From Wasteland to Praxis: Uncertainty and Control in the Creative Process

Abstract

This document provides written support for the thesis exhibition, From Wasteland to Praxis: Uncertainty and Control in the Creative Process. This body of work consists of a collection of prints that represent evidence of the creative process. These art objects are evidence of decisions, alterations, and intentions that reveal my conscious and unconscious progression in achieving goals. Each print was selected and organized for this exhibition while considering how past and present circumstances and the difficulty in communicating ideas has influenced a creative process and the experience of working as an artist. This collection of work validates uncertainty, anxiety and the desire to accept and challenge precision and perfection through the act of printmaking. I continuously attempt to understand my purpose for making prints and the process in which Imake them throughout my studio practice. Endeavoring to understand the creative process is the basis for the examination of the impulses, intuition and inspiration that informs the process from conception of ideas to a finalized composition and ultimately presentation in a gallery. The intent of this research is to reveal the connection between the subconscious and the act of creating a print. The findings of this inquiry validate misconceptions as well as certainties about my creative process.