Defining
Abstraction::
An artists view of abstract art:
What is abstract art? A Challenge! It
tests the skills of the artist to reflect reality in a new way, to
explore spaces untouched by others. What is abstract art? A mirror!.
It reveals the soul landscape of its practitioner. Raw feelings presented
in the simplest forms and colours. Abstract art is the essence of
what is named reality. It is the true flower hidden within the colour
and petals, hidden within the form, that form seen only with the eye.
Abstract art presents the flower seen
by the soul. I feel abstract is the most personal art form, for in
revealing the essence of what is around myself, I must reveal my very
own essence. It is a test of myself and the audience. Abstract Art
requires boldness, bravery. Most artists, myself included, can copy
reality. A face is a face. A copy is a copy. Machines can copy. To
seek truth, the face behind the face, the spirit must dare much. I
will not except surface truth. Within each of us is that place that
I seek. As all truth begins with birth, my search begins in the place
of all birth, the womb. In quiet stillness, my figures silently reveal
truths beginning. Within their magic power circle there is a movement.
Life comes. Life is the egg.
Eric
Lotz, 2000
Biography
Interested in art since childhood, Eric grew up
in the creative environment of living with a father who was a leading advertising
photographer in Montreal, as well as having a mother who modeled, wrote poetry,
and worked professionally as an actor. As a schoolboy, Eric earned income in
his free time as a professional illustrator of architecture, drawing the homes
of his clients, this work done in Victoria, B.C., In this period his work was
selected for exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery. An artist who works in mixed
media, Eric is at home with pastels, oils, plastic, and other metals including
bronze, as well as drills, saws, and other tools of wood sculpture. His formal
training was gained as a student of The Ontario College of Art and Design. To
supplement his income in fine art, Eric has become active in commercial advertising
and is presently working full time at a firm in Toronto. Ever striving to grow
and evolve in his artistic journey, Eric is always seeking a new view, a new
approach.
Born:
Montreal, PQ. Canada in 1964
