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A daily newsletter featuring today’s finest visual artists. Today's Newsletter is Brought to You by Artful Squarespace by FASO.Save Money on a Squarespace Site for your ArtARTFUL SQUARESPACE by FASO Loves Christopher Remmers’ paintings! See More of Christopher Remmers’ art by clicking here. Wouldn’t You Love to work with a Squarespace website hosting company that actually promotes their artists?As you can see, at Artful Squarespace (by FASO), we actually do, and, Click the button below to start working If you already have a Squarespace site, you can move it to Artful Squarespace with no changes, you’ll likely save money and you can see your art promoted in our newsletters just like Christopher Remmers. If you want a new Squarespace site optimized for art, we can help you with that too! Get Started With Artful Squarespace BoldBrush Recommends: Steven SmithGet Notified When Steven Posts New Art BiographyABOUT THE ARTIST: I was born in August of 1953, the second of five children. I was raised in a small house in a small town called Magna, just a stone's throw from the Great Salt Lake in the splendid state of Utah. I remember spending time at my grandparents' house. Grandma liked to cut pictures of famous art from publications and frame them for her walls. As a youngster, I would take naps gazing at Picasso, Van Gogh, Dufy, and Modigliani. Throughout my primary school years, I enjoyed receiving positive reinforcement when I created an art project, be it a little linoleum ink block, a woodshop project, or a pair of leather moccasins made for my father. My high school buddies were enthusiastic about the results after I decorated my VW Bus. Upon entering the BFA program at the University of Utah with an emphasis on scenic design, I purchased my first set of gouache paints. What great fun they were! When I rented my first apartment, I couldn't afford furnishings, let alone any original art, and I simply couldn't bring myself to cut out pictures from publications. Thus, my habit of creating art was born. Numerous little abstract drawings and paintings were hung just a few feet up the wall (with no furnishings, the works were placed at eye level while sitting on the floor). When a friend dropped by and complimented me, the work usually went home with them. I couldn't create or sell my work quickly enough to pay the rent, it was necessary to acquire a "real job." I began touring the United States and abroad as a lighting designer and stage manager for various dance companies; culminating in New York City with my work for the Martha Graham Dance Company. In 1982, I returned to Salt Lake City, continued my work in the theatre, and started a family. In 1993, we moved to Long Beach, California. I concluded my career by designing and teaching for the Orange County High School of the Arts. Upon retiring, I moved to the Pacific Northwest and settled on the west side of Puget Sound, where I pursued my lifelong dream of creating abstract oil paintings. ARTIST'S STATEMENT: I orchestrate compositions of color and form with a kinetic potential. I perceive my paintings as whimsical, intriguing, original, and unique. I celebrate imagination through my paintings. I wanted to paint, so I started painting. I found painting allowed me to get to know myself better. I assumed that if I looked at a blank canvas long enough, I would be able to start a painting. Something, from inside me would manifest and teach me about myself. Once I began I just kept going. I realized it's probably what most painters have always done. Those who are auspicious put "themselves" on canvas. If you place your subconscious personality into a painting and others enjoy it, I believe that to be synchronicity. So yes, the squiggly lines are symbolic. When there's a single squiggle, it's usually my self-consciousness wandering around in your painting. When there are multiple colored squiggles, well, those are my companions. They have come by to say hello. What about the straight, strong lines? No messing around, nothing can stop me. They are like a spear. They travel through the paintings. They are a higher power. We don't get to know what the higher power wants or what it's doing. It seems to be doing whatever it wants and has nothing to do with anything else. It's on its own agenda. We don't get to know what that is. Usually, I will sketch a thought or feeling. It helps to keep my mind on point while applying the paint. It may appear as though my work is meticulously executed; rarely are my paintings set in stone when I begin. I enjoy the creative and intuitive nature of taking chances and making choices as I paint. New Artwork by FASO Members Your art could be here tomorrow, for free.
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