Statements About John Dahlsen’s Environmental Artwork 2
One can picture Dahlsen as this peculiarly animated creature bobbing up and down along the beach collecting, sorting and imagining, then leaving with the spoils to construct another day. The artist...
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When he first started, he stumbled upon vast amounts of plastic ocean debris, collecting them in 80 jumbo garden bags full of beach-found litter. “When I first piled this collection up in my studio, I...
View ArticleArt Experiences And Insights #4
Exposure to international art in London and Europe, in the early eighties, encouraged me to pursue my career as a full time artist. One defining moment was experienced at the Tate Gallery in London,...
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A more complete list should also include American abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock and later Roy Lichtenstein and more recently Jeff Koons, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. I resonate...
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The culmination of this maturation and the epiphanies around my work in the form of dramatic re-assessments in my aesthetic vision sent me later looking for driftwood on a shoreline in Victoria, which...
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It has led me to a deep sense of care and concern for our environment which is underpinned by an excitement of the creative possibilities of working with recycled materials and has had me over the...
View ArticleCentral Artistic Concerns #1
I find it incredulous to think how many times I have bent over to pick up the many thousands of pieces of plastic debris that made up that aspect of my art, each piece jostled around for an unknown...
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Central concerns of my work now exemplify my commitment as an artist to express contemporary social and environmental concerns. At the same time, I'm sharing a positive message about beauty and the...
View ArticleAlchemy And Evolution In Art #1
With the information and insights gained from this, you can now confidently stand on the threshold of becoming visible as an artist, developing your capacity for a successful rewarding professional...
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Career challenges will be things that you begin to look forward to instead of things you dread and avoid. No longer will you undermine your success. The art revelations and insights will naturally...
View ArticleTranscending Fear
You will naturally have challenges on a career-based level with finances or with your need to go outside your comfort level when making particular decisions. You will need to take risky business...
View ArticleArtists have an extra sensitivity towards life that is vital to their well...
There is no doubt that artists have an extra sensitivity towards life. In fact, it is a necessary component of the artist's quality that enables him or her to respond creatively to life's experiences....
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