Dawn Spencer Hurwitz – Pink Clouds

Description

Artist Statement

I am a multi-disciplinary artist who is obsessed with making; I need to create. It’s like breathing. I need to work with my hands, and to work with color, shape, and line. I need to explore, contemplate, conceptualize, and then create an expression of that concept. This need often leads me to visual art as well as olfactory art, and creating jewelry art objects. I paint because I am in love with color and because I need to make the things that I think are
beautiful and to share them. It’s an exploration of the world through my eyes, and an exploration of the subconscious; simultaneously. In my visual art practice, the current work is primarily abstract mixed media on paper and canvas inspired by the natural world; landscapes external and internal, symbols, and psychic totem. As a synesthete, I express the same inspirations through olfactory art. Color, texture, and sculptural shape can be expressed through scent along with storytelling. I explore the world through these art forms.