About me…
Welcome to my website. For me, painting is a process. It is in essence a conversation, if you will, in which I engage with Nature, my subject: I behold Nature and then provide a response in the language of paint. The response itself is multi-fold: it is a confirmation of what I know about the visual world and may not see in an obvious way; and then conversely, the response itself is a probing, questioning and evaluation of what it is I think I am seeing. To this end, it is a process of deciding what is significant, as I evaluate and make more decisions as how to best portray this significance.
Lately, I have been exploring form with respect to Cezanne’s ideas about the sphere, cylinder and cone as the fundamental forms of Nature; and along with this, I have been using a new massing technique to try to capture that which is transitory within my subject. Also of late, I have been using the palette knife so as to “break surface” and move my painting into a more painterly and sculptural level.
Philosophically, I view Nature as a peer and engage with nature in a playful and egalitarian way. I seek to abstract from Nature that which is significant. I seek to almost channel that which is “beyond nature” so that I am in touch with the abstract organizing processes that create “super natural” balance, wholeness, integration, harmony and beauty.
Prizes and/or awards:
Lerner Piano Prize, Amherst College, 1988
Diana Kan Award, Salmagundi Club, 2010
Antonio Cirino Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, 2010
Affiliations, memberships:
The Salmagundi Club
The Art Students League of New York, Life Member
Visit: www.wrightmooretenor.com to view Wright’s music website.