Artist's Statement

Don Ulrich
Journeys and Destinations:

We are in a changing world of gravities and non-gravities, of form and the formless, of non perspectives, and I think that all this flux and foment should be reflected in the art of our times.

Building on an interest in astronomy and outer space exploration, my work focuses on the abstract development of cosmic phenomena and galactic occurrences. Also Chumash rock paintings and prehistoric art provide strong stimulus for my creative imageries. Many of my works are mixed media wall sculptures that incorporate broken shards and objects from nature (such as eucalyptus branches, redwood, and sisal), to express my beliefs about a greater universal whole that encompasses man and nature. My ideas and abstract expressions are as current as the latest space probe to Mars or scientific string theory speculation, and as ancient as the flower-strewn cave burials of Neanderthal man. Several of my wall sculptures and paintings have been exhibited with other American artists in US Embassies in Riga, Latvia and Panama through the US State Department.

For the last half century, our civilization has embarked upon a Journey into outer space and beyond. That destination as New World explorers has shaped our perception of time and space, and we are now immersed in a world imbued with intellectual visualizations of intensive scientific exploration and technological invention. Our perception of these spatial worlds is wholly influenced by preoccupations with cyber space and interplanetary travel and intergalactic explorations, as well as the study of quantum physics. My abstract sculpture and aesthetic searchings have been engaged in this same journey of exploration, and I have attempted to comprehend and visualize these same concentrations of all things spatial and cosmic. The ancient Greeks and prehistoric Indian cultures also devoted enormous creative and spiritual energies to the psychic investigations and visualization of these same universal and cosmic phenomena, and I am constantly influenced by their deep understanding and drawn by the manifestations of the wonderful knowledge of their universes.




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