Miklos Sipos

Artist Statement

Each work is a grand experiment in form and technique, an evolution in method and materials, that reduces the complexity of nature into its basic forms of color and texture, creating a personal experience between the viewer and the image. Within each work lies a larger reality, a greater truth, that all perception, all memories, all feelings of nostalgia, are rooted in and evoked by the interplay of form, texture, and color. To name an image is to diminish the experience, for it forces the viewer to narrow their context, and deprives them of the full range of emotional awareness. For it is color and texture which are associated with emotion and it is color and texture which elicits emotion in each of us. For if art is to touch the core of creation, it must first awaken the imagination, for it is in the imagination where reality lies.

Biography

A self-taught artist, and New Jersey Native, Miklos Sipos fuses art and technology, nature and chemistry, into an alchemic expression of emotions and perceptions, creating a world where technology and nature exist in harmony. Each painting is a grand experiment in form and technique, an evolution in method and materials that reduces the complexity of nature into basic forms of color and texture, creating a personal experience between the viewer and the image. Within each work lies a larger reality, a greater truth, that all perception, all memories, all feelings of nostalgia, are based on and evoked by the interplay of color and texture. Drawing inspiration from the microscopic interplay of the organic and inorganic natural world, he combines Colonial pottery techniques, natural materials, unique pigments, modern polymer chemistry (including additives, thickeners, and curing), with lesser known secrets of the palette knife to breath life into each work. The paintings are untitled for to name an image narrows the viewers range of emotional awareness thereby diminishing their experience and limiting their imagination.

Each work contains sand from his favorite Jersey Shore beaches, from Bayhead, NJ to Long Beach Island, these are the places of his childhood. Growing up in Jackson Township, he was never far from the ocean, spending much of his time on the beaches of Bayhead and Long Beach Island. When his family moved to rural farmlands of Tewksbury, Hunterdon County in the late 1970's, his heart remained at the shore. His passion for the Shore is only matched by his passion for his art. Miklos Sipos drew on his background in Colonial Archeology, Paleontology, Polymer Chemistry, Offset Lithography and Digital Design when developing and employing his unique technique, a technique which reduces the complexity of nature into basic forms of color and texture.
His color palette ranges from rich earthly hues to bold powerful tones indicative of the 1920's, 1950's and 1980's deco styles. This continued with his work in photography, digital design, and offset printing, culminating in his sand and pigment in baked acrylic artwork. He has authored, illustrated, and published several books. Currently, Miklos Sipos lives and works in the rural farmlands of West Jersey near the town of Frenchtown, on the Delaware River.

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