For me, art is make-believe. It's enchantment. It's a fable. I'm enjoying that and playing with it. Of course it's serious, and art is serious, but I'm not going to rarefy it. Shea Hembrey artenchantmentenjoy Change image and share on social
I like the idea that paintings are not representations of an artist's psyche. Making the paintings is what gives the artist her psyche in the first place. Shea Hembrey artistideamake Change image and share on social
My childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you, and also more intellectual than you would ever expect. For instance, me and my sister, when we were little, we would compete to see who could eat the most squirrel brains. Shea Hembrey brainchildhoodcompete share on social
I think that an artist should be a skilled craftsman. Shea Hembrey artistcraftsmanskill Change image and share on social
My grandfather was a healer, and he used matches often. Once, he burnt a wart off my finger and then rubbed the ash deep into it, and it never did come back. When he worked at a factory, people would line up next to his truck to be healed. He died before he could teach us any of his secrets. Shea Hembrey ashbackburn share on social
I thought, 'A biennial needs artists. I'm going to do an international biennial; I need artists from all around the world.' So what I did was I invented a hundred artists from around the world. I figured out their bios, their passions in life and their art styles, and I started making their work. Shea Hembrey artartistbiennial share on social
Great art would have 'head': it would have interesting intellectual ideas and concepts. It would have 'heart' in that it would have passion and heart and soul. And it would have 'hand' in that it would be greatly crafted. Shea Hembrey artconceptcraft share on social
It's an audacious thing to build a model of the cosmos. It's exciting how little we know. Shea Hembrey audaciousbuildcosmos Change image and share on social
I'm interested in the essence of things. If you pare things down, what's left? It's like I'm trying to describe the soul to an alien. Shea Hembrey aliendescribeessence Change image and share on social
If dark matter and dark energy are 95 percent of everything, shouldn't we all be asking questions about that? What does that look like? Shea Hembrey darkenergymatter Change image and share on social