When painting, I am constructing another world that contains an inner logic of time, space, and communication. Ideally, the images act with the unexpected quality of syncopated rhythm, accenting a beat normally unaccented. Ultimately, I strive to create an atmosphere in my work that is filled with vestiges that I have known and felt. My artistic process is stimulated by the search for a previously unknown destination. It is this heightened anticipation that continually fuels my passion for painting.
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It was Alexander Falkovsky, Theodore's grandfather, a well-known and respected impressionist in the Moscow underground art scene, who discovered young Ted's early passion for sketching and painting. He sees emotions and personalities in these things, these objects. He sees them being born, sees them interact, notes their change, appreciates how they develop texture and substance, feels for them when they grow old, and mourns when they are broken down and thrown away. Ted's art explores the relationships among these things, the endless combinations. From grotesque to beautiful, complex to simple, meaningful to obscure, large to small, and tall to short.