the artist.
“An artist - and whether we acknowledge it or not, we are all artists - is one part clown and one part cleric. Our work is one part entertainment and one part revelation.
We are all foot soldiers in the war between giving the people what they want, and giving the people something they don’t know they yet want. … Between running away, and running.”
-Kyle “Guante” Tran Myrrh, A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry
My name is Vanessa Huck and I am an artist creating my home in Rosendale, WI. I graduated in 2021 from Ripon College with a Bachelors in Studio Art.
I’m not sure I will ever be able to fully explain my curiosity in creating art, but I do know that it overruns my life in every facet. I spend my time creating a beautiful world all around me and within. Some of the other ways creation manifest for me is through sewing, cooking, and crochet. I gain plenty of inspiration through spending time outdoors. I also enjoy plenty of time with my cat, Jinx, a gift from above.
Thank you for coming along for the journey.
the work
As an artist, my intent is to instigate an emotional response within the viewers. My art often chooses to explore where beauty can be found even within the heaviest of human emotions. I expect to make the viewer uncomfortable in the first few moments of meeting my work. There is a raw and unkempt edge to my process that aids to describe the emotions within.
I enjoy working with the uncomfortable because it is merely a tightrope walk towards awareness; an awareness of how the narratives we have clung to have been far more detrimental than we once thought. I trust that the feeling evoked by my work will allow the viewer to reflect on their role in their own story. With all hope, they become a character they can find peace in. So when it makes you uncomfortable, it is only a dare to feel something more.