
Spotlight Artist
Ranee Henderson
Pacific Coast
Artist Statement
I wish that I were a producer of sense, or a professional arranger
of structures. But, honestly, the art that I am currently making is
just for me. I’d like to say that there is more to it. Maybe I could
manufacture some meaning or ply my intentions with some
upper-level smarts, but no. It’s a base study of influence and
reaction, from a time when I was pretty unimpressed with the
predictability of most everything. But that was no way to live, so I
decided to look harder. This has become the chief concept of my
work: tracking and uncovering the anomalous substances in life,
the subtle pluses and minuses that build us or break us. People
are capable of dumb and wonderful things, and I am beginning to
appreciate that it is all worthwhile.
Artist's Additional works
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