Verdad Magazine Volume 33
Fall 2022, Volume 33
Michael Van Vooren
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- Aubade 1991 acrylic on canvas 46 1/2" x 46 1/2"
- Improvisation 2001 Indiana limestone bas relief 14" x 14" x 2" (private collection)
- Caress 2010-12 Indiana limestone 20 1/2" x 8" x 7"
- Balancing Act 2013 Indiana limestone 14" x 8" x 4"
- Seek 2015 Acrylic on panel 25" x 25"
- Zag 2008 Indiana limestone bas relief 11 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 2 3/4"
- remanipulation 2022 drawing, photographed and shopped size variable
- Evolver 2022 Indiana limestone and black granite 14" x 12" x 4"
Artist Statement:
In 50 years of making visual art the greatest lesson I’ve learned is that you can’t correct the first mistake until you’ve made it. This realization is immensely liberating and is an antidote for any type of creative block.
As my work has evolved I’ve arrived at a place where the process is akin to that of a jazz musician. An idea or structure presents itself and from this germ the piece breathes, grows, and hopefully settles into an equilibrium that allows me to release it and move on. This process often occurs over a period of years.
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About the Artist:
Michael Van Vooren was born December 19th, 1949, in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Van Vooren earned a BA in English Literature with a minor in Philosophy from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio in 1972.
Upon graduation he immediately began an intensive and ongoing self-instruction in visual art and art history. In 1974 he moved to Bloomington, Indiana, where in 1975 he was a founding member of the Artist’s Co-op, a group of 25 community artists, graduate students and instructors at Indiana University.
Van Vooren has produced visual art in many media including drawing, pastel, oil, acrylic, digital photography, and limestone. His work is represented in collections world-wide.