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My work explores the
continual struggle to integrate the dual worlds in which we exist: the
external world which is the sum of our sensory experiences, and the inner
world of our mind and emotions, and our physical and visceral existence.
It looks at the interdependence of contrasting and often contradictory
realities or viewpoints; the idea that in order to truly appreciate beauty
and light, one must allow for the necessity of the dark truths that are as
much a part of our lives as the innate pull towards hope. Order and chaos,
the cerebral and the instinctive, sacred and profane- each requires the
other.
These paintings provide a space where there is the opportunity to begin to
accept chance and accident. A place where one can surrender, if only for a
moment, the loss of control and the freedom that this can bring, and where
the boundaries of place and time are not relevant. |
