Entitled ‘How little needs to be said to know nothing’ this body of work explores my inquiry into the direct experience of form (the body, thoughts and emotions) and formlessness (silence, stillness and spaciousness) through daily contemplations and meditations for nearly two years (including the 'Uncontained vessels' series).
With a keen interest to understand the human experience of consciousness I wanted to take the simplicity of a piece of paper, showing up with a brush in hand, and surrender to whatever the moment created. I wanted to just paint and paint and paint and see what would be there at the end of a hundred paintings. So far I’ve painted 70 works, most of which have not been edited, or gone over, but rather completed in one or two sittings, put to the side, moving onto the next. In this way I felt I was better able to stop the mind from jumping in with conceptual ideas of what ‘should’ be on the page, or allowing overt self-criticism.
As the months rolled by I began to see themes emerge. One of them being “how little can I express onto the paper for it to still engage and meet me in some way?” In this way the title ‘how little needs to be said to know nothing’ quietly came into my awareness one day, and the curiosity as to whether it is read as a question or a statement.
All works are on 290gsm paper, mixed media, 61x86cms.
A small selection is shown here of a beautiful series of works which are now available online through Bluethumb Art Gallery.
With a keen interest to understand the human experience of consciousness I wanted to take the simplicity of a piece of paper, showing up with a brush in hand, and surrender to whatever the moment created. I wanted to just paint and paint and paint and see what would be there at the end of a hundred paintings. So far I’ve painted 70 works, most of which have not been edited, or gone over, but rather completed in one or two sittings, put to the side, moving onto the next. In this way I felt I was better able to stop the mind from jumping in with conceptual ideas of what ‘should’ be on the page, or allowing overt self-criticism.
As the months rolled by I began to see themes emerge. One of them being “how little can I express onto the paper for it to still engage and meet me in some way?” In this way the title ‘how little needs to be said to know nothing’ quietly came into my awareness one day, and the curiosity as to whether it is read as a question or a statement.
All works are on 290gsm paper, mixed media, 61x86cms.
A small selection is shown here of a beautiful series of works which are now available online through Bluethumb Art Gallery.
how little needs to be said to know nothing - exhibition - BSA Gallery Mullumbimby - 2018
