Artist Profile

Woven Dreams
18
$2,500

I Look To The Hills
18
$2,500

Deep Thoughts
12
$1.500

Three Strangers
12
$800

Artist Statement: I am a Guyanese-born contemporary visual artist and a retired adjunct art professor who has lived and worked in the United States of America for the vast majority of my adult life. My memories of Guyana are rich and abundant. A visual kaleidoscope from this exotic place is referenced in my work. These references serve as visual footnotes to my artmaking practices by allowing me a rich palette of sites to draw from. Saturated colors and patterns reveal themselves in my paintings, drawings, sculptures and collages. Sometimes my subject matter is abstract forms while others are about myself. My self- portraits are autobiographical and mythical mirrors through which I’m able to reflect upon from my past by reminiscing about the Guyana that I once knew as a child. Wide noses and thick lips are frequent in most of my work. I use these features not as cultural stereotypes, but to emphasize the natural beauty of African features. I am drawn to these features and continue to use them in my work because I find them sculpturally strong, ruggedly handsome and spiritually connected to my work. The multicolored mask-like images reflect the fusion of both the Guyanese-African and indigenous cultures with their rich and diverse pagentry of carnival. My work combines both imaginary and spiritual concepts through myths and folklores. This process allows me to stretch my imagination to the fullest of its elasticity. Most of the symbols in my work are used metaphorically and vary in interpretation based on the context in which they are applied. My work embodies all of my experiences as a human being and a Guyanese-born artist.

In view of the above, I trust that you find my work visually and spiritually stimulating. Stanwyck E. Cromwell, M.F.A.

Tour Location: ArtSpace Hartford 1st Floor

Phone: (860) 796-6822

Website: www.stancromwell.com

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