Leo Adames - Chapel Art - November 2025

 ARTIST STATEMENT

"Process defines outcome"

Silkscreen Paintings

"Process defines outcome" means that the series of actions taken to achieve a goal (the process) is what determines the final result or success (the outcome). By focusing on and improving the process, one can achieve desired outcomes. In the process of silk-screening, my focus is experimental - trial and error. Traditionally, the silkscreen process focuses on one color=one screen. An example would be a one-color silkscreened T-shirt design. My focal process has been on one screen = many colors, where the total design and colors are “loaded” on one screen, then “squeegeed” (pressed through the screen quickly) through the screen, resulting in a multicolored, painted effect. The “process’ is experimental. The “outcome” is unpredictable, colorful, many times loosely defined. One trouble spot in this process was that the paint was drying too soon while still on the screen, forcing me to work quickly in ‘loading” the screen and printing the imagery. I used various screen mesh sizes from 110 threads per square inch, 155, to 305. 110 lets a lot of paint get through; 305 is good for fine details. In this exhibition you will see a few clearly defined imagery using one screen, one color, and you will see multi-colored “paintings”- one screen, many colors.

This exhibit is presented in raw form - fresh, unframed, as-is.

Enjoy.

Leo Adames

Nov 2025 Exhibit, The Gallery at First Presbyterian