hey, i'm shara dewitt. i am a visual artist currently living, working and existing nashville, tn. below, you'll find an artist statement of sorts...
get in touch with me if you would like to talk shop, buy my art, or blow my mind.
xoxo
I explore both traditional and non-traditional printmaking and mixed
media techniques to solidify my style and approach to originating
artwork. I'm always looking toward chance, color experimentation, and
inviting the "happy accidents" which occur more often than not. I set
out to create an art that incorporates conflicting elements, an art
that has internal tensions, an art that is at war with itself. I am
interested in creating images that are at once strange and familiar,
sad and amusing, beautiful and grotesque -- images that evoke an
atmosphere of disquiet, a sense of the unexpected strangeness of the
world in its current state. These themes, which hint at an unsatisfied
longing for transcendence, are central to the work, yet are explored
at arm's length, with a certain amount of irony and irreverence.
