“Art is the memorialization of elemental forces of life which, having no permanent language or iconography, require art to be known to all.”
“The eros of the eye, that is visual art: striking the viewer so deeply, with such authority, the merely personal is obliterated; something like an archetypal self is evoked.”
Both these quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson appear on the first page of my journal. They have guided my work. The emergence of an “archetypal self” has been of keen interest to me. Thematically I have focused on the conflict between the body and the spirit, between material elements and the soul. This conflict, as I witnessed it in the landscape of the west, further provoked my imagination. This tension I have attempted to magnify imaginally by looking to mythic figures whose qualities can harness the elements and provide a sense of order. These symbolic figures, similar to those encountered by Odysseus on his journey, mirror an interior geography. It is this interior landscape I am interested in and its analogical relationship to the world. I see it in the west and I see it in the human figure as well.
(This artist statement was used in a program for a show featuring images painted in New Mexico.)
Compulsion
Dynamic Receptivity
Clouds and Color Temperature
The Language of Gesture
Analogy and Lyricism
Dear Judith,
I found your name under workshop listings for the Woodstock School of Art. I was pleased to find this website for I wanted to see some examples of your work. However, I am having trouble negotiating the site.
I can only pull up one image per category (figure, charcoal, landscape, etc.). Is that right? Secondly, I am confused by the “to search, type and hit enter” box. Since I don’t know the titles of any of your work, I can’t figure out how to request them? How does one use that box? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Baird Godvin
Hello Judith,
I am thrilled to have found your musings and your work, both of which I resonate
with profoundly. I look forward to future postings.
Warmly,
Holly