I am sure that this great adventure will have its ups and downs. I plan to publish at least 2 blogs per week and I hope you will follow my progress and lack of it too! I will keep you posted as I make my every effort in sharing my steps along the way. I Wish there was a quick elevator that would take me straight to the top! I think that enjoying the trip is said to be the best part of the journey. Day 1: January 4, 2011 - Organized my studio and moved a bunch of stuff I haven't used in months to the shed. I just incase I need it. Later for a project.
Day 2: January 5, 2011 - Spent 5 hours organizing my filling system. What a mess that was. I hope I can be disciplined enough to keep it straight. I ran across 12 different Artist Statements in my journals from over the years. I read through all of them, keeping what I thought was good. I hope to get a great current statement posted tomorrow.
Day 3: January 6 - 2011 - FInished My Artist statement and posted it below for you to read. I welcome any comments and questions that you would like to contribute! Thanks in advance for your input! I will begin on my Artist Resume tomorrow. Later today I hope to get some pictures of my work, along with the stories that coincide to them. I think I will also post some of free time and relaxation time activities posted tomorrow. I hope to finish up my Electronic Press Kit by the first part of next week.
Artist Statement, Kristine L. Johnston
Day 2: January 5, 2011 - Spent 5 hours organizing my filling system. What a mess that was. I hope I can be disciplined enough to keep it straight. I ran across 12 different Artist Statements in my journals from over the years. I read through all of them, keeping what I thought was good. I hope to get a great current statement posted tomorrow.
Day 3: January 6 - 2011 - FInished My Artist statement and posted it below for you to read. I welcome any comments and questions that you would like to contribute! Thanks in advance for your input! I will begin on my Artist Resume tomorrow. Later today I hope to get some pictures of my work, along with the stories that coincide to them. I think I will also post some of free time and relaxation time activities posted tomorrow. I hope to finish up my Electronic Press Kit by the first part of next week.
Artist Statement, Kristine L. Johnston
As humans we are a culmination of our individual life experiences. Through these experiences, we live collecting many stories. These stories express the very core of our lives. My intent is to express the human condition articulated in unique and various visual mediums.
I see richness and diversity of daily life stories, which I am simply driven to share through the visualization of the thoughts and emotions within these stories. They embody the very substance of our lives and personalities. They depict decisive turning points, moments of life’s processes and growth, opportunities seized or lost and moments of realization. Some are exciting and exhilarating and others are open wounds or ugly scars from dreadful events. Some are of things dreamt of, or hoped for, others are treasured memories from days gone by. Finally, some are based in simple truth, beliefs and faith.
Over the past 15 years my goal has been to capture these stories in the mediums of textiles, colored pencil, pastels, watercolor, charcoal, pen & Ink, magic markers and simple children’s crayons. Ultimately my motivation to create comes from an amazing energy that stirs deep within me to express the stories, which I have experienced. Over the past 6 months my work has been directed toward my expression of God’s Word as it has affected me through messages from the Holy Bible.
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