Artist Statement

Abstract art allows me to express myself without realism implying itself into my thoughts.  All artists creating subjective or abstract art combine the same elements of design and composition that must function simultaneously for the piece to come together and heave balance.  I work with those elements and my own feelings moving back and forth from subconscious expression and conscious compositional awareness.  When complete, all components must have unity.

The inner self reveals what our fundamental character is and who we are.  It speaks the truth.  My painting is a representation of that.  Invisibility to most, is the absence, emptiness, or lack of.  Invisibility can also represent absolute presence maybe not visibly seen but certainly felt and understood.  In my paintings I try to leave open space, a place of freedom.  A space where the thoughts I lay a foundation for can be interpreted and carried on by the viewer or even remain unsaid.  I choose abstraction because it is raw, without boundaries or pretense.  What is not seen or implied is as, or more important than what is seen.  Sometimes the most profound statements are made with the fewest words.  My hope and what I continuously work towards is that my paintings in their simplest form can relay the deepest complexity.

-Gretchen Adreon

Artist Reception