What is beautiful? What do we look at in magazines, books, on the television or movies and think ‘My, isn’t that beautiful’? How many things do we wish we had in our lives simply due to them being beautiful objects to enjoy? Now, returning to reality and away from the glamour of movies and television, how many things do we have in our own homes that we walk past every day and take for granted? We purchase or acquire objects for years and place them around our homes. For a while, we walk past these items and think ‘Oh, how beautiful my home is now because of them’ until the day comes when we do not even notice them. They become things that have to be moved and dusted.
One might wonder how this could become a statement relating to artwork as opposed to a statement on purchasing trinkets for the home. After viewing my artwork it becomes clearer. My last four paintings are of everyday objects. These are objects that an average person might have in their home and they might have simply been forgotten, collecting dust up on a high shelf or hidden away amidst other items of the same sort, once cherished and loved by their owners.
A travel clock once assisted its owner in making sure he was up for breakfast during one of his many travels. This clock might have seen room after room in many states or countries. Later it was put away and forgotten, perhaps replaced by something newer or “better.” I wipe the dust away, wind it up, and bring it back to life in a painting, right down to the glowing dial.
A yellow teacup, oddly shaped, and part of a not-so-full set of china from the sixties, might have been given to a loving wife as an anniversary gift. Perhaps the set was used at luncheons and, over the years, a saucer would fall and break, or a bowl become badly chipped. The set goes from owner to second-hand store and then to a new owner, repeating this pattern for years. I wash the cup and saucer and place them back out in full view for everyone to see by use of acrylic and canvas.
Acrylic and canvas help me to bring back the joy and elegance of these once loved, everyday objects. By reproducing these household items in the form of paintings, I ask the viewer to stop and look at the little things in our lives that truly are beautiful. We don’t have to watch movies or television shows and wish we had those fabulous things in our lives. If we stop and look around we have amazing things just sitting around that we can wipe away the dust, wash, and wind up that really are works of art.
Clinton Bosler
812.589.1852
boslerart@aol.com
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