Colby Schwartz
Colby Schwartz is Texas based artist currently living and working in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area. In the spring of 2019, he graduated from the University of North Texas with his BFA in both Drawing and Painting, and Ceramics, with a minor in Art History. While in undergrad Colby got to explore different mediums but gravitated towards painting. Moving forward he is focusing much of his creative attention to painting as a fulltime studio artist.
Artist Statement
My studio practice is very intuitive. Creating paintings by making a mark and responding to that mark. This interaction of doing, and then responding is very exciting and challenging. This, in turn, causes me to think and engage with each piece differently. Like a game of chess, it feels natural and keeps me mentally involved with the work.
As an artist, I am interested in exploring the different elements of abstract painting—mark making, texture, color and space. Using various painting tools, I am able to build up a space with a wide variety of marks. Creating a multilayer environment for the marks to live and interact with one another. By using different textures and thicknesses of paint I am delving into the physically nature of paint, using real space with real depth and real shadows contrasted by illusionistic space. This interaction between three-dimensional and two-dimensional, real space verse illusionistic space, is the main focus of the paintings.
Colby Schwartz is Texas based artist currently living and working in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area. In the spring of 2019, he graduated from the University of North Texas with his BFA in both Drawing and Painting, and Ceramics, with a minor in Art History. While in undergrad Colby got to explore different mediums but gravitated towards painting. Moving forward he is focusing much of his creative attention to painting as a fulltime studio artist.
Artist Statement
My studio practice is very intuitive. Creating paintings by making a mark and responding to that mark. This interaction of doing, and then responding is very exciting and challenging. This, in turn, causes me to think and engage with each piece differently. Like a game of chess, it feels natural and keeps me mentally involved with the work.
As an artist, I am interested in exploring the different elements of abstract painting—mark making, texture, color and space. Using various painting tools, I am able to build up a space with a wide variety of marks. Creating a multilayer environment for the marks to live and interact with one another. By using different textures and thicknesses of paint I am delving into the physically nature of paint, using real space with real depth and real shadows contrasted by illusionistic space. This interaction between three-dimensional and two-dimensional, real space verse illusionistic space, is the main focus of the paintings.
