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Artist Statement
I am
drawn to ephemeral moments that evoke the timeless qualities of my
nature subjects. I cherish the instant when the lightscape contains
clues to transcendental, as well as physical, reality.
My artworks are meant as embodiments of the
sensory and subconscious experience in which I was immersed at the
time of the original photographic exposure; Suggestions of the
existence of a non-verbal, metaphorical mode of communication
between ourselves and the non-human.
I guide the viewer’s perception
of
my conceived reality through the use of contemporary tools and
techniques, as well as various media chosen for the specific
properties I find useful to the realization of my vision.
Thoughts
on the
making and appreciation of art
The making of an artwork entails the artist’s struggle with his own
limitations and those of his tools, in the creation of a symbol
representing a confluence of spiritual and emotional states-of-being
and life experience. As the resulting symbol is of such a personal
nature, I feel that a total awareness of its implications is
available only to the artist.
Viewers of an artwork bring their own frame-of-reference to its
interpretation, based on their own life experience and
state-of-being. As such, a viewer appreciates, or does not
appreciate, an artwork for reasons uniquely their own.
"A person's life purpose is nothing more than to rediscover,
through the detours of art, or love, or passionate work, those one
or two images in the presence of which his heart first opened." -
Albert Camus
Biography
John Radigan
was born and resides in
Wickliffe,
Ohio.
He is an artist, lecturer and workshop instructor respected for his
penetrating photographs and captivating print interpretations of
nature’s wonders. His artworks draw on sensibilities developed through
years of creative experience in music, writing, and photography in
revealing the inner song, the cry of our true nature that awakens in
the presence of wildness.
He leads workshops throughout the year for
various organizations including the Adirondack Photography Institute
and
Cleveland
Botanical Garden,
enthusiastically sharing a wealth of practical experience while
guiding participants in the process of uncovering,
nurturing and expressing their own unique vision of the world.
His informative and entertaining lectures
explore the richness of the human/nature
relationship through compelling imagery and thoughtful discourse.
John’s work has received many awards and been
exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in venues such as
Cleveland Botanical Garden (Cleveland, Ohio); Lake Placid Center for
the Arts (Lake Placid, New York); Lake Metroparks (Kirtland, Ohio);
Arts Center/Old Forge (Old Forge, New York); and the Fine Arts
Association (Willoughby, Ohio). His images and writings will also appear
in
the
upcoming Beat of an Adirondack Heart.
His work is seen on the walls and in the
collections of many corporations including Floraline Display
Products, InfoRad, International Paper, KeyCorp, Life Cycle
Strategies, Mountainman Outdoor Supply, Peak Performance Sports
Medicine, Prudential Insurance, Thrivent Financial and Xerox.
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