It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
Miss Moose’s Painterly Establishment is run by Lis Bokt.
(That’s me!)
(I find writing in the 3rd person kind of pretentious and I’m not pretentious at all.)
I’ve always been the creative sort. Which has actually been kind of a pain, because I’ve also always been the logical, scientific sort. Mashing the two together is something that makes people from both camps kind of nervous and intimidated.
The first piece of fine art I experienced was Nude Descending Staircase No. 2 by Marchel Duchamp. (Don’t worry, that link is totally work-safe, save for the word “nude”.) I was fascinated.
Then I was introduced to Georgia O’Keeffe. I’d like to thank my grade 7 history teacher for assigning me her as a subject for our research projects. It changed my life. Really, it did!
It was not far after this that I learned about Max Ernst. This was a massive landmark, the mark of the point of no return, if you will.
Now, I ask you to click all those links and read all about these people as soon as you are done spending quite a bit of time browsing my site. You will learn all sorts of things and perhaps will even be inspired.
I’m a Dadaist. I bring Dada to everything I do.
I am a photographer.
I am a woodworker.
I am a calligraphist.
I am a watercolourist.
Outside of the strictly artistic realm, I am also: multilingual, a CNC programmer and operator, a computer programmer (Java, Air, C++, PHP, etc), a research scientist, stoic, an architect, an illustrator, an astrophysicist, and a master of difficult software (Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Rhino4, Vectric V-Carve Pro, etc).
I am the Executive Director of The Geek Group. My job is to make the world a better place.
Really!
I love what I do and I am extremely fortunate that I have had the opportunities to do all of it.
A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn’t look like an elephant. ~Author Unknown
This is the method I take to my art. It’s pretty simple, but not simple in the slightest.
I do not say that to be ironic.
I don’t strive to make a story with my images – I hope that they give you stories. If every person who looks at a single piece of my work comes up with a different emotion and story to it, I am satisfied.
I don’t have a single purpose with my work – I make what interests me at the time I made it. There are themes and ideas I will come back to time and time again, although hopefully every time I do, something new and different is made.
I love making art – but at the end of the day, it’s still art. It pleases me that I can make things that make other people happy, that they will keep in their home and cherish. I don’t try to claim any purpose of it beyond happiness, although you are more than welcome to ponder the true value of that on your own time.
Futurism – Surrealism – Post-Modernism – Pop – Dada
I hope you enjoy my work. Or, as my pal Ernst would probably tell you, I hope my art elicits a strong response from you. It can be good or bad, although I suspect if the response is bad, you’re far less likely to purchase a print from me. I like it when people buy my art – it brings me unending joy to know that people love my work enough to bring it into their homes and look at it (hopefully!) every day. But I suppose if you wish to buy a print and scoff at it daily, then I too, have done my job.