Artist Statement

maxi-mal-ist (noun): a person who favors direct or revolutionary action to achieve a goal.

fem-i-nist (noun): a person advocating social, political, and economic equality for all.

Krama nyatvam parinama nyatve hetuh
The cause will determine how the sequence unfolds
Pantanjali's Yoga Sutras III:15

Each and every creative act is our unique and personal communion with the Infinite. I consider Art to be the gift of our manifestation as beings of consciousness. As we participate in any process of creation, we become a mirror of the universe filtered through our individual experience. It is through this exploration that we may come to understand the nature of "Self", or Union with that which we consider to be the Divine.

In exploring the concept of the subjective, I allow the brushwork to breathe emotion into the imagery. The process of creation becomes just as --if not-- more important, than the final product. We are all gifted with the faculties of perception to discern an adequate pictorial meaning, but no interpretation will be the same, and none is more or less accurate than another. In Phenomenology of Spirit, Hegel explains how the subject is constituted by "the process of reflectively mediating itself with itself." I am seeking to flesh out that particular process by which "the self" takes its shape through the impressions left behind by each stroke.

If you are interested in knowing more about ideas that inform my work, you can read a paper which I wrote in 1998: Women, Art, and Action.

Questions or Comments? Email me at info@veronicaleandrez.com (No Spam, please!)



We are one mind observing itself
"Time isn't everything, it's the only thing.
It is an illusion, time does not exist."

Veronica S. Leandrez
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