Artist Information:
John Tierney
Dudley, MA
United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
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Artist Statement:
The paintings I make are
charts of wanderings; what I
mean by that is: you can
wander around a painting and
have, at least sometimes, a
feeling of recognition of the
place where you are. But the
place can shift into a new
location, you lose your
bearings and then find
yourself by intuition. You
don't know how you got there,
but you know where you are.
There are well-beaten tracks
and waymarkings that appear
familiar.
When I set off on a new
canvas, white, pristine, in
the morning, I often think why
should I want to mess this up?
It's like an empty mirror, but
when the first few marks are
made, it changes. It has
direction, it begins to beckon
you. Making the decision to
start is the important thing,
it doesn't seem to matter what
you do. Disparate things can
be united, related somehow.
Dialogue begins. You're
conscious of what is going on
in one direction, but a lot is
happening along the wayside.
Contrasts are important: for
example, organic versus
geometric. Organic forms arise
from memory. There is the
energy of the life form
against the rectangle of
geometric space.
Color...
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Artist Exhibitions:
John Tierney
1958 Born in Massachusetts
1976/80 Studies in Ireland and
U.S.A. B.A. Literature from
Boston College
1980/82 Peace Corps in Africa
(Togo)
1983/87 Travels: Mexico,
Guatemala, Haiti, Morocco,
Europe
1987 First paintings
1988/89 Travels: Egypt, Togo,
Greece
1990/92 Drew, painted in...
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Welcome to John Tierney's Portfolio.
The paintings I make are charts of wanderings; what I mean by that is: you can wander around a painting and have, at least sometimes, a feeling of recognition of the place where you are. But the place can shift into a new location, you lose your bearings and then find yourself by intuition. You don't know how you got there, but you know where you are. There are well-beaten tracks and waymarkings that appear familiar.
When I set off on a new canvas, white, pristine, in the morning, I often think why should I want to mess this up? It's like an empty mirror, but when the first few marks are made, it changes. It has direction, it begins to beckon you. Making the decision to start is the important thing, it doesn't seem to matter what you do. Disparate things can be united, related somehow. Dialogue begins. You're conscious of what is going on in one direction, but a lot is happening along the wayside.
Contrasts are important: for example, organic versus geometric. Organic forms arise from memory. There is the energy of the life form against the rectangle of geometric space.
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