Body of Light
21st October 2011
When I began creating the paintings for this exhibition my original theme was Passion. Using a dramatic palette of creams, reds and black I began. As I allowed the Muse and the paint to have their way, it seemed, much to my disappointment a different idea was emerging. Passion was nowhere to be seen, instead, the idea of body and spirit, physical and non-physical kept presenting itself.
The paintings looked to me, like mists of non-physical punctuated by these little clay bodies with a pulse of red life force. The physical sat in the non-physical with no separation. I changed my theme and decided to honour what was emerging rather than force the theme I was hoping to paint.
Then in September as I was getting close to having a completed body of work my younger sister Mary died suddenly. The experience led me to ask myself many questions and also to test the mettle of my beliefs. After much soul searching I have been left with a deeper appreciation of life. It gave me a jolt and reminded me that to be luke warm about life is lazy. Like relationships or vocations or any pursuit, to thrive we need passion. It appears my theme has come full circle. The temporariness of the body is great incentive to
live with passion. By approaching even the mundane with more energy than is required transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. A physical experience into something more.
It appears that, in a life well lived, we extract as much juice as possiblefrom our days.
Life is our gift from the Universe - and passion, our gift in return.
"The Choosing" 2.1 x 1.2m
We choose what comes to us, by the thoughts we think.
Choose thoughts of Love.
"Meditation" 75 x 100cm
In the flow of Source's Abundance,
Love Joy Beauty Grace & Freedom.
River Dreaming 2.4m x 40cm
Dare to dream, this is where you create your reality.
Eternal 1 x 1m
Slow down, there will always be a new horizon.
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