I have always been inspired by what our lives give us on a daily basis, stress, love, relationships, confused society, politics, and even death. All play a role in how and what I create. I express my art without hesitation through painting, drawings and sculpture. Why are we here? Why do we make art? What is its purpose? Who are we? What is the Metaphysics of Art? I want my images to provoke, be elusive, have some ambiguity, move the inner you, and even make you recoil at times. I try to let the paint be paint and not get in its way, as Philip Guston says “Let your 3rd hand do the painting.”
- April 2023, One man show, It’s OK To Cry, Twisted Canvas Studio and Gallery http://tedagillespie.art
- November, 2023, Art and Medicine Symposium, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, Mo
- January -February, 2023, Arquetopia, International Artist in Residency, Puebla, Mexico
- 2022, Exhibition Florence Italy
- 2021 Exhibition, Venice, Italy
Membership:
CAVA, Chicago Alliance for Visual Arts
St Charles Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, Mo
Art St Louis, St Louis Mo
St Louis Artist Guild, St Louis, Mo
“To Be An Artist, Is To Have A Daily Argument with Your Self” TAG