Geoff Gildner
I have
made Tempe, Arizona home after graduating from Arizona State University in
1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. During that time as a student
I also engaged in elective studies in Art History, Architecture and Landscape
Architecture as additional subjects of interest, which ultimately lead to
independent educational studies (Urban Design) in Europe in 1991. After pursuing
a teaching position in Pusan, South Korea in 1996, I returned to Tempe to
briefly study Architecture at the graduate level. Although a graduate degree
was never obtained (by choice), I continued to participate locally on a professional
level in creative projects in both the Architectural field as well as the
Landscape Architectural field. I briefly served on the design teams for several
local projects dedicated to the Performing Arts and Humanities, such as the
Mesa Arts Center, in Mesa, Arizona and the Tempe Center for the Arts, in Tempe,
Arizona. (Both stand out as two great additions to the cultural fabric of
the metropolitan area of Phoenix, Arizona.) At this time, painting became
a prevalent aspect to my daily life, and was destined to become an endeavor
that would lead to further independent study and experimentation.
All of these experiences, both in spirit and memory, serve as the catalyst
for what my Artwork represents today.
The Artwork is about discovery…sometimes for the second time. It is playful, yet thought provoking and evocative. It surrenders to the elemental application of the experience of the soul and the medium used to describe it. It is the extent of honesty that defines my urban/southwest contemporary expression; and the focal purpose of the ‘story’ portrayed…both in its simplicity and abstraction. It is with my unique painting (Artistic) vocabulary and the varied vastness of my limitations that I have discovered a mysterious and limitless soul of the human condition. It surrounds me/us as light, color, reflection, perspective, the symmetrical, and the dynamics of complexity. There is a humanistic harmony of emotion when a dimensional focus intersects that of another--capturing a collision of beauty, both in time and place.
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