Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
or by appointment.
Shawn Newton
My art is my religion, a sort of meditation on paper. The time it takes for me to create a composition is like time spent in a temple ruminating over my life's decisions. I can't feel good about a piece work if I didn't put forth a substantial amount of effort and determination. Some of the compositions come to me as easy as breathing, while some come only with significant strain and toil. No matter what the meaning behind a piece or series of work, I make art to shed the accumulated stresses of life...to decompress. Almost every piece of art I make is a selfish act of creation. When working on something for somebody other than myself I lose all interest, all passion and all ability.
After all the effort that I put into my work, I am physically exhausted. The more I create, the better I am able to know myself. Right now I'm working with coffee mugs and other containers that have different meanings for me. I suppose you could look at them as containers for the soul. People spend a lot of time drinking coffee while sitting around talking with friends and strangers, and I like to think of it as them sharing and drinking in bits of each other.
My art is my religion, a sort of meditation on paper. The time it takes for me to create a composition is like time spent in a temple ruminating over my life's decisions. I can't feel good about a piece work if I didn't put forth a substantial amount of effort and determination. Some of the compositions come to me as easy as breathing, while some come only with significant strain and toil. No matter what the meaning behind a piece or series of work, I make art to shed the accumulated stresses of life...to decompress. Almost every piece of art I make is a selfish act of creation. When working on something for somebody other than myself I lose all interest, all passion and all ability.