Stephen Haning

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Age: 38
City: Pagosa Springs
Country: United States

Joined: Jul 2008

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As an artist I admit to floating between worlds of reality and perception, peering into many concepts but seldom at home in any. My art work is therefore a scattered and biased report of these journeys. Not the world as it is or as it should be, rather possibilities of what may be.
I do not ask viewers to accept theses depictions as true or even desirable. Sufficient would be the viewer turning an eye inward to the parts of themselves represented in the artwork. Here they may scrutinize whats been neglected, never unlocked, over embellished, or conventionalized. Whether they find jewels to cherish or masks to discard, I am unqualified to judge.
I can ask that regardless of what’s discovered and whether or not we can love it, that we come to terms with it, and endeavour to acknowledge its right to exist.

I draw primarily in Bic ballpoint pen due to
1. the fact they are so highly available
2. the black ink dries quickly and I don’t have to worry about smearing it.
3. it forces me to stay with a dropped line and work with it as much as possible. If you can’t hide it, accent it.
4. it is not stable and will fade and sink into the paper over time. It becomes a great reminder of how short life can be even if its cared for.
5. I love the texture of broken line that the ink has from sitting on the top fibers of the paper. This is only viewable at great magnification.

haningsgalleries.com
roughsketch@peoplepc.com
artistamundo.com