James Sedgwick Fine Art
My paintings have a chaotic, "id" vibe to them. I often explore these forms subconsciously, pouring bold colors onto a horizontal canvas and observing how the medium moves on the surface of the canvas. Certain shapes begin to emerge into some semblance of order, while other regress back into the depths of disorder. Often my pieces have a geographic feel, mimicking the way that oceans erode continents over vast periods of time.
10×10 in, Household on Canvas
18×24 in, Household on Canvas
18x24, household on canvas
18x24, household on canvas
36x36, household on canvas
24x36, household on canvas
What will we be like when all is said and done? Will we evolve or be changed into something else? Something better, something totally different? What will the earth and the sky and the sea and everything around us look like when and if that happens? Are we catching small glimpses of that now? Do we secretly and inwardly long for that?
These digitally altered landscapes use shapes, color, and texture to convey that we often only catch brief, limited glimpses of the way that we hope things will be. These glimpses, in turn, excite our desire for definition and for clarity of all that is around us.
My abstract digital work explores the more ordered side of the theme of the hope for progress, with strong rectangular shapes taking the forefront. Bright, mixed colors and varied textures help draw out the chaotic edge of these shapes (the chaos from which they are drawn). Often it is the flaws brought by the disorder, the imperfection that gives the shapes beauty and pulls them away from the cold solidity of supposed perfection.
