Hunt Adams

As an artist, I am fascinated by the sheer physicality of oil paint and its potential to unlock images.Being entirely self taught,I paint by instinct, allowing raw impulse to guide the process. Starting with the human form, I distort and manipulate in an effort to suggest what it feels like to live as flesh and bone and to have experiences and emotions which can't be explained rationally. My paintings are suggestive of a deeply ordered chaos. I actually prefer chaos to order. However, order always finds a way of inserting itself and making its presence felt. Even in the most chaotic situations. My work pulsates with energy, movement, and rhythm and has been described as "equal parts sinister and sinewy" as well as "Francis Bacon takes a Rorschach test in 1969". When I paint, I lose myself. I don't really remember the time that I've spent working on my canvases. My intention is not to paint abstractions. I think of myself as a figurative painter. I want my paintings to take on a life of their own. What may seem sensual to one might come across as violent to another. Recently, i have been exploring the difference between sculpture and painting, by constructing three dimensional paintings. I am also interested in the idea that creation means destruction-one simply cannot create one thing without destroying another. I want to push the boundaries of art. I believe life, as well as good art, is about taking risks. So, i ask, how far can I push the concept of painting before it becomes something else?