Artist Statement:
I started the Great Moments series in 2014 to take a break from sculpture, and just couldn't quite quit painting. The paper mache painters simply represent my thoughts while doing the painting (and this seemed like a good way to learn how to paint).The project started with a Rothko, and the notion that one's life work might have been accomplished one brilliant weekend with a roller. What if artwork really was, well...work, and paintings were done by painters? It had never occurred me, until I became involved in this project, to pretend to be someone else for a few days. It is a bit like a holiday, though I would recomend Matisse over van Gogh.
Stephen Hansen
Great Moments in Art
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