My current artistic expressions are small-scale tempera paintings on paper. This media's potential for spontaneous and exploratory development captivates
me. Beginning with the general premise that my paintings will be of people, I start without a specific subject or situation in mind.
Often I set up by creating abstract designs of a geometric and/or organic nature. This physical act of putting paint directly and abstractly to paper
suggests images and situations. Many are rejected or revised before one to my liking emerges. The allegorical and narrative qualities of my work are both
consciously and unconsciously sought, but I do not want my subjects to remain purely iconographic or symbolic entities. I hope that these paintings, while
containing figuration and narrative, retain an energetic and unified abstract and physical presence.
In a more general sense, making art is a way to legitimize existence, giving it lasting meaning, producing poetic sense out of past and present. I see
images as mysterious and powerful and find creating them magical and cathartic.
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Dennis Zaborowski Goddess with Children, 2004 Tempera on paper 25 x 19 inches Lent by the artist |
Dennis Zaborowski On the Tracks, 2004 Tempera on paper 19 x 25 inches Lent by the artist |
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Dennis Zaborowski Being the Last to Know, 2004 Tempera on paper 25 x 19 inches Lent by the artist |
Dennis Zaborowski Man Dancing with Three Women, 2004 Tempera on paper 19 x 25 inches Lent by the artist |