ted lincoln

ted lincoln



Sobre el Artista


It is easy for me to call myself an “artist” and know that the term is broad enough to cover not just my role as a professional painter but also whatever I might be following while I am attempting to figure out what to paint next. I find comfort in this refuge that art provides for me because labeling “what” I am, (an artist), is ironically less complicated than defining “who” I am. In a world that many theorists are now crowning with the fuzzy label of “post-racial” I am constantly reminded of the obliqueness of my “who”. Growing up in the Southern part of the United States as the son of a Filipina mother and a Yankee father I was aware of all the contradictions and treasures that this contemporary dynamic propagates. My artwork is by no mistake a reflection of this rich mix. To do this I play with the tropes of traditional landscape painting filtered through the Asian, American, Northern and Southern cultures that form my understanding of the world. Sometimes this manifests in a formal and austere manor as can be seen in the well practiced and disciplined aspects of my paintings. Other times this manifests in ways that I can neither control nor define. At times I might unconsciously change my speech, mannerisms or demeanor. This is often in way that I am unable to create consciously. This combination of formal refinement and humorous inexplicability has been the hallmark of my life. Though this footing is at times a little un-sure, it has at the same time provided me with a unique vantage point to observe, record and paint the world from.