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My mother took me weekly to the Cleveland Museum of Art at the age of three. This was my first formal introduction to a large and diverse collection of fine art in one building. One particular work of art that captured my attention most was Henri Matisse’s Woman with Etruscan Vase. I can never get enough of her pondering face, to me, her image is an ideal portrayal of feminine beauty; the painting, with its lush colors and textures of fruits and plants, placed in such surrounding is visually overwhelming, I felt the feelings abound across the canvas surface observing the creation of Matisse’s possible momentary inspirations. |
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Composing Sensuality – Eric Pelka
My mother took me weekly to the Cleveland Museum of Art at the age of three. This was my first formal introduction to a large and diverse collection of fine art in one building. One particular work of art that captured my attention most was Henri Matisse’s Woman with Etruscan Vase. I can never get enough of her pondering face, to me, her image is an ideal portrayal of feminine beauty; the painting, with its lush colors and textures of fruits and plants, placed in such surrounding is visually overwhelming, I felt the feelings abound across the canvas surface observing the creation of Matisse’s possible momentary inspirations. Thus, observation is the key to understanding how I document fantasies in my paintings. I constantly search within the moment for a source that sparks new creation. I feel my purpose is to freely capture what I see by what naturally happens first, immediate drawing or painting.
Composition from a visual point of view starts a constant exploration of this life’s sensuality, the conscious and subconscious experience. My purpose is to present the viewer with the feelings of inspiration that prompted the work; a multitude of subconscious narratives that exemplify our past and present realities. Integrating these influences through cerebral mysticism conjures dreamy and theatrical motifs in different realms encompassing a diversified assemblage of protean characters.
The work is usually displayed on canvas, but wood surfaces, paper and even framed glass windows are explored. Acrylic is a spontaneous means to help quickly record and exemplify depths and textures, it also dries fast allowing the immediate documentation of my thoughts and emotions portrayed and the accessibility for me to return and layer these images over a chosen period of time. The layering process of subconscious and conscious streams of reality come into play with strokes of color from the brushes which are the basic tools that allow creation of these combinations portrayed in the images.
