Itek-Craig05
© 1991 Craig Ashby
Photograph
8″ x 10″
Number 5 in this series of self-portraits of none other than me, Craig Ashby. A very dark image. Almost skeletal.
There is a grimness to each of these images. Something breathless and sad. I think it’s why they have held strongly for so long in mind.
It’s that long hold that caused me to post them at this time. I wanted to go way back, over twenty-one years back. It was a time when I first began the idea of doing my own series of pieces. That is a huge moment in any artist’s experience. When you move from doing one offs to thinking on a larger scale.
It’s the moment when you decide that art is what you are going to do. I guess I have known that I am an artist for some time. Here is proof that it’s been over half my life.
Moving to New York stopped me from saying it for a long time. I remember those early parties I would go to where everyone was an actor/artist/musician. Sometimes it was sincere and wonderful to connect at those parties. Most of the time it made me embarrassed for them and myself. So I just quit saying it.
I still made art covertly. Quietly, never showing anyone. Until now.
Denise Williams
14 Sep 2012Craig, I have said this to you, I am very proud of you and you are an artist.
Craig Ashby
15 Sep 2012Thank you again, Denise!
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