Spring Hofeldt

Tough Love
2009
acrylic on masonite
11” x 17”

Rapunzel
2008
acrylic on masonite
18” x 24”

out of sorts
2010
acrylic & colored pencil on masonite
10.5” x 7.5”

affordable housing
2007
acrylic on masonite
18.5” x 12”

people watching
2008
acrylic & colored pencil on masonite
12” x 11 ¾”

Sneaky Pete
2009
acrylic & colored pencil on masonite
7.5” x 6”
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ARTIST STATEMENT
The heart of my painting always starts with an animate or inanimate object that bears a spunky and alluring nature. While my interpretations make light of situations we go through, and simply illustrate the quirks of life that we might otherwise pay little attention to, the natural expression and shape is never altered or exaggerated from how I found them to be. More often than not I play/work with these objects until I pinpoint the perfect metaphorical setting to place them in. Capturing and translating every character role in the piece is important… such as a disposition of a creature, the morphed nature of a reflection in glass, and the overall sentiment that a marriage of two such elements create.