Art Reviews of C.T. Rasmuss

"The work is quite professional in that the artist knows what he is doing with paint, makes a composition with a visual idea in it, and executes it well."
                     Prof. Peter Plagens, Hofstra, Newsweek art critic; 2008.

"They were hypnotic...The surface detail of each piece is organic and colorful, starring at them one at a time gave me the impression that I was viewing microscopic divisions of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory."  

                      AEQAI.com, Dustin Pike; Jan. 2012. 
                                                             

ZipLine   C.T. Rasmuss,  Acrylic (2012).

                                                  

"...“contained chaos”, small (8”X12”), mosaic-like works…Probably a dozen colors, glitter and strings of tiny black and white dots swirl in what looks like a bubbling pool of matter from which all life will spring."
                                                             
                                     City Beat, Kathy Swartz; Jan. 2012, (11-17).

"...much of his work is abstract; sometimes viewers see shapes or patterns not seen by Rasmuss, leading to further discussion and interpretation."

                                      Cincinnati Enquirer, Sue Kiesewetter; Aug. 7 2012.

Joan Miro inspired Ceramic Piece; by C.T. Rasmuss

Like many great artists Miro invented his own language, but individually he created a new species characterized by their many geometric forms, through his style of automatic drawing; My piece: Basic Survival, pays tribute to this by means of automatic sculpting with clay, into similar geometric shapes of my own creative style.

A link to a good Joan Miro site, enjoy!: http://joanmiro.com/style-of-joan-miro/

Artist Integrity

Kandinsky Trial 1  C.T. Rasmuss, Gouache (2011).

Repeating the past is a great pitfall to the contemporary artist, concerning his originality and artist integrity; especially when it comes to paying homage to one's hero, yet breaking free from confining traditions already set in place.

True glory in my opinion, happens when the artist is able to take what he's learned from those artists, that have gone before him, and display his new discoveries of beauty to a welcoming world...and without losing the foundation of the past, which his artwork rests upon.

Homs

Homs  c.T.rasmuss, acrylic (2012).

Art for the purpose of something: means that the artist cares enough about that something, in an effort to dedicate something to the cause.