Artist Statement
March 2021
one starts with a plan
an idea
the plan comes from the self
the mind
from the world
the environment
my self is my environment
my environment my self
my work is abstract figural
landscape conceptual
interior
made exterior
execution requires rigor
structure
(forethought)
then disruption
conflict
strife
a life suppressed is bound
to burst
at some point
i am an exploration
of me
an archive
to mine
each artwork a written record
of my findings
a trace
of my route
"John Hovig's abstract work, with all its linear fluidity, takes on the quality of organic, biomorphic forms floating in an undefined space. Notice how the line undulates and twists round and round, how following its pattern mediates a meditative act of vision."
Joseph Staley IV
Curator, Glade Gallery