Paris Gerrard's Artist Statement
Painting is all about the hand and the spirit finding a connection. It's about following your intuition, trusting you that you are making the right personal choices in each step of the process. Sometimes, it may feel as though you have lost it, and are literally making a huge mess, but then, you must trust that you will find it again, and you do, and reconstruct it into something magical -- something that is beyond your original idea, something that grew out of the mess into which you had gotten yourself. It's all about the art of play, and about surrendering to the idea that something doesn't have to be perfect, or even what you wanted. By allowing the thing to evolve and become what it wants, the painting itself becomes part of the magnificent act of creation. I have learned that I love how art takes me to a place where I am in control, and yet I have completely lost control. I may know how my medium will act, yet there is something that happens when the mind and the hand try to connect. You try to control that connection, so your work will turn out the way you envision it, but somewhere in the interaction, it goes awry, and something wonderful happens.
Paris Gerrard's original artwork can be found at these galleries:
