'Turpentine', 48x48 inches, Oil on aluminium, 2022 (Sold) As I make these works I can't help but think about light, particles and the way consciousness affects these things on a molecular and atomic level. The 'Double Slit Experiment' has shown us that light behaves and changes its nature from particles to waves - depending on whether we observe them or not. From recent global experiments with plants, it has also been observed that our frequencies, intent, sound waves and thoughts affect the behaviour of living things. That is to say, in my own personal practice; my consciousness affects the work. For example, the type of music I play in the studio : Influences my moods, which in turn, influences the work, and how the oil and mineral spirits - in the beginning - inert substances, wait patiently for an energy source, a murmur, which will determine its course in nature and the unfolding of its purpose. In life too we are inert beings. Awaiting a cause and mobility towards a reason, a purpose and upon a resolution, we return to a state of awaiting. A cycle that repeats and replenishes itself, fulfilling its optimum state of being. Like a dance, a performance. A dream. So the question is, why fight it? This state of flow and being. This thing called life. The work aims to realize and actuate these important states of being, as well as thought processes which exist in nature and in the observable universe. Allowing the materials to become as they wish. Consequences of letting go fully and accepting that what it needs to become, it will so be. For me as an artist, it is a difficult thing to do. I like to work on things. Constantly tinkering. Why is that so? The work aims to discuss this, to ponder this reaction in myself and in all of us. 'Supernova', 48x48 inches, Oil on aluminium, 2022 (Sold) I began making aluminium works at the end of 2019. Constantly evolving the work through experimentation, the results intrigued me. With ‘Particles’, I have let go of the need to have things opaque and allowed the mediums transparency to show through. I wanted to highlight the reflective quality of the aluminium panels, finding a balance between form and suggestion. Instead of working on the floor (like before), for this body of work I made all the works at waist height : 30 inches. At this elevation, I found more control over the striations and in the medium. The balance between momentum and deliberacy are the elements that define the work, yet this mathematical and scientific process (to me), also sums up life and its myriad of choices. As an artist and as a student in the university of life, I am passionate and curious about these topics. With knowledge and understanding, we are able to cultivate and curate our own existences. We have access to a lot of knowledge which isn't taught in schools or in higher learning establishments. The unseen laws and philosophies which have worked for a millennia is available to all who seek it and to test in their own lives through practice, training, faith and belief. For example, earths gravity is such, that an apple falls down instead of up. Consequently, trillions of bacteria and cells work in unison and in harmony to create the human body as we see it. We are the shells in which consciousness resides in.
It's those unseen, immovable yet crucial forces in the universe that informs my work. I hope you enjoy the works and what meaning(s) they bring to your psyche - That we are all moving parts in a larger framework.
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