ARCHITECT Allan A. Teske ARTIST
philosophy The context from which I draw inspiration to create art is from the possibility and recognition that We Are All One. Through the choice of color and formless form, my paintings intend to reawaken that knowledge in people. One cannot view the work without experiencing the sensation of something stirring inside. For each person, it will be different and it will be the same.

Through one’s recognition of an awakening in themselves, the art touches them, brings up the possibility of them questioning their response in conjunction with or in opposition to others who view the work. It might be immediate or happen later.		  
When I paint, I paint no-thing—not nothing. I start from a place of nothingness, no preconceived ideas, no emotions I want to express. I become empty, like the canvas. From this space of being in the present moment, all things are possible.
The work is dynamic in nature, and the viewer is anything but passive. It is like a tennis match between the painting and the viewer, as new forms emerge and the eye bounces from color to color, shape to unshaped shape. It is not my intent to cause people to view my paintings one way, but rather to be a catalyst for the mind to open.

I paint using a palette knife, applying the paint directly to the canvas and working with the paint to integrate it. Boundaries disappear and hence the separateness, the distinctness of form and shape. The colors blend and connect, hide and reveal. Your inner vision merges with your senses to create what you see in the painting; you read your Being in the painting.