STATEMENT

daniel turner painting

Statement

Hello, I have a statement to make

I am a normal guy; I try to be honest about what I am up to

This is the first thing I have written for public consumption in a while

I am going to try to find a way to explain what is going on for me; how it impacts what I am trying to achieve

I do not cut the classical figure of the diligent painter. I would if I could but I can’t; currently

I am a family man; I have a job, not art related, to make ends meet. I have a home studio; it gives me time to interact with my family

I am not ambitious in any way other than I want to keep trying

When I get time I try to make paintings and understand why I have settled on making work the way I do

Is this important information? I don’t know and I don’t know how it affects the work I make; how it looks

The Tutor and the word

A great tutor gave me a mighty word. The word has allowed me to work in the fractured studio time I am lucky to have

The word itself comes later

 I tried to treat painting the same as I had other media and this was a mistake

 You can’t consciously paint the subconscious for obvious reasons

I didn't know how to proceed

I began to paint small to help me relax. The small paintings were not about anything other than applying paint, making moves, and painting

These were my best works

It’s not about small painting. The size of a painting raises questions but these questions are not about painting

Sometimes you make the biggest leap when you aren’t even trying

I didn’t know that at the time. This also raises a difficult question

The word was intuitive

Intuitive enabled me to keep making work

Time away from painting is as important as time with it

I sometimes make work that is not connected to painting

You could consider this statement one such piece of work

A statement about statements

Painting seems to be one of those things which evades explanation

I never expected to come back to painting

Funny how the subconscious works