ARTIST STATEMENT:

The artist: Gary Word: A recent group of canvases "nature series" represents the past 2 years of my study of nature. To walk and explore nature inspires and compels me to seek out, discover the possibilities of the unknown. Natural beauty inspires me to create a true passion, striking the brush to the canvas with a pallet of vibrant color, expressing a calm to the eye and at peace to the soul. Also I include raw organic elements, materials that symbolize the different forms that make up nature. Human awareness, appreciation and respect of nature is essential for existence.

Being a northwest native and growing up in a country environment, gave me a great appreciation for life and nature. I started painting at age 9, supported by my family, perfecting my natural ability to create, painting on canvas. Through the years as an artist, I have since traveled the road of perfecting my ability, rewarding at times, sometimes bumpy and challenging. I have tapped in to my intuition, to shine the way for achievement and success. Its measured in different ways, finding answers, keeping my focus and stay confident and have perfected my skills in creating and learning the art business. As results, I have had many shows in the western US. The future looks good as I strive and transcend myself to the next level. Through my art I communicate a part of who I am as endless creative energy and imagination.

Another media I also work in, art glass, which I started in 2001, producing fused glass art sculpture. Since that time I have also had a growing interest take part in another media as a producer in video film making. I'm currently working with local graduates from The Seattle Art Institute on a documentary about glass artist, titled: "day in the life of the artist". Its been really rewarding in many ways to collaborate with such talent in the community and to capture the process of glass art production in the hot shop. A quote from another artist: "tap into your inner creative side, which is in all people, you can find it, art feeds the soul".

My goal is to keep my focus, to perfect my talent, create wonder and imagination, acknowledge and respect, appreciate our environment by being resourceful, capture a moment in time on canvas, sharing that vision.