Faculty Artist Statement As a verb, to muse is to think deeply, ponder, or reflect for a considerable period. As a noun, it evokes the image of a female form as a symbol of artistic inspiration or a guiding spirit. Sometimes, my images of the muse are obvious, realistic figures embedded in a surrealistic close-up Read More

Faculty Artist Statement I grew up in Colombia, South America surrounded by an abundance of nature. The diverse habitat of my childhood provided the foundation for my appreciation of the offerings of the earth. I bring nature into my work through lines, texture, shape and color. Through my hands I rediscover the wonders of the Read More

Faculty Artist Statement What does this Nebraska landscape mean? What does it have to share with us? To aid my understanding of this place I have been read journals and accounts of travel along the trails that crossed this territory from explorers and pioneers, learning about the culture and characteristics of this land. What has Read More

Faculty Artist Statement Throughout history, women have served as artistic muses, their bodies put on display for purposes of both glorification and sexualization. From the fertility statuette Venus of Willendorf dating back to 28,000 B.C., to Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus (1485 A.D.) to Irving Penn’s Nude No. 1 (1947 A. D.) to the covers Read More

Faculty Artist Statement My creative process is one of striving and searching. In part, it’s a challenge like climbing a mountain but not, necessarily, to reach the summit. I’m not even certain of what an artistic “summit” would look like. Perhaps it’s to complete something that is complete; to create a work that’s alluring without Read More

Faculty Artist Statement These panels are simple explorations of material interaction. Intuitive works such as these are crucial supplements to my broader creative research. Be it 2 or 3 dimensional, my work is metaphorical. It echoes a duality that I acknowledge in myself and observe in the world around me. Abstracted visual fragments of my Read More

Faculty Artist Statement Doug Waterfield is a Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. His work has been shown at the United Nations Headquarters in Vienna, the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, the Los Alamos Historical Society Museum and the Read More

Faculty Artist Statement My early professional life was connected with theater. As a set designer, for each new production I had to create and manipulate a unique relationship between the three-walled space of the stage and a human figure. With clever painting and lighting, the stage becomes a magic box. It is capable of transforming Read More

Faculty Artist Statement Though the content of these pieces may appear somewhat lighthearted in direction, as is my customary approach, the underlying intent is a bit darker. Underneath the baroque embellishments, and comic approach, the work reeks like a rotting corpse filled with cankerous revolt. It’s gleeful garnish on road kill, a machete beneath a Read More

Faculty Artist Statement The numbers and letters series is ongoing visual and typographic exploration of different mix media: traditional and electronic printing. The message of numbers and letters are more than tabulating figures or creating the written word. My numbers and letters studies are visual punctuation of different events or spoken words of the ongoing Read More