Chris Sauter

Tentative 5yr plan

Five Year Plan

October 2011 – August 2012

-finish school

-develop body of work (clay) while pursuing other media as well

-maintain job at St. Ed’s Gallery, plus search for other opportunities

-hopefully get a job at a clay studio

In Summer, take Capstone, graduate.  IN the meantime take welding and woodworking at ACC.

Fall of 2012

Two to three months for travel

Or

Finish Biology requirements if that is what you want to do

(But you know that you don’t function well when you spread yourself too thin.  Focus on art, take the dive, the leap.  When and if you want to study Biology, come back to it with the intention and focus that you know you possess)

Somewhere in here, apply for residencies should you be ready

Gain real world experience, broaden scope, suffer and struggle, and produce work from it

Spring of 2012

Immersion in work;  Hopefully get a job somewhere you don’t hate

Prepare to leave Austin

Fall of 2012

Apply to Graduate School

Ideas :  Alfred State (only if your work is good enough and not a waste of time to apply)

            Athens Georgia

            Indiana

            ???? need to do research

Spring of 2013

-continue to work, save money, develop skills

Focus, apply to shows

Summer 2013

Travel again, try and work into some immersion program perhaps

Fall 2013-Fall 2015

Graduate school

Should you get in, which if you really want to, you will

Artist Statement and bio

The natural world has always fascinated me; animals, plants, landscapes and the wild world full of vibrant and beautiful colors.  Ever since I was little I have been mesmerized by this idea of what is natural; where we came from, where we go, what happens to all of this matter and physical material. My mind always wandered to exploring that connection, our animalistic primal sense.  Much of the human condition can be related to that of the wild animal: our desire for food, water, space for living, and socialization.  In my work, I attempt to emulate the simplicity and humble nature of being, and this sense of connection.  Animals, unlike humans, seem to be content in just being; searching for food, lounging with relatives, this simple and beautiful pursuit of livelihood. It seems that in our culture today, time is of the essence and we have no time to sit, be, and feel curious about the world. My work is an exploration to recreate these landscapes, scenes, true human nature, and this primal sense of life and to find that simplicity and peacefulness of breath, to be curious and fascinated, and to reconnect. 

Biography

Brandon Goodwin is an undergraduate Art student at St. Edward’s University.  He grew up in Texas for most of his life, but also lived in Massachusetts for a few years.  His Catholic upbringing, affinity towards nature and animals, and private education has shaped his life greatly.  While not a religious person, the ideals and exposure to teachings certainly have had an effect in his development.  Music has played a large role in Brandon’s work too, for the feelings that music can evoke are the same reactions he drives for in his pieces.  Brandon originally studied pre-med, but changed to art.  His scientific background also has great significance in his creativity and fixations towards plants and nature. He conducted research on native species of Texas and subsequently worked for the Gallatin National Forest in Montana.  Wilderness and the return to instinctual and primitive is a motif of Brandon’s work.  Brandon currently lives in Austin, TX with his lovely dog and anchor, Calypso.

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