A D A M W I M B L E
a r t i s t s t a t e m e n t
I was born on a beautiful farm in Vermont. I couldn’t think of a better place that I would have rather grown up on and it has influenced who I am and my art. My first memories of art were of the children’s books that my mother would read to my brother and I as children. Looking at those illustrations always made me want to draw, although I’ll admit that drawing isn’t my strongpoint. When I first enrolled in college at Plattsburgh University, I wanted to be a photographer,but now I use photography as a tool to paint from. It wasn’t until my first painting class that I fell in love with painting. Although I didn’t believe that I was great at it, I kept it up until I kept getting better. I think that I’m still getting better and have more room for growth. As long as I keep pushing and challenging myself, I know that I will. For me, art is about challenge and expression.
h o m e s t a t e m e n t
Home plays a very important role in my artwork. I feel very fortunate to live on a beautiful farm in Vermont and most of my work reflects that. Some of my favorite pieces are of my dad and uncle at work. I love how my paintings tell a story of their everyday lives. To me, my paintings are a recording of the things that I love. I hope that my work doesn’t seem like a cliche’ to people, because I’m painting cows and such. It’s not a cliche’ to me it’s just my everyday life.
d e t e r i o r a t i o n s t a t e m e n t
When I’m taking pictures for things to paint, I’m always looking for something unique that catches my eye. I don’t purposefully search our for things that are deteriorated, but it’s always neat when I do find something that I think will work. I like to walk in the woods behind my house, because there is an area with scrap metal and old farm equipment that my dad has kept. I’m always finding something new to snap a picture of. Some of my favorite paintings came out of it. My reflection in the woods painting is the back of an old headlight that was lying about in this area. I even like natural decay in nature, such as an old rotten tree. Things like this have a lot of character.
