GPS READY: Ybor Artists

This is part of series of interviews  from the Ybor Art Association.

O1 Organic Fine Art Gallery has many faces. One of these faces is to promote art and artists in the community so that everyone’s life will richer as a result. One way they do it is by through the Ybor Art Association Meet and Greet .I had a change to attend the last “Meet and Greet”. I interviewed many of the Artists there about their art and inspiration.

Jason Shiver is an artist that works in both painting and metal sculpture.

What is your main Inspiration? My main inspiration is water-Water is all around us and we start from water.  I enjoy studying how man interacts with nature. Man can interact with nature and help it or man can interfere and destroy nature.

What do you want your viewers to take from your Art ?  I want to see what people think of my art work. I want to have the audience react; I want to catch their attention and engage him.

What is the large art piece outside in the window ? It is called the 4^th way-It is a philosophy concept that deals with Man’s concept of himself, both as a child and as an adult. The middle piece shows that mankind is disportionately larger that the stars and planets he is grasping at. This symbolizes the fact that he thinks of himself in grandiose fashion. On the top, man as an adult tries to make his own light and trusts in his own technology and works to guide him. The child trusts the divine guidance and is guided by a higher light and wisdom.   This, he says, is the common struggle of man and we are both the adult and the child in the painting. We both trust in divine guidance to guide us and yet at the same time we use the sum of our own skills, talents, abilities to lead us and trust in our own technologies to help ourselves.

Final thoughts ? I will follow all the directions of my work and see where it goes.

Thank you Jason Shiver and Mrs. Shiver.

Tags: jason shiver, metal fish, organic o1, painting and metal works, ybor art colony, ybor artist

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