DK Palecek

“What intrigues me most is the symbolism woven in the human brain that allows one simple stroke to suggest an intricate object or a complicated scene.  I will never tire of the thrill of that phenomenon.”

Art is a privilege. It thrills and crushes me every day.  For many years I understood the pursuit. I knew where I wanted to go. Now, it mystifies me. 

This state of mystery is where I want to live.  It is uncomfortable and confounding   It is exhilarating and exhausting.  There is no other place I’d rather be.

My fascination with art, with painting, is a fascination with brain science and the power and plasticity of the brain.  I focus on the link between the eye and the brain. The brain assimilates volumes of visual information in every moment and can translates it into a feeling or an experience within seconds.  For me, painting is this process in slow motion.  The challenge is not to lose this glimpse, this feeling, this experience, in the translation.  The challenge is to provide just enough information to capture that moment. My ambition is to find that place where a single brushstroke becomes a solitary building or a whole street; a simple path or miles of landscape; the difference between warmth and comfort or solitude and empty space.  I paint with this delightful, ceaseless challenge all around me.

Art is a privilege.