Shane Tolbert
Gallery Affiliations: McClain Gallery
Region: West
Website: https://www.mcclaingallery.com/artists/shane-tolbert
City / State: Santa Fe, NM
I believe in routine and repetition. Continuity leads to agency. I
rise with the sun, sip on my favorite coffee, and scroll through the
same bookmarked websites. Throughout the week, I accumulate
an entire workday’s worth of time sitting in traffic, listening to
talk radio. Banter is banter, and I love banter. Same agenda,
different content. In the studio, everything is considered; I prefer
the act of painting to be flexible, but the end result to be reflexive.
I think about what can or might happen. For me, repetition is a
sign of focus, and I routinely push repetition until I lose my focus.
Stubbornness spawns surprises, and forces me to take a detour.
The detour becomes my new direction. Same agenda, different
content.


