Artist Statement

I work in many venues and mediums of art.  At times it's as though I miss the arrival of a destination because I elect to evolve into a stylistic change or to work in a new medium.  Then I realize again that development is not about arriving at the end product, in spite of the fact that products or things are what I make.  Intrinsic to the very process of making art is the simultaneous engagement of the artist with both the spiritual and the natural.  Creativity itself is a divine branding on human beings, linking our image to the likeness of a Creator. However, ironically the outworking process of creating brings the realization of our finite, frail yet beautiful humanity.  I pursue to express a vivid sense of hope through the art that I make.  Hope is an anchor to my soul.  It is one based in personal faith of a magnificent Creator.  I find my expression of this hope is often juxtaposed between larger than life concepts of truth and childlike simplicity.  I like the visual contrasts, whether it be through texture, form, line or color, of elegance and awkwardness, of modern and Bohemian.  I like loud laughter from a gentle soul and violent color with a healing calm.  I make art in celebration of life.

Eva Trout