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​Presents


Hubert Phipps 
August 29th - September 25th 2016


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Creative Process
"I like things that are different. 
That is what fascinates me about abstract art; the mystery of it.  For the most part I think I know what I am looking at as I go about my daily routine, and that is reassuring.  Especially when I am out navigating the byways and the skyways.  Yet I yearn to discover new worlds, otherworldly type worlds that are lurking in the deeper recesses of the mind. 
I glimpse these worlds from time to time.  It may come in the middle of the night, a vision, unidentifiable, yet lovely shapes appear and I don't have a clue what they are.  What is so tantalizing to me is the endless possibilities of what they can be and I feel compelled to flesh them out and capture them on paper, on canvas, or as a 3D object.

To me, the most powerful art is that which connects within me before I even start or analyze it through thought.  It is not anything I can understand or describe by thinking but something that when I look at it I am filled with awe and wonderment.  This is what I experience when I stand in the presence of the great works of art that have come before.

Creating art is my opportunity to experience the realm of the abstract mind in a very inmate way.  From a practical standpoint the challenge is in transforming that vision into physical form.  This is what goes on in the studio.  With the strokes that I change and adjust constantly until it gives me that mysterious quality that I am looking for. 

​The sculpture usually starts with a sketch but goes through its own metamorphosis necessary in converting the 2D drawing to a 3D object.  During this process I strive to create beauty, balance and other aesthetic elements but somehow the work always takes on a life of its own.  It just seems to happen despite the endless struggles I experience through the creative process.
In the end I am an observer as much as anything else."

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http://www.hubertphipps.com/
http://www.nyss.org/exhibitions/hubert-phipps/


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