Statement

George H Wood, CPP

I am a pastelist and photographer whose artistic philosophy is to present 'stories illuminated'. I endeavor to create images which tell a story. The over arching theme of my work is to amplify basic truths and evoke compassionate understanding of nature and our fellow beings. My formal training as a scientist and life long avocation of philosophy, forms the foundation of my work so it is consistent with reality and yet spiritual in essential principals. Indeed, there are fanciful stories intended to allow exploration of the inconceivable vastness of our being both distant and near, large and small, physical and metaphysical.

I invite you to slow down, explore the wonderment of that which is inside each of us as basic truths and to revel in some spiritual refreshment. Our lives are very busy and inundated with information interpreted for us. It hardly gives us time to think for ourselves. The best way I know to eliminate the external noise and provide a space for reflection is through images that encourage interpretation of where You are right now. Art is reductive, stripping away the superfluous and focusing on that which is often unseen because of the extremes of every day life.