Lisa Sweet
I think of art-making as functioning as visual essays or as scientific experiments; and less as a diaristic document. Therefore, if the image or form is to communicate in visual terms, one must have something to say.
As an artist, I undertake considerable research in preparation to make my own work. As an educator, I encourage students to learn a subject well enough to form an opinion and use the image or form as the vehicle to communicate that opinion. A liberal arts education helps artists do just that - explore a range of disciplinary ideas and methodologies and apply them visually.
Birdcage, oil on panel, 2005
Pentecost, oil on panel, 2005
Intercession Triptych, oil on panel, 2005
Tinder, charcoal on mylar, 2003
The Original Sin, oil on panel, 2005