Greg
Carrick
What
part of the process of creating art do you like best?
I
enjoy the challenge of expressing a large idea in one
picture, allowing people to see through their own
experiences of life what that image means to them. It
transforms me from being a photographer, to being an 'image
architect'.
What
is your working environment like?
I work
with a collection of artists and designers, bouncing ideas
and concepts around.
What
kind of (formal & informal) art training have you had?
Informal on the job training
through years of designing publications. Heading up the
design team for a new Melbourne newspaper, and running a
local newspaper in my town for over 5 years.
How
has your art training affected the kind of art you produce?
Being
able to show the mundane through new perspectives to open
it up to interpretative discoveries in the viewers minds is
very rewarding. When the viewer gets something out of my
images, it means I have succeeded in relating to their
life.
Name
some important influences and inspirations in your art
career.
Art
that has impact must reach into peoples emotions, so my own
journeys through depression, despair, love and caring have
brought that emotive impact into the images.
What
has been the most difficult thing you have encountered in
your work?
It has
been difficult but rewarding to open my own life story
through images to connect with people who have also had
troubled journeys.
Have there been major turning points in your art career?
Deciding to be open and honest
about the hard times in life has freed me to connect with
real issues people have to face. My series on Depression
brought out a lot of discussions.
What has been the highlight of your art career?
Winning the 'Best nature image'
category at the San Remo arts fair.
Artist comment about “The Mask”
‘The Mask’ depicts
the human condition of hiding our true state behind a
weaving of fact and fiction, denying even to ourselves the
hurts and fractures in our lives. The artwork is two
photographs physically woven together.