I intend to reinvestigate universal Western themes as a viable and necessary cultural objective in direct response to the incidental, disjointed and ironic qualities of postmodernism. This proposal is based on the study of painting, sculpture and other forms with the intention of reviving figure painting and sculpture as a believable and plausible vehicle of expression anchored in the Western mythological tradition. This includes the tradition of Judeo-Christian theology at its many historically significant moments of renewed expression.
How does the narrative become plausible in the 21st Century? By exploring art history with an original premise, a modern idea; that there is no end to the permutations of the artist’s point of view. The premise today that it has all been said and that the only evocations left are ironic reflections of self-consciousness (referencing nothing more than expression itself) is the very last word in decadence. This impressive but jaded viewpoint does not support the urge for unique renewed expression that is not referral, but is a language in itself.
Once the visual experience is recorded as an ongoing inquiry into the nature and significance of our world, there is no end to the ways in which we can apply our vision. The job of mythology is to reintroduce the Western imagination to itself. It must become a true and tactile force; an authentic location of form in the world. It must have an astonishing freshness.