Paul Wackers
Northern Passage, 2007, acrylic, spray paint on panel, 23 x 30 in.
Solar Do Nothing Machine, 2007, acrylic on panel, 30 x 36 in.
Scales, 2007, acrylic on panel, 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.
Screaming At Trees, 2007, acrylic on panel, 12 x 16 in.
Deep Growth, 2008, acrylic on panel, 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
Alchemists Garden, 2008, acrylic on panel, 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
Still Life, 2008, acrylic, spray paint on panel, 40 x 45 in.
An Object In Its Natural Environment, 2007, acrylic spray paint on panel, 30 x 40 in.
Artist Statement
My work is first a response to the world and then a reaction to what it has to offer. Images surround me as abstract concepts, presented by the curious interaction of forms, feelings, and situations. They offer a glimpse into the way the world is constantly being reloaded with opportunities and options for reinterpretations and impressions. It might start with a beam of light passing through a window in the afternoon and that within that beam there is the potential of a full spectrum to appear. In my paintings I try to create the feeling of getting lost in the thoughts that are easily ignored or put aside. Many of my paintings will come from moments seen in films or articles read in the newspaper or simply from a walk down the street. The images tend to be of non-places where the specifics of them are not important but how the elements within the picture interact as parts of another world that is sometimes jarringly familiar to our own. It might be seconds away from becoming reality or lifetimes in the past as a fleeting memory (Eleanor Harwood Gallery).
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