WAYNE PAIGE
ARTIST STATEMENT
The Digital Age has brought upon us a binary kaleidoscope fog blanketing both perception and reality along with a device-driven technology that has gone well beyond its original purpose of improving lives. I think of my artwork as not only beyond the fog, but also behind the curtain of technology, closer to the woods and fields and further from the machines and buildings.
Using oil paint on canvas and ink on paper, I create mythical landscapes of hills, waterways, forests, and fields that serve as settings for a variety of unforeseen events. Within these settings, featureless bipedal silhouettes resembling clothespins engage in a variety of activities. Creatures of the woodlands are often present. Together they can be seen flying, floating, hiding and fleeing with the outcome providing a visual bridge to a world of conflict, dreams, humor, and the surrealistic nature of the times. I have been living and creating art in the DC area since completing graduate school in the early 1970’s. This includes twenty-seven solo exhibitions along with numerous gallery and museum exhibitions both locally and nationally.