|
|
Artist Statement:
You all know the Shakespearian
line, "nothing will come of
nothing," right? A seemingly
simple line really. "Nothing
will come of nothing." Sure!
This is King Lear's response
to his loving daughter,
Cordelia's refusal to voice
her love for her father for
the sake of topping her
sisters' ridiculously
competitive praises.
But in this first scene of the
play, Lear is greatly mistaken
in his math. This plot-driving
miscalculation Shakespeare
emphasises by a negation of
status, reducing the old king
to a Fool's fool. A great deal
comes about from that first
"nothing." A wake of human
drama, disinheritance,
deception and seduction, greed
and revenge, madness, and
death lies within those pages
as proof. So, "nothing will
come of nothing" has an
alchemical
esotery to it.
To me, this makes a fine
analogy for the tradition of
painting. In painting you have
a canvas, or panel, or
whatever surface you are
working with… the side of a
beached whale, whatever it
might be. From the point of
visual intrigue or physiology,
nothing. Then the painter
takes his pigments and their
respective vehicles, his
tools, his brushes, and
through a process of eye to
hand prowess he ...
Further Information
| |
Artist Exhibitions:
2008...
-Stills Are Still Moving,
Gallery Three, San Francisco,
CA
-The Red Dot Fair (curated by
Justin Giarla) NYC
-Mugshots, Acident Gallery
Eureka, CA
-New Brow (curated by Justin
Giarla) Monterey, CA
2007...
-A Minute and an Hour (group
show), Fool's Foundation,
Sacramento, CA
-Chillin's 9th Anniversary
Party, ...
Further Information
|
|
Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Collections:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Commissions:
Coming Soon!
|
|
|
Lee Roswell Biography:
| Biographical information for Lee Roswell can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
|
Age
|
34
|
| |
| Gender |
Male
|
| |
| Status |
Committed
|
| |
| Children |
99
|
| |
| Religion |
agnostic |
| |
| Education |
High School |
| |
| Hobbies / Interests |
Life, love, and art. That's about it though. |
| |
| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
|
| |
| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Baroque - (1600 - 1750)
|
| |
| Favorite Visual Artist |
Velasquez is, I think, the best.
|
| |
| Favorite Work of Art |
I can't put it down to one painting!
|
| |
| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Like I said, life, love, and art. Doesn't that just about cover it? |
| |
| Why Did You Become An Artist |
not provided |
| |
| Your Personal Biography |
Lee Harvey Roswell's artwork
is simply a portrayal of life, the attention focused on the bonds between suffering and humor. Hence, the many appearances in his work of adversity's most beloved target... the one that bounces back, the Clown. And all the world's a stage in Lee's eyes.
Born and raised in the small town of Freefall, New York, Lee Harvey Roswell was a shy, melancholic daydreamer who exhibited an early aptitude for drawing and the arts. Always marching to a drum that only he could hear, Lee eventually dropped out of school and became a fixed, if peculiar presence at his local library. "Self taught" as the art world likes to say. And, like any good ol' American adventure story, the day came when Lee headed for the sunny promise of the west coast. A bad bit of fortune, he didn't recognize the path he was traveling down was, in fact, the proverbial low road. Casting all his belongings to the wind, living on the streets, eruptive with fits of depression, and spiraling into addictions that nearly destroyed him, Lee was looking like a Van Gogh minus the chance of a posthumous success story. Luckily this little fairytale of a bio ends happily, and Lee did find his way to sobriety, stability, and success. Lee now enjoys working avidly at his craft, pushing himself to new levels, and regarding his profession as one of the most privileged of life-long studies. His work is shown and collected worldwide. Lee Harvey Roswell lives in San Francisco, and thanks his lucky stars for the role he gets to play in this life. |
| |
|
contact artist
