Visual Language Visual Language Contemporary Fine Art Vol 2 No 11 November 2013

CFAI.co Colors On My Palette
Corey Reier
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When did you realize you loved art and wanted to be ‘an artist’
Most likely when my dad gave me drawing lessons at the age of
eight or so. He would set up an easel with a big pad of blank paper
and we would draw futuristic characters and landscapes.
Who has been the greatest influence from your past to mentor you to this career
Again that would have to be my parents in the past and present. They supported my art making from an
early age, from early pursuits in high school to majoring in painting in college. Their encouragement let
me experience and experiment with art, all the while knowing that fine art for the most part is not a trade
or career that lends to job security. This freedom and lack of resistance as a young artist has enabled me
find my current path in making art.
Who is your mentor today, or another artist you admire and why
I admire many contemporary artists but what inspires me the most are those artists whom do not know
they are creating art. For instance the drawings of children usually 3 years and younger or an artist that
has severe autism such as Dan Miller. These artists have pure gesture in their marks and have a perception
lacking pretension. A lack of intention and deliberate art making, pure spontaneity, is what I admire and
try to learn from these artists.
What is your favorite surface to paint on Describe it if you make it yourself.
The surface I find paintings on is usually a concrete wall in close proximity to actions of daily living. Most
recent work was captured on a sea wall in southern California wherein the ocean had eroded and stained
the wall located on a beach. There had been fires at the base of the wall which lended to a rich history of
drawing and writing with the charcoal from the beach fires.
Do you have a favorite color palette
The color of time and history on a surface is preferred.
What subject appears the most in your paintings and why
The markings of persons unaware they are contributing to the history of a surface appears most
frequently in my recent work. Many surfaces exhibit a collaboration between an entire community marking
the passing of a multitude of events and experiences over time. This is the art want to capture with
photography due to the uninhibited and genuine display of history of time,space and place.
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