Michael Woodcock

Statement

When I was in the sixth grade, Cliff Orris sold me my first piece of pornography. It might have had a color cover but the inside of the magazine was all black and white. There was one picture I found particularly engaging. It was of an attractive women sitting spread eagle towards the camera. When I got home I used a magnifying glass to get a better look at the vaginal area and I was disappointed to find only small dots. I hid the magazine at the bottom of the dirty laundry hamper where my mother found it a few days later and
threw it out.
March 2007

When I think of the art I admire,
I am reminded
that pictures can provide
the artist and a few viewers with
a moment of fleeting, precious clarity;
a sense of community with the creator;
and a brief trip home.
July 2007

I try to trust my intuition and evolving sense of play.
March 2007

Whenever I begin a new project, my initial idea is to make it perfect. However I fall short of that is my art.
May 2006

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