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Featured Artist

July 2026

Chad Shepherd


"My artistic process has transitioned from an intuition-led journey into a disciplined exploration of the meaning inherent in color, line, and weight. While I previously avoided applying conceptual frameworks to my work, allowing images to exist as purely intuitive expressions, a recent dedication to formal inquiry has necessitated a thorough analysis of my visual language's structural foundations.

The recurring "grid" motif in my previous work served as the catalyst for this shift, leading me to George Kelly’s Personal Construct Psychology, which he established at The Ohio State University in 1955. Kelly’s view of individuals as "incipient scientists" who perpetually test and refine personal theories aligns with my current methodology. I now utilize the Repertory Grid technique as an interpretive framework, treating my studio practice as a scientific endeavor to investigate how specific applications of color, line, and weight function as core constructs.

In my current practice, I aim to engage with Personal Construct Psychology by projecting my psychological landscape onto visual forms. Following Kelly’s premise that psychological distress stems from inadequate meaning-making frameworks, I am developing a rigorous system to examine how the weight of a line, the emotional resonance of a color, or the rhythm of a structure allows for the interpretation and anticipation of experience."






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