petebud

PERSONAL STATEMENT

As an artist, I find it difficult to discuss and especially to attempt an explanation of my pictures. They all form a part of my ongoing evolution and exploration through ideas, images and medium. In truth, at the end of the day, I just make pictures. Even now I would rather be painting or drawing than writing this statement.

It can be difficult to say exactly where inspiration comes from as it can arrive in a variety of forms. For example, I will look for inspiration through links with people, natural structures and materials. Not so much as for inspiration, but more for support, I look back to such artists as Degas, Manet, Morisot, Lautrec, the Pre-Raphaelites, Schiele and Klimt. Especially the drawings of these great artists display such spontaneity, creativity and power.

Through my work, I attempt to assume a vivid presence by capturing the fleeting moment of some drama, past, present or future. By blurring the borderline between my own mental perceptions and the external reality, my work can often seek to encompass the organic structure and sometimes even the erotic image.

Peter