| tory casey
community and culture
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| artist statement
I just want to engage the viewer.
The paintings I make are narrative, painted from a bird’s eye view with deceptively simple images and bright color. This is what will initially ignite the viewer’s desire to step into the narrative of the canvas. I believe that the artist is a revealer of a world that is ordinarily hidden from us, and the work invites a jumping off point for the viewers imagination.
My medium is acrylic on canvas, using small brushes to build up many translucent layers of color. I like patterns and circles of light. I often find crows in my paintings, which seem to represent the flurry of chattering thoughts in my head.
Strongly influenced by community and culture, social commentary, history, and folklore, I paint entirely from memory and by imagination. I am self-taught and don’t want to “know” what I’m doing. I trust my intuition and everything interesting in my paintings comes in mysteriously, out of the blue.
I hope you enjoy my work!
— Tory Casey
Community and Culture
The Bounty Hunters Take Darling Nelly Gray
Acupuncture; to Remove the Aches and Pains of Life
The Least Among Us
Space Junk; No Need for Alarm
Rise and Shine, Elkin!!
Cold Studio
The Emperor Has No Clothes
Sugar in the Gourd
Ecocide
The Fall
Bad Dream
Michigan Summer
Clear Cutting Surry County
Porch Tunes
Dog Walk
Loving Kindness
Over Elkin Creek
There's No Place Like Home
Step-a-Tune
Lazy Afternoon