Artist’s Statement

The pressing need to take account of the wounded state of all living systems is pivotal in my work, plus a focus on the interior life of people living in a fractured world, disconnected from Earth’s cycles. I like to push space around by juxtaposing colors, playing the second dimension off the third. George Tooker, Max Beckman, and Giotto were early influences. I graduated from the Boston Museum School in 1990 with a focus on Drawing.

—Carty Bledsoe