Misapprehended - Fall 2023 - Visual Arts

Fall 2023 Visual Culture: REPRESENT!: Misapprehended
DREW DALEO
A Tear in the Horizon, 2021
Oil on Canvas, 56” x 66”
Making images helps me sort complex ideas into digestible parts. How do
I make sense of concepts like superposition, multidimensions, quantum
entanglement and their relationship to our day-to-day? What is a Ghost
Particle, the Unified Field or String Theory? My work is a visual exploration
attempting to reconcile what is seen and unseen. In a psychology course
I learned that the reality we participate in is a construct of our brain/
mind. This idea had a huge impact on everything I understood about
being. Since then I have consumed theories, new research, and far-flung
ideas in order to learn more. My skills and techniques attempt to keep-up
with what inspires me. Physics and science fascinate me. Many concepts
cannot be communicated with words or written language and we know
that lines say something, shapes tell a story, colors express ideas. I create
a formula loaded with visual language that generates an end product for
understanding, clarity and the potential for more ideas. In this formula’s
framework, I plug-in images, codes and techniques which I’m familiar with.
I’m influenced by everything which distills into my work. I give attention to
what inspires me like CGI, 3D printing, and hidden geometry. This current
project focuses on painting and uses traditional painting tools. Refinement
of images as they relate to the idea is my task. I already have a first hand
understanding of this works’ impact. Viewers have expressed appreciation
and understanding of the concepts I attempt to unravel with my work.
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