Truly Virtual Web Art Museum presents
Therapy
Into Painting
an online exhibition
Biographical Introduction to
Steven W. Pollard, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist-Artist
Dr. Pollard is a clinical psychologist practicing in Hilo since 1993.
His art career started in 1964/65 when he studied art history in Paris
France. He started painting in
his mid 20s partly as a way of coping with his own emotional pain and distress.
Dr. Pollard sees abstract art as endlessly fascinating and each time he
looks at one of his paintings he can see new and different things and experience
different emotions in a way that is similar to psychotherapy.
When he starts a painting he doesn’t have a preconceived idea or
concept of what will emerge. He
lets his thoughts and feelings from therapy sessions flow unconsciously to the
choice of colors, strokes, and shapes that begin to appear on the canvas.
After completing his BA in Psychology, he was admitted to the Master of Fine
Arts program at the University of Alabama in Studio Art and attended for several
months. He later completed his M.A.
and Ph.D. in Psychology and has been practicing psychology since 1974 and
painting from time to time as a hobby. His
work has always been abstract and in various mediums, including oils, acrylics,
water colors, and more recently, digitized computer painting using Photoshop CS2
and Painter 9, painting on a Cintiq computer screen. He is doing more painting
now as he slows down his Psychology Practice.
Much of his work is made up of oils, acrylics, and water colors that he
has scanned into his computer and added to and/or reworked as digital images.
The paintings are then printed onto
canvas. He then paints on top of them in oils or acrylics to create a
truly one of a kind original. He
hopes that you enjoy his work as much as he does.
Please visit his web page listed above and/or email him with any
questions or comments about his work.
Since moving to Hawaii in 1990, he has been inspired by the Aloha spirit of the
islands, the Native Hawaiian culture, the many mixed cultures that make up the
people of the Islands, and the vibrant and lush colors of the flowers, land,
sea, and rain forests.
He had been displaying his paintings in his office and waiting room and many of
his patients had expressed great joy and pleasure in seeing them.
With their encouragement he decided to try to make them available to
others and thus decided to develop his web site.
He welcomes any comments or thoughts you might wish to share with his about his
work and your life.
Steve
email: spollard@hawaiiantel.net
Artist's Statement Exhibit Show Entry Page