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LORI FAYE BOCK
ARTIST STATEMENT
| One of the things that has brought a great deal of satisfaction
to me in my career as an artist is in the instances where viewers of my
work respond with smiles and laughter. I want my images of animals, their expressions and my titles to radiate emotions of tenderness, innocence, playfulness and a longing to be loved. My menagerie of cats, dogs and sheep have taken the place of children. Perhaps because of this, my paintings tend to incorporate human-like qualities, emotions, surroundings and situations. Vivid color, animal imagery, humor, text, geometric shapes and textural underpainting are all characteristics of the claywork I created for so many years. In addition to painting animals, I recently decided to broaden my repertoire by incorporating still lifes consisting of ordinary, but beautiful objects and perhaps a cat or dog peering out from behind a couch or from behind a fish bowl. The more people observe my images, the greater understanding they will have that my daily life is encompassed with experiences directly and indirectly related to a bevy of domestic and farm animals. My paintings are a demonstration of my love and appreciation for animals and for the ordinary and extraordinary things in life. |
