Hello!
Turned a bigger age this month and discovered lighting becomes more important with age for painting endeavours and taking selfies of course! I’m sure bifocals will be the next thing on the cards but I very much appreciate the use of a fairly well lit studio space that I can truly destroy as only I can.
These last few weeks my painting has remained within the still life with organic elements oeuvre, but I am slowly bringing in more architectural suggestions and astronomical references for light sources.
Unfortunately I have a fascination with the esoteric, spiritual and cosmic ethers, much to the bemusement of my scientifically and conventionally educated peers and family. It is not so much about these perspectives representing a fact, but, I find the symbology of the ideologies very beautiful, imbued in mysticism, colour and light. Moreover, there is an overarching respect on my behalf of their endurance in people’s minds throughout history.
I am in love with the idea that there is a push and pull to the universe and an invisible force that guides things. Even the most sensible people can let themselves go to strange superstitions in desperation.
I am really taken with Ben Styer’s work at the moment that has a feeling of the inside of a little girl’s pencil case combined with quite mystifying pagan and religious symbolism within which you can get a bit lost. His paintings combine allegory and mythology in one instance.
I like the idea of alluding to a symbol only barely sometimes so that it may be at once seen or maybe overlooked only to be noticed at a later stage. I have always loved paintings that hold mystery that can unfold over time, like maybe when you see a movie for the second or third time and notice a completely different narrative or slant.