Curriculum Vitae RICHARD WAZEJEWSKI & CLAIRE WATERHOUSE
Richard P Wazejewski
I've always had an overwhelming desire to find a 'voice' and to harness my feelings and ideas, my dreams and visions. Motivated
by the desire to liberate the workings of the subconscious mind; disrupting conscious thought processes by irrationality and
enigma, and perhaps find a unique voice and share with others that which I'd discovered.
Most certainly this is the dawn of a new artistic age still in its infancy, but vastly expanding. Photoshop enables the artist to make
real their wildest fantasies or darkest fears. This is what we aim to achieve in our artwork; sometimes in a beautiful and poetic way,
other times in the most wild and hideous of ways or maybe a comfortable juxtaposition of the two.
Claire A Waterhouse
Relying on my very first memories, I have always realised that my destiny and ambition was directed somewhere in the artistic
world. My teaching experience has enabled my own concepts to develop, and I now embrace the opportunity to work in all
mediums, rather than being restricted to my specialism in 3D design. The use of computers enables us to explore mixed media,
without any fear of failure. 'Adobe Photoshop' offers the artist to explore realism and abstraction to an unlimited degree.
Whilst I am constantly working in practical materials through my teaching, I particularly relish the cleanliness of the computer as a
tool.
The techniques used by the digital artist are no different from the skills employed by the potter, painter, sculptor, photographer or
printmaker. The technique of photomontage has been given a new lease of life with the advent of technology, and through
programs such as photoshop, an amalgamation of all processes can be employed in any one piece. It must be remembered that
the computer remains a tool that only the human being can control.The manipulation of materials and craftsmanship should be
appreciated, no matter the tool that the artist or craftsperson chooses to use.
We work together in our creations, constantly throwing ideas back and forth, from the collection of source materials, initiation of an
idea through to final conclusion and print. We are both passionate in our collection of nostalgic junk, relishing the regular forage
at skips, car boot sales and second hand shops. We appreciate a wide range of art, particularly the surreal, dada, elegiac and
dream image.
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