About The Work
What is an expression of faith if it is not at least grappling with notions of intangibility and evidences associated with the corporeal senses? How does one convey the wonderment of a paradox defined as: To hope for things which are not seen, but which are true? Perhaps it is most appropriate to exercise such notions in a treatise or work of poetry. Or, is it possible to associate such a wonderful absurdity with an object that is commonplace, functional, yet elegant and strong?
Something more than a pragmatic plank upon which one may rest their bones and displace their cares the chapel pew, in my eyes, offers a vantage point from which my mind may wander to wrestle with the answers to big questions. It is an appropriately perfect physical manifestation of my faith—one that I can recreate as a work of art, or abstraction. An abstraction designed to convey the weight of ideas associated with belief, hope and conviction. For what good is faith if it is not expressed. And what good is a pew if it is empty?
About The Artist: Steven A. Evans
An artist, illustrator, designer, would-be writer and father of 5 children—all boys—Steven is a great proficient in the pragmatic art of bartering creative talent for money. He also peddles his ideas on art and design with the zeal of a car salesman to community college students in the School of Media Art and Design at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario. Currently enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts in New media program with the Transart Institute, The Chapel Pew constitutes the first part of his studio art project for 2009 – 2010. More artwork and other sites by Steven A. Evans may be accessed via the links to the right.
