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Jim Farnum
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| I rarely enjoy reading artist’s statements because either I don’t understand them and feel somewhat lost, or I do understand them and think the author is somewhat lost (artist friends excepted, of course). So, I am not thrilled by the prospect of giving the same choice to the readers of this statement. However, because most artists must provide some words of explanation for their actions, I am inclined to do the same. I generally paint “nature”, mostly as a “thing” rather than a “scene”, as a subject, not an object. My mountains may not resemble the mountains you’ve vacationed in, and my trees can sometimes be solid blue. But you do know they’re mountains and you do know they’re trees and the rest is somewhat made up. Nature allows the artist complete freedom of expression, she never scrutinizes the work and never complains about not being “flattered”. Painting nature let’s us run the gamut, from superbly detailed realism to wildly colored abstraction. Yet always it is nature herself, recognizable, beckoning and welcoming us with open arms as if to say “here I am, what have you got”.
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