Mark Davis

I THINK THAT ART IS ESSENTIALLY A FORM OF COMMUNICATION. A WAY OF TRANSFERRING AN IDEA OR AN IMAGE FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT BARRIERS BETWEEN THE FIGURATIVE AND THE ABSTRACT, BETWEEN PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY, AND BETWEEN DIGITAL AND CLASSICAL TECHNIQUE ARE ARBITRARY AND FALSE. ALL THINGS THAT AN ARTIST USES TO CREATE A WORK, WHETHER PAINT, BRUSHES, CANVAS, FILM, DIGITAL MEDIA, STONE, POLYSTYRENE, CAMERA, POTATOES, OR PANTYHOSE, ETC., SHOULD BE VIEWED AS TOOLS, MEANS TO AN END. ARTISTS SHOULD AND MUST USE ANY AND ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THEM IN THEIR CREATIVE PROCESSES. ART IS, AFTER ALL, CREATED IN THE MINDS OF THE ARTISTS, AND ALL TOOLS, IN FACT EVEN THE COMPLETED WORK, ARE NO MORE THAN ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST THE VIEWER IS SEEING THE REAL ART CREATED IN THE MIND OF THE ARTIST. MY DIGITAL IMAGES ARE MONTAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY PAINTINGS COMBINED WITH THE RUSH OF EVERYDAY IMAGES INCLUDED IN MY DAILY WORLD. MARK DAVIS