" Recognition", Acrylic and paper on canvas, 71" x 55"

Involved in numerous on-going projects, Lisa Renko actively pursues and investigates ideas and directions thay she feels authentically challenge established art lexicons. Innovation, she has observed, isn't always obvious, obscured by labels of "contemporary", alternative", progressive", "outsider". descriptions that imply a departure from the conventional, but applied without vigilant awareness,  result in paradigms that are formulistic and predictable, rarely surprise, let alone engage the viewer. To pursue such investigations, she believes that one must engage confusion and chaos, and acknowledge them as evolutionary agents

And a Sculpture blog

Yes!!

Oh and I found all those "art statements" from prior art existences of mine.Totally unreadable. I tried to remember what the hell I was talking about, and I expected other people to understand them ??  Well the art world requires them, which is so irritating, can't the  work just speak for itself. 

 I feel more free of all that nonsense lately, entered an online show, my work doesn't really translate under that umbrella, what to do??

Context matters

DRAWING BLOG

A new blog for somewhat irreverant  doodles, drawings, notes, insights, in the context of current events -  NEW YORK TIMES

FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION

Installations, my installational work basically evolved out of the ad-lib way I have lead my creative life. Opportunities presented, venues to fill quickly, in the most dynamic way possible. You realize early on, or at least I did, that the successful presentation of any work depended greatly on the setting, and on the audience. I felt I had to adjust to the parameters presented to me. The more I mastered this, the better the result, the more I got into a type of choreography. This being said, I still basically considered myself a painter. I'm sure not a lot of this would have happened had I had viable exhibition opportunities for my paintings early on. I didn't quite realize that I was embarking on a new form, and that that form required a certain type of documentation, only realizing recently that the result of all that would be labeled under the product label of  "photography".

More on this later.

A definitive art statement, so difficult for me. I 'm always in pursuit of new ideas that interest me. In my recent past when I was actively pursuing exhibitions, I have had several versions, that I'm hoping as I go back and re-read them, don't vary wildly in their intent. I googled myself and saw one I hadn't seen in a while, I read it as if it was written by a stranger, sometimes my own writing is beyond me. I have to go back and try to re-create in my mind my stance at that time. I'll post, when I have the time,
and be my own critic.

One month into 2014, storage space in LIC, New York being cleared out and re-established as quasi gallery space. Selected saleable objects of all genres available for private viewing by appointment. I have the strong tendency to want to collaborate and include other artists, which I am resisting, not wishing to compound the existing confusion.

I debated in my mind as to how best approach this task, To start from the relative beginning of my "art career", or to start with the present and work my way back to the origins of my present position. Well ,as in all things, what is immediately pressing takes precedence, what to do with the 1000's of digital photos compiled in endless folders, disks, etc. Most of them, technically speaking, are no match for the acumen exhibited by many a professional photographer, which I am not. I take photos as a painter takes photos.Wishing to exhibit them with the proper amount of emphasis, as integral to my creative process yet not the main focus of my creative work. I have decided to create several thematic blogs exhibiting the images that most engage in each category. One blog per category, I suppose that this process will lend itself to improvement as I proceed with it.