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Tina Arndt

Abstract

While searching and experimenting to find new ways of working in hopes of discovering 'one perfect process,' I have discovered that the process of creating art, where order and chaos dwells is as equally important if not more then the finished product. Over the years I have come to the conclusion ‘one perfect process’ does not exist and often times I am not the author of the stories I attempt to create in visual form, but am privileged to be a part of.

In the process of making artwork, initiating thoughts or conversations concerning sensitive personal, political, and social issues in order to prompt a heightened awareness on my part and for the viewer takes place. Simultaneously looking inwards toward my personality and soul and outwards into the world, the way I create a body of work is very similar to the way I cook. I rarely use a recipe when I cook, and never when I create. Even though I work abstractly I tend to rely on memory and experience, which are closely related to emotion and sight. It becomes impossible for me to separate optical facts, such as color, line weight, scale, texture from personal experience or memory. Therefore when I produce a piece of art it is a recreation of exactly what I know to be true. There is always more than meets the eye for both the viewer and creator.

Two artists who have influenced my work are Jackson Pollock and Robert Rauschenberg. Jackson Pollock for his courageous attempt to recreate the subconscious in visual form and Robert Rauschenberg who went out into the world and recorded the experience without imposing ‘story,’ ‘plot,’ or ‘continuity (Fineberg 177).'

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