Colin Day

www.studiodaybreak.net

COLIN’S LABEL:

2006 Dry Stack Vineyard Syrah

“I am not interested in ‘the discourse of contemporary art’. When I go into my studio or participate in art as a viewer, I am interested only in the magic of the object. That is to say: does an object or image transport me? Is it beautiful? I believe very much in art as alchemy. The artist’s job, I think, is to translate a known quantity or quality into something that is transcendent or poignant. I am influenced by spirituality, rapture and chaos. Also, I believe in anthropomorphosis. We can only hope to understand the relationship between ourselves and these objects within the context of our own humanity. If the artist and the viewer have due diligence, the art experience can break free of the constraints of that structure to touch something more universal, even momentarily. That is the magic moment, and I believe it is the purpose of why we make and look at art.

These paintings come from my simple desire to create beautiful and poetic images. If the viewer feels the magic and the whimsy in viewing them that I feel making them, I have succeeded. If the viewing experience gives pause to them or, perhaps even sticks with them and makes them think, then other more magical forces are at work. Either way, I sure have a good time making them. I believe that simple enjoyment in the studio and that magic element in the viewing makes the world a better place. Right now, more than ever, that is worth its salt.”

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