The Spotlight November 13, 2009

In Today’s Spotlight meet Cedarose Siemon, although primarily a painter she also does sculpture, ceramics and black and white photography. Here is her artist statement from her website:

To investigate and uncover what is within the complexity of emotion genuinely, is why I create.
When I began painting in 2007, I awoke to a well inside that had water and life. My first paintings tended to be of the darkness I was in and the inner peace I wanted. The discovery of this world inside of me through painting has remained the direction of my painting. Throughout, my paintings have been a language of symbols, a visual way to begin to understand my internal world. By paying close attention to the painting, more is revealed about the specific emotion. To conclude the investigation and uncovering of an emotion I write in poem form, which then accompanies the painting.

My main focus in Art is in painting, however, I find that there is a lot to discover about the process of creating and expression of meaning in every medium I’ve worked in.

The intention I have for the viewer is for something within them to be stirred. An energy or emotion ignited that could create a gap in the viewer’s constant flow of busyness, where a glimpse of the world inside of them may arise.

To see her painting “Self Reflection” click on the Local Area Artists box below.

Artist Bio.
Cedarose Siemon is an art student, focusing in painting, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and will graduate in May, 2010. She received a Bachelor’s of Science from Warren Wilson College in Biochemistry and Biology(2005). Cedarose has completed training in Shambhala Arts an Eastern view on art and life. She had a solo exhibition from Sept. 8-Oct. 7, 2009 titled, “To Study the Self” at Murphy’s Mug and library at UW-La Crosse, WI. Painting for her is a language of symbols, a visual way to understand the elegant complexities of her internal/emotional world. The artists she draws from are Edvard Munch and Andrew Wyeth. Cedarose’s paintings try to adhere to a personally genuine expression, requiring that content and form come primarily from within herself. Her expressive style blossoms from her use of cold wax and palette knife, allowing for spontaneity and freshness, and revealing the beautiful movements of the paint. She intends on applying for an MFA program this winter. While in the sciences Cedarose experienced an unhealthy prioritizing of the brain over the heart. Cedarose’s vision in art is to reverse this by demonstrating the power of the heart.