neW zeaLand ARTiST dAve rOy profile ~ sculptures ~ works for sale before 1996 ~ 1996-2000 ~ recent works darkness visible

ran/ dom : 1. n.  haphazard, without aim or purpose or principle {Oxford Dictionary}

‘RANDOM’is the product of three random influences in the life of a working artist:

1: Recently,  while fossicking in the archival boxes in our ‘ attic’ , I came across an old exercise book of mine from high school. Much to my amusement I saw that when I ought to have been listening to my teachers,  I was in fact lost in a world of my own …..doodling!!

2: As a young boy I was fed a diet of wonderful tales, of gods, goddesses, heroes and villains, Medusa’s and Minotaurs, from my father who was a history professor; and subsequently have been fascinated with mythology ever since.  And so it was, the other day while aimlessly surfing the net,   I  somewhat randomly came across ABRAXAS,  which I found to be not only an old favourite Santana album of mine , but also an ‘ Egyptian god/demon which represented God and Satan as a single entity, within the dual nature of its’ essence.’  { Wikipedia definition }. Needless –to-say,  this intrigued me, as it represents what the majority of religions extol in one way or another : i.e. the yin-yang duality of the universe and the good/ bad , or the positive/negative aspects in all things.

3: While many folk believe there is some reason for life, which is pre-ordained and mapped out , I am more of the opinion that life is a series of random events that influence us, modified only by  the choices we make. I am  { in fact } far from convinced that there is a reason for anything, let alone everything!

And so……. while I have a tendency to  work thematically with my exhibitions, this time I thought it may be more interesting { for me anyway} to explore some different approaches to my work. Basically,  I define myself as a mixed –media artist/ sculptor, but certainly not as a painter! ………… However, being a self-confessed ‘ dabbler’/ Jack-of-all-trades…master-of none! I am always keen to be on a learning curve, and add another skill to my artistic quiver. As such,  I have attempted to incorporate  some painting in this exhibition,  loosely based/ or not, around the three influences mentioned above.  I thought it may be of interest to see what doodling might produce,  45 years down the track,  with a dreamlike image,  and my interpretation of Abraxas meandering through the works in a somewhat random fashion………….  for no reason at all, other than……..‘ what is……. is! ’

Dave Roy 2008

p.s. In retrospect I guess I could have called the exhibition ABRAXAS       Aaaaaaaaah well……c’est la vie!……..maybe next time

© Dave Roy 1990- 2009