Daubism

Daubism; a contemporary painting style. This technique can lend itself to abstract, and impressionist designs.
Although there has been several "daubism" movements, there is one artist in particular who stands out. Meg Lee ( Canadian, born 1984 )resides in the west coast city of Port Coquitlam. Here, after years of experimenting with artistic mediums ranging from a simple pencil and paper, to the clay sheets found in the local creeks, to digital art, she finally happened apon the world of colour and paint. In late 2009 she began to create a collection using her own daubist technique. Not a trained painter she decided to use the back of a paint can opener to take daubs of paint and place them on the canvas.
This is what the artist had to say about the collection when it was exhibited at the city gallery the "Gathering Place."
"Whether reverent, or irreverent, meaningless or thoughtful satire, art has long served to comment on the common paradigm of any given time. I feel that in this moment we are all trying to make a bid for fame in the grand new popularity contest. We are hoping for our own reality television show, the bistro express is in the microwave, and we are on our Blackberry's updating face book and twitter status.' Tradition has very much taken a back seat to quick, easy, and user friendly. My daub collection is a reflection of this new set of rules. I use house paint, and store bought pre-primed stretched canvas. I am not a trained painter, I use the back of a paint can opener to put daubs of colour onto the canvas, to create a fast drying work of art. When I'm done, I update my status.
This collection is an exercise in social satire. By using house paint, and a simple paint can opener on stretched canvas I am asking a question. What is art today? Can meaning be found in a piece of art called "Lieu Daubs?" I think so. In fact this entire collection has been named after its own 'ism' to underline that idea. The 'daub' names punctuate the fact that these aren't serious paintings in and of themselves; they do not seek to make a fool out of anyone, they are obvious in their irony. I believe art should not be exclusive to those who have studied it, and should endeavor to serve as a visual common denominator. Everyone is qualified to understand this collection. There are not any hidden symbols or deeper meanings to the paintings themselves, just colour, saturated colour. The theme is found in the entirety of the collection, and in the way it was produced. This reflects my philosophy "don't take yourself too seriously, or you might end up a real artist one day"."

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