Gregory Euclide

http://www.gregoryeuclide.com/

"I don't change what the work is about from week to week. It has always been about the same thing: Experiencing the space around us. As far as starting the work, I always start very abstractly, making general outlines for spaces. Then, it becomes a matter of building up the surface and defining certain areas of growth and decay. The whole process usually happens in one or two days.


I am satisfied when I can sit there and watch it, like one would watch the ocean or a river. Music is very important to the work. I have to start off with something that is going to get things moving (Pedro, I'm Not a Gun, Four Tet) . Because I work for 8 or so hours straight on a work, it is important to match the energy levels with appropriate music. I might start off with a City Center Office and finish with a Kranky or 12K. The music often drives the work to a certain place. I like music more than visual art... possibly because I could never really play piano, or because it is just more flowing. I try to capture the feeling I get while listening to a certain work... Or... the feeling I get when walking through a forest... it is the same feeling.. and it comes out in the work as a flowing mess of tiny scenes and diagrams. The first two to three hours of working on a painting are pretty fun. It is like a dance.... and everything is unfolding before me on this sheet of paper.. and that is why it gets done again... because that experience of making the landscapes in the image of music and thinking about the history of the space and putting that together with the present ..... nice."

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