by "Bud" E. Lewis Evans M.A. (Studio Art)
The product of an artist's life demands notice, just as an author's stories beg to be told. That is the nature of all storytellers. I believe that art is both feeling and knowing; it is part history and prophecy; it is both legacy and change. Thus books are written; stories are told; sculpture and painting abound to chronicle the artist's journeys within, and to share his reflections with those who will not or cannot traverse their own mind-scapes.
I believe that an artist is supposed to be, by both nature and design, especially equipped to thrust his consciousness into the very fabric of his being. He must be free to labor and to give birth to the amalgam of his heart and intellect -- with no need to justify it and without ever having to reason why. Art is what defines him; it is who he is, not just what he does.
The product of an artist's life demands notice, just as an author's stories beg to be told. That is the nature of all storytellers. I believe that art is both feeling and knowing; it is part history and prophecy; it is both legacy and change. Thus books are written; stories are told; sculpture and painting abound to chronicle the artist's journeys within, and to share his reflections with those who will not or cannot traverse their own mind-scapes.
I believe that an artist is supposed to be, by both nature and design, especially equipped to thrust his consciousness into the very fabric of his being. He must be free to labor and to give birth to the amalgam of his heart and intellect -- with no need to justify it and without ever having to reason why. Art is what defines him; it is who he is, not just what he does.
