We are all artists.
Just like we are all enlightened.
My art attempts a communication of subconscious, spiritual ideas which language itself cannot convey. The images are often from dreams and meditations where abstract concepts seem to coalesce into shapes and textures, and can feel primitive like hieroglyphics or cave wall markings, but also modern and hopefully timeless. They often contain the suggestion of lettering, and a mix of geometry and organic markings.
To add to the sense of history, my work is layered, often cracked. I want art to feel obviously human, so imperfections, texture, and imprecision are embraced. I want the viewer to feel like they want to touch the work, and be dissatisfied with a photo.
Painting for me is a type of tantric meditation, a practice where there is no creator, only creation.
I started painting after travelling in Sweden and discovering an artist whose work totally changed my way of thinking about art: Hilma af Klimt. Seeing these works, I was struck by the clear, alive spiritual messages being conveyed, and the sense that many of these images were reminiscent of things I had seen in my own dreams.
This timing was convergent with my work with the spiritual teacher Rupert Spira (a renowned ceramic artist) through whose teaching I was learning to understand the interplay of mind and matter, the dance of spirit in the material world. Painting suddenly became a natural extension of my decades-long meditation practice.
For more information, or just to send a note about any art or ideas, feel free to follow me on Instagram via @empty.fullness.art or email me directly for inquiries or comments.
