Chuck Tingley

ARTIST STATEMENT: Build and destroy. Rebuild and destroy. Evolve. Through interpersonal relationships, environmental change, population growth, depleting resources, and accelerating technology, the world is constantly changing.

 

Nothing lasts forever. My work is an argument for this reality. I am a product of my environment: painting is my way of stepping through the looking glass. Fragments of dream and memory refracted through a filter of emotion are central to the theme of my work.

 

More than the life and history of doors and windows as utilitarian objects, their layers of paint, scratches, and provenance allow us a view into the world only as far as we can see. This second-hand observance can create a barrier leaving us feeling detached from real life.

 

Trial and error. Abstraction and figuration. Ink pen, spray paint, charcoal, acrylic, and oil. An ephemeral balance is struck between deconstruction and evolution. The end result doesn't offer resolution, or even a calculated narrative. Instead, my works concentrate on what I am most inspired by: entertainment, news, technology, life, dreams, and memories. I suspend these fragile moments in time because nothing lasts forever.

 

ARTIST BIO: Chuck Tingley lives and works in Buffalo, NY, where he received a BFA in painting at Buffalo State College. Working in mixed media on canvas and found objects, Tingley combines abstraction and figuration in his paintings to develop distinctly contemporary works. Tingley has exhibited in both solo and group shows in NY and his work can be found in private collections throughout the country.