lyle rushing

Artist Statement

Without instruction....
Not bound by constraints of form or periods....
Purely with passion and purpose, guided by instinct...
I create.

I love the use of the most rudimentary tools: graphite, charcoal, oil sticks, colored pencils and pastel chalks ....The incomparable connection of hand-to-tool-to-paper.... The transference of inner feelings through fingers; sometimes physically pressed on paper by smudging. You literally receive pieces of me with these pieces.

Recently I have begun working with acrylics on wood. Wood is an incredibly organic surface that requires a cooperative effort with the paint. Random and practiced strokes come together to produce stories, moods and memories.

I love my artwork.

It is music on canvas.
It is poetry with paint.
It is life captured in moments.