artesean

artesean

I experiment with the physical and material constituents and constraints of paint media in all forms. I consider my studio to be a laboratory in which I play with substrates, binders, extenders, siccatifs, pigments and dyes; extracted from commercial mass-produced paints. My research questions the impossibilities of contemporary technologies that supply and manufacture our material environment.

I do not draw or illustrate; I interrogate the materiality and phenomenology of paint in order to explore and exploit its potential as a sculptural and physical medium for three dimensional and decorative design, which belongs to a Fine Art tradition. By effectively challenging the traditions of painting and the condition of paint, I propose, design and manipulate strategic encounters between paint substances, found forms and elemental forces that will find expression in sculptural legacy; a happenchance method of creating artistic form from paint science.
 

Sean Caherty