Aaron Krone Artist’s Statement

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My goal is to create a portrait or a scene that includes the emotion and the mood of the person or location.  I want my image of a locale or individual to engage the viewer and give insight into the current environment or emotion being expressed. It is my hope that the art will suggest stories to the viewer about the image depicted.

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I’m also fascinated with the idea of motion and emotion and how the two interrelate. The use of motion provides the idea that we are moving through time and not stagnate; we are ever changing. . 

A unique beauty happens when a person is in the middle of a process or action.  In Photography, motion blurs are often seen as ruined or wasted images because the face is out of focus or distorted due to the action, but I enjoy the ambiguity of these happy accidents.

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I’m influenced by a number of artists including Richard Diebenkorn who said, “Reality has to be digested, it has to be transmuted by paint.  It has to be given a twist of some kind.”  I consider this idea when I represent the people and scenes around me with visual images.

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Aaron Krone Bio

 

Aaron Krone has a B.A. from Friends University, Wichita, Kansas and an MFA from Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas. He is an Associate Professor of studio arts at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas where he teaches the compositional design, drawing, painting, and figural classes. He has won regional and international recognition for his artwork.

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