Ryan's Artist Statement

Ryan,
You have great beginnings to your statement. You describe an overall emphasis (see red text) and discuss use of materials as well as your process.
Below are my suggestions to consider for a stronger statement - the yellow text means lose it!
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Art, to me, is about obsession and passion. Through my work I try to show a great amount of attention to Details, whether it be through the mark making process or within early planning stages, is _____________. Losing myself in This sense of detail is what I feel allows the art to become part of my personal being as well as an expression. Recently, the path of life has steered my works__________ in the direction of book arts as well as printmaking, two fields I find infinitely interesting. Within these two fields I hope to use my sense of detail and my interest in the wide ranges of books to create work that is both unique and powerful. Recently I'm currently have been experimenting with the technique of lithograph prints and hand-drawn layers on book forms to create a sense of story that moves away from the traditional sense. Whether This play interaction can happen in the story copy decidedly printed on the cover and not within the book or in creating a very visually interpretive storyline. The work usually displays a graphic line quality to it, enhancing the dramatic nature and ideally reinforcing the messages of personal attachment. These works usually examine the ideas connected to personal events and the personally nostalgic idea of comic book related subject matter. Through pieces that explore this terrain and the many others of book arts and print making, My work becomes is somewhat ethereal in its delicate details as well as reflective somewhat on the ideas of or related to the celestial world and personal experience.

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Art, to me, is about obsession and passion. Through my work I try to show a great amount of attention to detail whether it be through the mark making process or within early planning stages. Losing myself in this sense of detail is what I feel allows the art to become part of my personal being as well as an expression. Recently the path of life has steered my works in the direction of book arts as well as printmaking, two fields I find infinitely interesting. Within these two fields I hope to use my sense of detail and my interest in the wide ranges of books to create work that is both unique and powerful. Recently I have been experimenting with the technique of lithograph prints and hand-drawn layers on book forms to create a sense of story that moves away from the traditional sense. Whether this play happens in the story copy decidedly printed on the cover and not within the book or in creating a very visually interpretive storyline. The work usually displays a graphic line quality to it enhancing the dramatic nature and ideally reinforcing the messages of personal attachment. These works usually examine the ideas connected to personal events and the personally nostalgic idea of comic book related subject matter. Through pieces that explore this terrain and the many others of book arts and print making, my work becomes somewhat ethereal in its delicate details as well as reflects somewhat on the ideas of or related to the celestial world and personal experience.