This series was a painted during a time in my life (1998 - 1999) when compositional abstraction and my ideas of being the mental state of your work as you work on it was completely new to me. I had been a portrait artist that converted to still life, and abstraction just felt right. or so I think, memory fails us as we go back and look a our lives, as I am sure it is for me.
Artist statement
This series was intended to present the various mental states of an individual soldier during and after war. The mythology of the Hawaiian Islands to represent the identity of a shark as a metaphor to symbolize said mental state of a soldier. The mythology of the pacific islands believe that when an individual is acting out of place he is wearing the spirit and identity of a shark.
As a source of inspiration I looked toward the behavioral traits of schizophrenia; conflicts of confusion both rational and irrational, violence, an adolescent-like lust, and lack of self-control, as the foundation for my methods used in the application of paint.
War being what it is induces an almost schizophrenic-like psychology to the fundamental beliefs of right and wrong. Wrong is only in question when it is committed on the individuals perception of interpretation.
Adam M. Considine 1999
Shark 1 "Knights"
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
Shark 2 "Wounded a"
oil on canvas
50" x 96"
Shark 3 "Wounded b"
oil on canvas
96" x 60"
Shark 4 "Civilian a"
oil on canvas
48"x 24"
Shark 5 "Enemy"
oil on canvas
70" x 20"
Shark 6 "Liberty"
oil on canvas
24" x 30"
Shark 7 "Artillery"
oil on canvas
48" x 60"
Shark 8 "Civilian b"
oil on canvas
48" x 24"
Shark 9 "Civilian c"
oil on canvas
22" x 18"
Shark 10 "Lady Liberty"
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
Shark 11 "Acceptable Civillian Death"
oil on canvas
22" x 30"
Shark 12 "Wound"
oil on canvas
18" x 22"
Shark 13 "Village"
oil on canvas
48" x 24"
Shark 14 "Death"
oil on canvas
30" x 15"
Shark 15 "One Foot in a"
oil on canvas
60" x 36"
Shark 16 "One Foot in b"
oil on canvas
60" x 36"
Shark 17 "One Foot in c"
oil on canvas
60" x 36"
Shark 18 "Four of Hearts"
oil on canvas
36" x 36"
Shark 19 "The City"
oil on canvas
48" x 36"
Shark 20 "Conception"
oil on canvas
60" x 48"
I had a good time working on these...
...I sold all of them.
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