Jack Moga

Acrylic paint allows an automatic application and response with scribbled marks or color swatches. My imagery consists of the lyric elements of line and the illusory sense of space through clouded form and color. The line is animate, changing width and length, mingling with little objects marking the surface in a diversity of forms. The bright color and metallic paint attract, becoming both introduction and common ground between the viewer and me. Adding to this chaotic maelstrom, the stability of hard-edged shapes gives a sense of order, establishing a physical presence within the picture plane.

Like many of the early surrealists, I explore subjective realities as a doorway into the mercurial realm of the metaphysical. Quoting Kandinsky, “creation of a work is creation of a world,” in such a fashion, I paint little worlds described in the universal language of the abstract.