Ali Steventon Artists Statement
As a painter I am interested in human nature and I am constantly drawn to the human condition in order to connect the viewer with the person or situation portrayed. I attempt to create empathy and an understanding.
In addition to this, more recently I have been creating works that are far more removed from reality, trying to relax my painting style and allow a painting to be interpreted by the ‘viewers’ eye space’. This work is far more experimental, playing with narrative, ambiguity, and a sense of place (a feeling of ‘the other’). There is something very timeless that is emerging and this is a theme I want to develop further this year. My aim is to achieve a slightly unsettling feeling of an alternate being.
I am enjoying the process of painting, and the serendipity of abstract marks. Introducing a pareidolia to the creative process, has allowed me to respond by constructed representational images laid over narrative elements.
As a painter I am interested in human nature and I am constantly drawn to the human condition in order to connect the viewer with the person or situation portrayed. I attempt to create empathy and an understanding.
In addition to this, more recently I have been creating works that are far more removed from reality, trying to relax my painting style and allow a painting to be interpreted by the ‘viewers’ eye space’. This work is far more experimental, playing with narrative, ambiguity, and a sense of place (a feeling of ‘the other’). There is something very timeless that is emerging and this is a theme I want to develop further this year. My aim is to achieve a slightly unsettling feeling of an alternate being.
I am enjoying the process of painting, and the serendipity of abstract marks. Introducing a pareidolia to the creative process, has allowed me to respond by constructed representational images laid over narrative elements.