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sculpture, installation, mixed media, ceramics

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Stages of Acceptance

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Is it enough to want to explore the smallest gesture? The impulse to fill dark spaces with stripes, for instance. Is that a place to start? I have been wrestling with the notion that some artists do not actively search for deeper meaning in the process of making their work. Big human questions remain unanswered and some artists are ok with that. For me I need answers and I find them in art. Both in the making of art, and in viewing the work of others. An artist can claim that existential questions are not an element of their practice, but that won’t necessarily stop us from feeling, or interpreting, the work in the way that serves our needs at the moment. The more abstract the work is, the more we can project our experiences onto it. It’s as if the artist is saying “Just look, and see what happens. Who am I to decide what you should feel?” #arteveryday #feelgood #befree #writingaboutart #dancingaboutarchetecture #icanhelpyou #beyou #makemeaning #makeitmeaningful #meaningmatters #makeart #artistlife #artonpaper #artcurator #abstractpainting #contemporaryart #creativehappylife #creativelifehappylife #creativitycoach #watercolor #figurativeabstraction #artlife #markmaking #makeyourmark #worksonpaper #artconsultant #studiopractice #contemporarydrawing #leepuffer #authenticity

Number 1 (thousand), mostly art, almost no repeats. Some with #deepthoughts #arteveryday #befree #writingaboutart #dancingaboutarchetecture #icanhelpyou #beyou #makemeaning #makeitmeaningful #meaningmatters #makeart #artistlife #artonpaper #artcurator #abstractpainting #contemporaryart #creativehappylife #creativelifehappylife #creativitycoach #watercolor #figurativeabstraction #artlife #markmaking #makeyourmark #worksonpaper #artconsultant #studiopractice #contemporarydrawing #leepuffer #abstractpainter

Facing a disaster takes bravery, but you have no choice, disasters require action. Facing exciting challenges require bravery, but the promise of fulfilling adventure entices. Facing monotony requires a different sort of strength. Determination, patience, follow-through, persistence. These are the un-fun qualities that are valuable nonetheless. Maybe these qualities are even more valuable than courage or heroism, precisely because there is no promise of excitement or satisfaction. Sweep the floor. No reward. The floor will need sweeping again tomorrow. The rewards are non-rewards. A sense of rhythm, A sense of order. A defined task with a defined degree of completion. Artworks are not like that. There is never a definitive metric of completion. There is only “Could I make it better or will I make it worse?” #arteveryday #feelgood #befree #writingaboutart #dancingaboutarchetecture #icanhelpyou #beyou #makemeaning #makeitmeaningful #meaningmatters #makeart #artistlife #artonpaper #artcurator #abstractpainting #contemporaryart #creativehappylife #creativelifehappylife #creativitycoach #watercolor #figurativeabstraction #artlife #markmaking #makeyourmark #worksonpaper #artconsultant #studiopractice #contemporarydrawing #leepuffer #abstractpainter

Upcoming Exhibits

Teaching

2018-2019

Southwestern College Ceramics 1. Monday/Wednesday 8:15am-11:30am http://www.swccd.edu

Grossmont College Ceramics 1. Tuesday/Thursday 9:30am -12:30 Ceramics 1. Tuesday/Thursday 1pm-4pm http://www.grossmont.edu

San Diego City College Figure Sculpture I, II, III Friday 9am-4pm

About Lee Puffer

Born in Long Beach, CA, Lee Puffer grew up in Coastal Massachusetts and Maine, Mexico, Venezuela, and the shores of Lake Erie in Western New York. Puffer began her career after graduating with Honors from the Massachusetts College of Art with a BFA from the Studio for Interrelated Media in 1992, working with Tony Oursler among others.
In 2004 Puffer enrolled in the Graduate program at San Diego State University, earning an MFA in 2007 with an emphasis of Ceramics. Her nomadic background manifests itself in sculpture made with a distinct sense of place. Her background as a multimedia artist lends her sculpture and sculptural installations immediacy and a contemporary sensibility.
Puffer creates life-sized figurative and kinetic sculpture and installation which offer cultural critique through personal and controversial imagery often appropriating and re-contextualizing images and ideas from popular culture.
She has exhibited at The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, and The Women’s Museum of California among others. She is currently on faculty at Palomar College in San Marcos, California.

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