Michael
Maccarone
Presently my work is centered around the figure.
I have been motivated by the figure for several
years. I am interested in capturing it as accurately
as possible with its shapes, angles, curves
and bumps, colors, contrast and movements. The
constant movement of the figure to me is the
challenge.
My work starts with an image and I attempt to
capture it. It is the shape I am first concerned
with, how it cuts into the background, the angles
created by it, and the relationship with the
room it is in. I simply try to capture it as
real as possible from what I see. The figure
is “scratched out”, as I am always
looking for the movement of the figure, its
changing lines, the repositioning of it in the
room and on the canvas or paper. “As a
snail leaves a trail, so too does the figure.”
The application of medium is accidental, but
what remains is true to what I see. It is a
delicate balance between figure and background,
figure and non-figure. The proper mix or ratio
of both is important to me. This is what carries
my work in the first place of development.
As the work develops, color is added and geometric
lines are applied. The work can change at this
point influenced by any and all things around
me. At this point, music is my biggest influence:
classical, rock, jazz, with each type acting
on my emotions and guiding my work with different
feelings.
I work in bursts of time now, usually two to
three hours of concentrated, hard work. This
is followed by passive study. The piece needs
to work at different viewing points, for example,
2 feet, 10 feet or 50 feet. As the working is
evolving, I study more and am less physical.
Usually I am working on two or more pieces at
once. To me, making art is a physical act. It
is the “scratching out” that fulfills
me…the feel of paint on paper.
My works, these drawings, are simple attempts
to realistically capture the figure…a “snapshot”.
I am not necessarily saying anything. If they
say anything to the viewer, I do not know.
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