Jerry Veverka Art

My favorite criteria for a good painting or drawing: It should be A WINDOW, A MIRROR and A PAINTED SURFACE. The first relates to the offering to the viewer, or the story behind the painting. The second is an imperative that the painting should offer the opportunity for the viewers to find their own stories within the piece. And the third tells us that what appears on the surface of the painting is not something "real", it is after all only a story told with paint. My paintings are representational in that they look like something, but what? Within each piece are multiple aspects of the story, often at different scales and within different time frames. Ideally they allow various stories and interpretations. But, after all, at bottom these are only words, enough words - the realities of the paintings lie in the works themselves.
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My favorite criteria for a good painting or drawing:
It should be A WINDOW, A MIRROR and A PAINTED SURFACE.

The first relates to the offering to the viewer, or the story behind the painting. The second is an imperative that the painting should offer the opportunity for the viewers to find their own stories within the piece.
And the third tells us that what appears on the surface of the painting is not something "real", it is after all only a story told with paint.

My paintings are representational in that they look like something, but what? Within each piece are multiple aspects of the story, often at different scales and within different time frames. Ideally they allow various stories and interpretations.

But, after all, at bottom these are only words, enough words - the realities of the paintings lie in the works themselves.