Steven Hofberger

Addressing the Imagery:

In 1998, I spent some time abroad touring Germany Austria and Italy, notably Venice. After returning stateside my work began to proliferate exponetially with the imagery and ideas that came from the journal I had carried at my side on the trip. The imagery ended up on the surfaces of paintings on glass and panel. It wasn't until a few years ago when I had created some time to work on a more serious and elegant deliniation of the whimsical and humorous subjects in the work. I investigated the process of venezian plaster and and scriffito to capture the essence and context of the imagery I had been using. This new process provided a setting for how I believe the work could really be viewed as if though plucked from the canals of Venice or streets of Salzburg, hopefully inviting the audience travel with.