Ian Malloy

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I never really know what to say for this thing, because it's an artist site.  If it were some public atmosphere things might be different, but the art world always has that something to it that gives it a different flavor.  Sometimes this flavor is a good thing, it sparks life and growth - even creativity and imagination, but some times the flavor can be bitter or hard to swallow.  So much pretention flows in the art world, the academic in particular.  I find art to be a greater thing than simple principles or conceived elements, an essence to which most things typically transcend.  Things like the notion of love - it is not the physical act of love making that makes it love but the presence of the essence of Love, which is defined by two people.  This defining, like that of art, is only real to the people experiencing the agreement while knowing that some two other people may completely disagree.  With the pressure of traditional academic art bearing down upon me since I began painting with oils, I have always aspired towards some end of stature within the artworld, not fully realizing how naive that is to be.  I now aspire towards change, in the hopes that my art might help someone.  To me painting is an experience I enjoy.