March 2011 / In The Backspace: The ghosts of Joey Veltkamp
Joey Veltkamp
The ghost of the rainbow (a reclamation), 2010
Ceramic bisque, paint, resin
6" x 5" x 5"
Joey Veltkamp
The ghost of Claude and the ghost of Pinky, 2010
Ceramic bisque, paint, resin
6" x 5" x 5" each (approximate)
Joey Veltkamp
Glitter Ghosts, 2010
Ceramic bisque, glue, glitter
Dimensions variable
In The Backspace
The ghosts of Joey Veltkamp
March 02 – April 02, 2011
Reception / Thursday, March 03, 6–8pm
My family has a morose habit of borrowing worry. It can be 75 degrees without a cloud in the sky and invariably someone will say, “Sure hope it doesn’t rain.” This outlook has helped to foster an ingrained pattern of always hoping for the best but expecting the worst. At age 39, my life remains virtually untouched by death. Yet instead of celebrating this fortunate anomaly, I spend my time attempting to mitigate the unavoidable pain that the death of a loved one will bring.
Press for The ghosts of Joey Veltkamp:
Letting Go of the Weight: Painting at SOIL, Seattle
New American Paintings, March 2011.