'Time' - Leaving a World Incomplete

Time is the ultimate competitor to the artist, who wishes to encompass all he has to say within a lifetime; for eminent death lurks one sculpture or painting closer, to his utter and incomplete failure..

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.

"A Picture Worth a Thousand Calculations."; Fractal 1 by C.T. Rasmuss.

Fractal 1  C.T. Rasmuss. acrylic (2010).

This is a fractal I believe, I created a few years back; which is one of my most significant works, that has helped lead me to where I am today(to date- 2010; as an artist)...biggest influence for this, is my passion received through the works of 20th century Dutch artist, M.C. Escher!

He wasn't a mathematical nor am I, but I can see it though...hence:

    "A picture worth a thousand calculations."
                                    -C.T. Rasmuss

Art without any Salt

Fine Art created without any passion, resembles a cracker made with no salt; in that it serves a purpose, but with very little taste.

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.

Art; According to Aristotle

"Philosophy makes plain by many reasons...how of all Nature,-her laws, her fruits, her seasons,-springs from the Ultimate Intellect and Its art: and if you read your Physics with due care, you will note, not many pages from the start, that Art strives after her by imitation, as the disciple imitates the master; Art, as it were, is the Grandchild of Creation. 

 'The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri; The Inferno: Canto XI, 97'
                      

                                                 Solar Flower, C.T.Rasmuss; liquid mosaic (2011)

Art: I am not a pessimist, I am actually in fact, a rea...

Art: I am not a pessimist, I am actually in fact, a rea...: I am not a pessimist, I am actually in fact, a realist with idealistic expectations; this is why I complain a lot and love to create beautif...

"I'm not a Pessimist,"

I am not a pessimist, I am actually in fact, a realist with idealistic expectations;
this is why I complain a lot and love to create beautiful things...

C.T.Rasmuss

Art: Art leads to innovation; innovation leads to a new...

Art leads to innovation; innovation leads to a new world; a new world leads to new beauty; and new beauty inspires new Art...

        -C.T. Rasmuss

Art, "Pass it On.."

Art, "Pass it on.."  C.T.Rasmuss, acrylic & corresponding caps/tubes (2011).

Art leads to innovation; innovation leads to a new world; a new world leads to new beauty; and new beauty inspires new Art...

Art: In times of struggle all great artist's need to be...

Art: In times of struggle all great artist's need to be...: In times of struggle all great artist's need to become a melting pot of creativity; in order to help feed the rest of society during their o...

'Artist Melting Pot'

Going-Goiing, Gone Nuclear!!!  C.T.Rasmuss, ink (2010).

                                 

Artist Melting Pot

"Artist's must pour into the 'Melting Pot of Creativity'; 

to help 'feed society', particularly in times of need."

                                                                                         -C.T.Rasmuss