Symbolically, these paintings represent the world of the striving human being and embody an enhanced soul state. As we contemplate these works, the soul can become like a colourful garden that we tend to and re-enliven. They seek to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind into an imaginative awakening. They embody the tenets of truth, beauty and goodness – ideals that encapsulate high human endeavour.
Symbolically, these paintings represent the world of the striving human being and embody an enhanced soul state. As we contemplate these works, the soul can become like a colourful garden that we tend to and re-enliven. They seek to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind into an imaginative awakening. They embody the tenets of truth, beauty and goodness – ideals that encapsulate high human endeavour.
Symbolically, these paintings represent the world of the striving human being and embody an enhanced soul state. As we contemplate these works, the soul can become like a colourful garden that we tend to and re-enliven. They seek to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind into an imaginative awakening. They embody the tenets of truth, beauty and goodness – ideals that encapsulate high human endeavour.
MADONNA OF THE ROCKS: Is a set of two paintings – the second a metamorphosis of the first. As the name suggests it is a contemporary imagination on the theme of the Madonna & Child. In Renaissance art, many artists such as Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci, placed the Madonna & Child within a setting of a rocky landscapes as a backdrop. These two pieces use symbolic forms to depict an archetype of the human experience of the burgeoning soul & ego – connecting and striving toward a spiritual impulse whilst maintaining a grounding on earth. The large grey rocks represent the hardened materialism one needs to overcome. It is through many of my works that the Christ impulse transcends religiosity to become a human impulse – relatable to every human experience. That of striving, transforming, transcending and dwelling in the centre space of the heavens & earth.
Medium: gouche on paper