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ARTIST STATEMENT

Man must become more aware of his environment. Nature and world politics are both in a fragile state. We must find harmony to exist. Hand in hand, people of all races have to unite to save our planet (humanity). I have seen too much violence. Consciousness should be just and peaceful and energy should be used positively.

Coming from total ignorance out of the jungles and caves, we managed to evolve to where we are, as we are the only species with the gift of imagination, intelligence, knowledge. Today, the world of the twenty-first century is "the Fourth Dimension" of time.

We are at the center of relativity with the gift of being human, a gift that we still cannot reason with... So much hate even between religions that are worshiping the same God. Today, men are no longer revindicate with the sword, with our new wealth of knowledge we are taking baby steps into a new frontier. According to the laws of general relativity, humanity's consciousness is not in relativity to its time -- its evolution.

One would do this equation of
RELATIVITY + HUMANITY + TIME + EVOLUTION = ...

During the late eighties I had a series of dreams that both confused, commanded and frightened me. These dreams were messages that I felt the world needed to know. I am only a paint brush in the hands of god's energy, which led me to paint works with a profound message for humanity.

The title of a work is vital because that's where the work begins, I use symbols to express a language that is beyond me. My creative process involves the union of my conscious and subconscious in wonder which I try to interpret through my paintings and sculptures. I choose to write about my work only to guide, serve, and enable the viewer to a certain level of understanding, but not to explain the work to it's fullest. I feel that part of the process of viewing art is the journey towards understanding it's language.

It is time for world leaders to consciously understand the privilege of life and as humans to do the right thing for the future of humankind. My paintings are expressing my hope and desire for all humanity to live in peace

-Carlo Thertus