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Artist Spotlight: Art Venti
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Word of the Day: Amorphous
ARTIST COMMENTS
Art Venti has been an artist since childhood. Though he draws, paints and sculpts, his series of color pencil illustrations are his most well known works. His works feature intensely detailed, amorphous shapes that give the impression of a dream scape of twisted white bedsheets, swirling ribbons and underwater plants. Each piece takes some three to four months to complete.
“My work does not conveniently fit into a category. There are elements of abstraction and glimpses of “reality”. One might guess at surrealism, but I do not think of my work as such. My objective is about taking a fresh look at the traditional landscape. By using this familiar format, a dialogue is created between the viewer and the image.” – Art Venti
DEFINITION
Amorphous means without a clearly defined form, like the moon's amorphous reflection in a lake. Figuratively, something amorphous lacks focus, be it a work of art, a political movement, or even someone's life plans.
The Greek roots of this word are clear: morphē means "form," and a- means "lacking or without." When creative works or ideas are described as amorphous, it means they suffer from a lack of organization. An amorphous object lacks a well-defined outline or structure, like amorphous jellyfish drifting on the surface of the ocean.
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