Artist Statement

The style, the materials I use and the influences from other artists as well as my own thoughts on how to go and grow further have always made contributions to my work. Some tried once or twice and then abandoned and others evolved into applications that outlasted all others and were met with approbation and I dare say, commercial acceptance. It's a hard thing to do and be good at. Painting. Not just paint on a canvas, but something that I believe in and stand behind and ask acknowledgment for. In the beginning, I had one hundred ideas of what to put on the canvas and 98 of them were stillborn. Fifty years later, I do not regret all the many weak and unpolished compositions as the repetition of the act of painting proved invaluable in honing my own unique style. Now, I have five or six ideas and all of them are solid with no regrets. It is just taken a lot of years to get good at it, like it is with anything you set your mind to. I suppose that is my reward and my raison d'etre to go back into the studio and start a new work tomorrow without it feeling like a job or the studio as a prison. Being an artist is a lonely vocation. Nothing comes easy, but I love it. I can do a hundred things but this is what I do best.

Cole Morgan

Antwerp, Belgium 2025

Cole Morgan - Artist Statement

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