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Todd Camplin

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​My work is about abstracting text into objects/images. I start with the text because words have always mystified me. I read some words backward, I drop prefixes and suffixes to words when I am reading, plus I read a few letters backward. So, for me to read anything, I must approach a text by the process of repetition. After I have read a text a few times, the meaning changes; I can clear up the visual impairments through the act of repeating the readings. Something similar happens with my artwork. When I start with a text, those words have a meaning, but after my process of repetition, the text becomes an object/image with a new and truer meaning. The truth of a word or text goes beyond our language's ability to illuminate us fully. St.Thomas Aquinas marked out the word 'being' to show that language is not fully sufficient in explaining the truth of a word like 'being.' My work essentially marks out text through abstraction. My abstract objects/images become the unsayable truth of any text.


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​Ode to Central Kalapuyan
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
300.00
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​Ode to Laurentian
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
300.00
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​Ode to Aasax
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
300.00
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​Ode to Aka-Cari
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
300.00
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​Ode to Esuma Language
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
300.00
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Ode to Guanche Language
Ink and paint on paper
6X9
​SOLD
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​​Ode to the Phoenicican Language
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
​300.00
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Ode to Berakou
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
300.00
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​Ode to Kuadi Language
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
​300.00
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​Ode to Elmolo
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
300.00
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Ode to Tuscarora
Ink and acrylic on paper
6X9
300.00
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Invented and Real Language
Ink and acrylic on canvas
8X8 
​SOLD
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89% of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Ink on clayboard
8X10​
​SOLD
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The Universe
Acrylic on canvas
​48X60
​1200.00
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​Burst
Acrylic on canvas
​48X60
1200.00
​SOLD
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Graffiti Font Over City
Acrylic on canvas
​48X60
1200.00
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  • Home
  • ARTISTS
    • Elena Bade
    • Todd Camplin
    • Christa Diepenbrock
    • Laminda Gale
    • Paul Keith
    • Tina Niswonger Reilly
    • Christine Novell
    • Jay Patrick
    • Michelle Pennington
    • Jennifer Phillips
    • Marcia Schorer
    • Lindsay Steele
    • Paula Ward
    • Terry Ward
  • About
  • Contact
  • Art Walk