JOEY DERSE ARTIST STATEMENT

My many vivid dreams have lead me to incorporate surreal qualities in my artwork. The primary focus of my artwork is color; art to me is about creating zigzags, continuous lines, straight lines, moon shapes, and triangles, while focusing on chromatic colors. Following my intuition in the technique of making marks, I smear, goop, brush, and splash paint to achieve processes. In doing this, realistic subjects are assembled in unusual relationships with each other. These alternating realities often overlap and remain unexplained.

My personal sense of beauty in the painting process leads me to try and incorporate intense light and sun imagery. Repeated design motifs and similar colors distributed across each canvas - unify and focus the compositions. Asking visual questions pulls more viewers into my artist experience. The intentional complexity of subject, content, and painting design invites inquiry on the part of the viewer.