Eric Gushee
In terms of my artistic practice, I am a process artist based mainly in sculpture with interests in two-dimensional media. I begin my process with a single repetitive action, such as drawing a series of lines or mass-producing a single material. For me, actions and materials are holy tools which need to be examined before use; through careful examination and use, the divinity of these tools can be known. In my practice I study each of my materials individually through manipulation, creating mono-compositions and testing them so that they support themselves. Once I acclimate this very basic action into my practice, a limited vocabulary emerges, at which point I begin another layer of process. In this next step, I allow the second action to interact with the first, orchestrating materials in space or frame to create a holistic composition. These two steps continually repeat in a spiraling process that may sometimes lead to a chaotic, yet controlled moment. My work is the product of this moment.

During this process I investigate the realm between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional world. Somewhere within this chasm lies a clouded, shared vocabulary that intrigues me. My exploration starts in the three-dimensional world but often has a two-dimensional plane from which it evolves; from such beings as a canvas or frame, a process spews forth. While materials begin to leak from the two-dimensional plane, they cast shadows which form drawings, weaving through the negative space in the sculpture; it is this conjoined world that I examine